Vacancy Information
Hourly rate: £18.70-£20.91
Days and Hours of Work:
5 days over 7 on a rota, different days off on different weeks. Flexi-time is applicable, starting and finishing times are flexible.
To start 1st August .
As we continue to strive to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families, East Lothian Children’s Services have an opportunity for family support workers to join our Intensive Outreach Team.
The team exists to maintain children and young people in their family environment and/or to prevent the breakdown of existing care placements. This is an expanding team as we seek to challenge traditional approaches, by providing timely and intensive support which keeps families together.
This is an exciting opportunity for suitably experienced individuals to develop and use their skills with young people who have experienced trauma. You will have opportunity to combine expertise in working with vulnerable or challenging young people, with promoting parenting confidence and skills. You will partner with young people and parents who will often have experienced significant and longstanding challenges, and for whom positive change requires committed support and resilience.
The service is organised flexibly to meet the needs of families. You will be required to work flexibly on a rota basis which will include early morning, evening and weekend working.
East Lothian's Children's Services are absolutely committed to keeping The Promise and keeping children, young people and their families' voices at the heart of everything we do. We are keen to recruit workers who are passionate about working with families and who want to help them to utilise their strengths and networks before we impose our own solutions.
Our staff are our greatest asset and we want to support people to have a healthy work life balance. For this to be possible, we recognise that family support workers need protected caseloads, effective supervision and support. We recognise the emotional impact of the role and benefit from access to a clinical psychologist who supports our staff with complex work and promotes staff resilience.
You will work alongside qualified Social Workers who manage each child or young person’s plan. You will receive regular supervision from a Team Leader who is dedicated to supporting all family support workers within this service area.
We are committed to promoting an open and trusting culture at all levels of the organisation and prioritise continuous professional development and learning. We are proud of our approach to learning and development and there are a number of formal and informal opportunities to develop your practice and support your career pathway within East Lothian.
We have an accessible senior management team who are committed to recruiting the best people to compliment the wide range of knowledge and experience that exists throughout the service.
Applicants should have a sound value base, excellent communication and report writing skills and a suitable understanding of children and families' social work role and responsibilities.
If you wish to discuss this job or working for Children's Services in East Lothian Council, please feel free to contact Team Leader Phil Brown: .
Home / Hybrid Working
Applications for homeworking or hybrid working will be considered for this post, subject to a trial period and in accordance with East Lothian Council’s Home Working and Worksmart Policies which can be found