Hertfordshire’s Family Centre Service is made up of the Public Health Nursing Service (Health Visitors and School Nurses) and the Family Support Service. Our purpose is to support children and families to have the best start in life, develop well and thrive. We provide families with children aged up to 5 years with a wide range of services, information and support on key areas relating to family life. As a Family Support Practitioner, you will encourage parents of children under five to be involved in their learning, growth, and well-being, with an emphasis on the community's most vulnerable families. You will engage with all parents and carers, including soon-to-be and young parents, while gaining a solid awareness of the local community's demographics and the networks, services, facilities, and support systems that are available to families in the area. Key Duties: • Promote the engagement of parents of under 5s in their children’s learning, development and wellbeing, with particular focus on the more vulnerable families in the community. This will also include engaging young parents and parents-to-be. • Hold a caseload of vulnerable families, working within the defined support interventions, planning creative responses to families’ needs and deliver support sessions and activities within the home and community, using various evidence-based parenting models and programmes, individually and in groups • Lead and participate in the Family First Assessment (and others), including attendance at multi- agency professional’s meetings, supporting the engagement of families in greatest need in order to improve outcomes for children under 5. • Work with the Lead & Senior to identify, design, plan and deliver activities and support interventions to encourage the engagement of parents and children up to 5 years, in line with the Hertfordshire Seven Outcome Bees Framework. • Provide universal and more specialist information, advice and guidance to best support to families, relating to services available through the Family Centre and support them to access sessions and become active in their children’s learning and development, with a particular emphasis on the needs of the most vulnerable groups in the community. • You will be required to lone-work in the homes of services users from time to time. • Some evening and Saturday work on occasion. Centre opening hours are between 8:00am – 6pm. Requirements: • At least a Level 3 in a recognised professional qualification in health, education, childcare, social care or equivalent • Knowledge of the importance of safeguarding children • Excellent communication skills • Experience of working with families from a wide range of backgrounds • You will need a valid UK driving licence and access to a car during working hours, and willingness to travel on a regular basis. You must have insurance that allows you to drive for business purposes. • You will also require an enhanced DBS check. Please do not delay in applying as we will be interviewing on a rolling basis. We look forward to receiving your application! A full JD is available at the bottom of the page. At One YMCA we are an inclusive organisation and actively promote equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills, and potential. We do not discriminate on the basis of Age, Disability, Gender Reassignment, Marriage/Civil Partnership, Pregnancy/Maternity, Race, Religion/Belief, Sex and/or Sexual Orientation. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, communities, and industries, and are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences, and abilities. This is a Full Time role. Hours per week: 37.5 Working Pattern: Monday - Friday 09:00-17:00 About Us One YMCA and its subsidiaries, the Early Childhood Partnership (ECP) and Signpost are on an exciting journey to double our impact by 2025. We are over half way through an exciting new strategy launched in the first hour of the new decade, via email where all staff and volunteers were invited to put themselves forward to apply and attend an intensive, three-day Kickstarter Event. By the end of these three days, there was a brilliantly multi-faceted set of themes and ideas, which formed the starting point for the rest of the Mission 25 process to build on. The aim of Mission 25 is to give every staff member and volunteer the opportunity to play their part in shaping the strategy to do “more and better, together” so that we double our impact by 2025. We deliver a vast array of services across Herts, Beds and Bucks that reach over 135,000 individuals annually. These include: Provision of over 700 units of accommodation for homeless people Move on accommodation for individuals moving onto independent living Housing and practical/emotional support for young asylum seekers Community HUBs hosting a range of activities and meeting space hire Childcare provision in Hertfordshire Family support through a network of children’s and family centres covering Hertfordshire and Bedford Therapeutic and non-therapeutic support for male and female victims of domestic abuse and their children Independent sexual violence services across Bedfordshire, Luton and Hertfordshire Domestic abuse perpetrator reform programmes across Bedfordshire Youth services offering emotional wellbeing support and youth club opportunities for 11-19 year olds alongside our National Airplay programme funded by the RAF Benevolent Fund A community gym where everyone can enjoy the benefits of physical exercise Our values remain at the forefront of how we operate as a charity, and it is important to us that all staff and volunteers can fully buy in to our ethos. The Benefits Benefit 4 Benefit 5 Benefit 6 About Us One YMCA and its subsidiaries, the Early Childhood Partnership (ECP) and Signpost are on an exciting journey to double our impact by 2025. We are over halfway through an exciting new strategy launched in the first hour of the new decade. The aim of Mission 25 is to give every staff member and volunteer the opportunity to play their part in shaping the strategy to do “more and better, together” so that we double our impact by 2025. We deliver a vast array of services across Herts, Beds and Bucks that reach over 135,000 individuals annually. The Family Support Service is part of the Hertfordshire Family Centre Service. We offer support, advice and guidance for families from pregnancy through to when a child reaches the end of Primary School (11 years old). Our purpose is to support families to receive seamless integrated services, support and information on key areas relating to family life. This is provided through universal services, where there are emerging needs, along with when more specialist or 1;1 support would be beneficial. Services can be delivered through 1:1, group sessions and activities, accessed within centres, community venues or support workers will visit families within their homes to ensure individual family’s needs are met. The geographical area we cover includes, Broxbourne, East Herts and Welwyn and Hatfield Districts (the East Quadrant of Hertfordshire). With our purpose being to support children and families to have the best start in life, develop well and thrive. These include: Provision of over 700 units of accommodation for homeless people. Move on accommodation for individuals moving onto independent living. Housing and practical/emotional support for young asylum seekers. Community HUBs hosting a range of activities and meeting space hire. Therapeutic and non-therapeutic support for male and female victims of domestic abuse and their children. Independent sexual violence services across Bedfordshire, Luton and Hertfordshire. Domestic abuse perpetrator reform programmes across Bedfordshire. Youth services offering emotional wellbeing support and youth club opportunities for 11-19 year olds alongside our National Airplay programme funded by the RAF Benevolent Fund. Our Values We champion RESPECT so everyone can belong We show COMPASSION so everyone can contribute We inspire GROWTH so everyone can thrive Current Benefits Health Cash Plan Covers healthcare expenses from optical and dental care to therapy treatments. Shared pot for children included. EAP & Doctorline Confidential help and advice line (24 hours) on medical, legal, and domestic issues. Rewards & Discounts Special offers from hundreds of leading online and high street retailers & Discounts on gym memberships. Birthday and Wellbeing day off One day additional leave day for every year of service up to 5 days. Leave & Support Support for your child, IVF treatment, and through challenging times. Career Pathway Training & Development with a clear pathway for you to grow. Documents