Job Title: Support Worker – Family Assessment Centre Location: Birmingham, West Midlands Salary: Temp to Perm-£17/hour to start then £23,185 - £28,987 Shift pattern: Mixture of working: 7:30am – 3:00pm & 2:30pm – 10:00pm Contract: Permanent, Full-time About the role: Liquid Personnel has an exciting opportunity for an established Family Assessment Worker to join a Family Assessment Centre for its client within the Birmingham area. You will work with families on a day-to-day basis, observing and recording the parents’ abilities to meet the immediate safety and care needs of their children. As the Family Assessment Worker, you will: Ensure the safety and welfare of children remains central to the assessment/intervention process. Take an active part in the assessment process regarding children and families - to observe, supervise, record, and assess family interaction, child behaviour, parental motivation and parental ability to meet the needs of the child(ren). Take an active part within team meetings in reviewing and developing the practices and provision within, and resources available to, the Centre. Use common sense and sensitivity in challenging and teaching parenting practices. Provide structured feedback to parents during and at the end of each shift. Plan and prioritise workload effectively within established timeframes and ensure that all written recordings meet required deadlines. Observe and implement Child Protection Procedures and the Centre’s policies and procedures. If you have observed a specific incident, to provide evidence in court, if required. Essential Requirements: Experience of working with adults and/or families or within a similar setting Hold a Level 3 in Residential Childcare or Health and Social Care (desirable) Communication skills verbally and ability to express in written form Able to empathise with vulnerable children and their families Patient and calm personality Able to defuse volatile situations Benefits: Training Opportunities and professional development Enhanced holidays for continuous employment Staff wellbeing events throughout the year, team building days and long service awards Attendance allowance at the end of each year Pension scheme, life assurance and employee assistance programme Free tea, coffee, water and fruit for all staff Bike (Cycle) Scheme Please reach out to Jordan Glass Contact - 01615436963 Email - Jordan.glass@liquidpersonnel.com Reasonable Adjustments: If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement. We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List. BH - 185920 GH - 27751