Family Hub Coach
Location: Tipping Street, ST16 2DH
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Duration: 5+ Months
Working Hours: Mon – Fri, 09:00 – 17:00, 37 Hours per week
Pay Rate: £ 14.65 per hour
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Job Responsibilities
* Engage actively with residents of Staffordshire to ensure they have access to and maintain financial wellbeing support.
* Conduct direct work with residents to maximize their involvement in improving financial wellbeing outcomes.
* Develop and maintain effective working relationships with other locality providers.
* Engage with families to promote healthy lifestyles, financial wellbeing, and cultural/community identity understanding.
* Collaborate effectively with the wider Family Hub team and directorate.
* Work persistently with residents and other agencies to assess, provide emergency, or coordinate targeted financial support.
* Signpost residents to appropriate agencies and activities to enhance life chances and financial outcomes.
* Deliver financial wellbeing-based group work in Family Hubs and community settings.
* Undertake any other duties commensurate with the grading of the post.
Person Specification
* Minimum standard of NVQ 3 in working with individuals or equivalent qualification or experience.
* Experience in delivering training or workshops, such as Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS).
* Solid experience working directly with individuals in a relevant setting.
* Understanding of financial exclusion and its impact on households, and strategies to overcome these effects.
* Ability to effectively challenge discriminatory or inappropriate behavior with individuals or agencies.
* Understanding and compliance with Safeguarding Procedures for Adults and Children.
* Knowledge of key legislation governing children's safeguarding, adult safeguarding, benefits, welfare, and education.
* Experience in delivering interventions to individuals within targeted services, including adult and child courses.
* Ability to undertake assessments and make appropriate decisions, in line with professional accountability.
* Knowledge of mental health, substance misuse, domestic abuse, poverty, and other vulnerabilities impacting families.
* Experience using IT for information recording and data gathering, ensuring accurate communication.
* Ability to communicate clearly and precisely in the most appropriate way.
* Ability to effect change in difficult circumstances and work on own initiative and as part of a team.
* Reflective practice skills and ability to resolve conflicts and manage time effectively.
* Car driver with permanent use of a car for fulfilling duties.
* Flexibility to meet the needs of Staffordshire residents.
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Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 5 months
Pay: £14.65 per hour
Expected hours: 37 per week
Experience:
* Family Hub Coach: 1 year (required)
Work Location: In person