Job Description Post Title: Family Support Practitioner Location: Inverness Hours: 35 hours per week Duration: Permanent Salary: £32,596 - £36,145 p.a Salary placing will normally be at the first point of the scale. Contact Person: Ellen Wright - ellen.wright@highland.gov.uk Job Purpose: The Family Support Practioner (Family based care) post will provide coordinate planned, staged, and responsive support services to children, young people, carers and their families across the Highland area who are card for within a Kinship setting. This includes various stages of intervention and service provision to support a variety of needs. The role involves direct work with children, young people, carers and families, and the coordination of resources to ensure effective delivery of services in line with the Highland Practice Model and relevant legislation. Carry a caseload of children, young people, carers and families requiring under the direction of the statutory social worker or social work manager. Please APPLY ONLINE. If you are unable to apply online and you wish to request an offline application pack, please contact HR Transactions Team, T: 01955 608279 (24 hour voicemail) quoting the post reference number above. Please find the Job Description below. The Highland Council understands that diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, and being fair and inclusive. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, representative of the communities we serve and particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be under-represented in our workforce. As a disability confident employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria requirements for the post. Shortlisted applicants will normally be contacted by email, unless otherwise stated. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder. Requirements Holding or willing to attain an HNC/SVQ3 or equivalent. Willingness to undertake training and travel across Highland as required. This position is classified as a regulated role. As such, an Overseas Criminal Record Check may be required depending on your nationality and recent residency history. Specifically, this check will be necessary if you do not meet both of the following criteria: You must be a national of the United Kingdom or one of the following countries: Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Hungary, Greece, France, Ireland, Italy, Spain, or Poland. You must not have lived or worked in any country outside of the UK or those listed above for a period of three months or more, while aged 18 years or over, within the past five years. Please note that it is your responsibility to obtain the Overseas Criminal Record Check, and you will be required to cover any associated costs.