Warwickshire County Council is recruiting for a number of full-time posts in our team based within the North of the county (Nuneaton, Bedworth and Atherstone). If you feel you have the right experience, skills, and attributes to join our busy team, please read the advert below and we look forward to receiving your application.
Who are we?
We are a busy and dynamic team who support children in care to spend time with their parents, anyone with PR who is not their parent, siblings, relatives, or any other connected person under supervision, which we call “family time”. It is essential that children are supported to maintain and build safe, positive relationships with members of their family, ensuring that their family time is focused and shaped around the child’s needs.
We receive a variety of referrals as part of the assessment process by direction of the court, children under child protection plans, private law arrangements, and long-term care plans. Family time can take place at several venues across Warwickshire County and at times outside of these borders. We also support the delivery of life story work, which may be direct life story work with children or completion of life story books.
Now is an exciting time to be part of our team as Warwickshire begins to embed our Families First teams, who support the young people in our County. Our approach is about locality working, multi-disciplinary, and multi-agency teams that support the whole family, building strong partnerships with local services, Health, Police, and Education.
If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service.
Our Offer to you includes:
* Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focused on wellbeing and workload.
* A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas.
* We also offer a Refer a Friend package for some roles. Terms and Conditions apply.
Family Support Worker
Your role as a Family Support Worker is to ensure family time is facilitated in a regular and safe environment. A good understanding of what family time is, the importance of nurturing relationships with birth families, and identity is essential. Whilst you will hold a regular caseload, each day is different, requiring you to be flexible and adaptable to sudden changing circumstances. Knowledge around safeguarding and actions to take is essential for this role.
You will be required to produce a detailed report of the interactions and care witnessed, offering support and guidance where required within the session. Between family time sessions, you will be transporting children to and from their carers, attending family time review meetings, producing your recordings, and liaising with social workers and other professionals. You will have a responsibility to keep risk assessments up to date in partnership with your manager as circumstances and needs change.
Warwickshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults. Please be advised that successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS).
The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.
Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under-representation in its workforce.
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