About the Role
and our Ideal Candidate
The position involves facilitating positive, supervised family time sessions between parents/extended family members with children in the care of the local authority.
1. To facilitate and supervise family time sessions and record these to a standard that can be presented as evidence within court
2. To facilitate handovers between foster carers and parents at the start and ending of supervised family time sessions
3. To be present before and after supervised family time sessions to ensure there is no unsupervised interaction between parents and children in the care of the local authority
4. To follow policy and procedure with regard to any risks to children which are identified and act accordingly to ensure that children and young people are safeguarded at all times
5. To provide timely, appropriately reports of work undertaken as required.
About you
6. The successful candidate will:
7. Hold a recognised, relevant qualification and/or a minimum of 2-3 years experience working with children and families,
8. Have excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively at all levels with a friendly and approachable nature,
9. Be able to write concise, accurate, relevant reports following supervised family time sessions within required timescales
10. Have a good understanding of current legislation and policy regarding safeguarding for children and families
11. Have experience of dealing with safeguarding issues commensurate to role and responsibility.
12. Have good IT skills
About Us
You will be part of the Practice Support and Development Service and help the service deliver high quality family time sessions
You will have the opportunity to improve children and parent relationships and as such will have access to appropriate training to further develop your skills. You will be provided with good support and supervision
Our Offer To You
As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across however big or small; will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.
Employees have access to a wide range of benefits to enable staff to achieve a work life balance, some of which include:
13. A generous annual leave entitlement of 26-31 days plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply) depending on service and grade
14. Enhanced Maternity, paternity, shared parental, adoption and dependents leave
15. Two volunteering days per year
16. Flexible Working - Smarter Working Scheme (dependent on the role)
17. Adjustable and agile working arrangements using Google Chromebooks
18. Learning and development portal offering a range of courses
19. Discounts on a range of local shops, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres
20. Interest free season ticket loans
21. Local Government Pension Scheme
22. Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme
23. Zip car scheme
24. Confidential health & wellbeing and counselling support