Overview
We are looking for Family Support Workers to join our Temporary Bank Staff for a Residential Family Assessment Centre in Cottingham. This will be a busy and challenging role with a commitment to providing high quality support to families and staff in line with OFSTED regulations. Excellent safeguarding standards and a strong ethos of providing effective support to families to achieve positive outcomes are required.
As a Family Support Worker you will work within a multi-disciplinary team to provide support to Parent & Child placements in a residential setting. You will provide one-to-one support to Parent and Child families in accordance with their individual care plan, which will include encouraging the development of life skills and independence along with safe and appropriate childcare skills.
You will be offered shifts on a flexible basis as a Bank member of staff as required. Shifts potentially across 7 days per week and each shift is 7 hours 30 minutes with a 30 minute lunch break. The shift patterns are 7:30am – 3:30pm and 2:30pm – 10:30pm. Shifts as a Bank member of staff are not guaranteed.
Responsibilities
* Provide one-to-one support to Parent & Child families in residential settings according to individual care plans.
* Encourage development of life skills, independence and safe, appropriate childcare skills.
Essential Skills, Knowledge, and Requirements
* At least 2 years’ experience of working in a Children’s Residential, Early Years or Children’s Social Care setting.
* Level 3 – Health & Social Care (Child/Young People or Parent & Child) - or be willing to work towards this.
* Good knowledge and experience of safeguarding and working with complex families.
* Ability to communicate effectively in complex or challenging situations with families.
Preferable Skills And Knowledge
Experience of partnership working with families and external agencies, preferably in a Safeguarding or Looked after Children’s Teams.
What We Can Offer You
* Competitive hourly rate
* Training options
* Perkbox and REACH awards
Recruitment and Equal Opportunity
Compass is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. The successful applicants will be offered a role subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check.
Our recruitment process aims to create and maintain a safe workforce and contains robust vetting procedures.
Location: Cottingham, England, United Kingdom
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