Salary £24,404 - £25,183 Per Annum | Permanent, Full time| 37 hours per week
An exciting opportunity to join Children and Family Wellbeing Service Team in Burnley as a Delivery Centre Support Worker - in a Full time Permanent position.
Working hours are Monday to Friday 9am-5pm with evening and weekend work on a rota basis.
Reporting to a relevant Family Hubs Navigator, post holders will work in partnership with colleagues across their team, assisting and undertaking tasks which support the safe and smooth day to day operation of Early Help Service neighbourhood centre delivery operations, for children, adults, young people and family groups
Post holders will provide a front facing meet and greet service to all users of one or more nominated Family Hub and centre sites across their team area, dealing with and signposting any general queries which arise as a result of service user self-referrals. They will engage in recording appointments, room and group bookings using IT systems for Early Help Service and other agreed multi-agency partner delivery requirements. They may support standard procedures for monitoring safety check points for staff undertaking outreach and home visiting. This will involve them updating information on the Early Help Service management information system. Post holders will work in close cooperation with Neighbourhood Group Workers to create and manage the suitability of the environment in the Neighbourhood Centres for service users, including responsive hygiene/cleanliness, display information, physical environment layout. Post holders may have some involvement in the maintenance of facility standards, in conjunction with premises managers around basic testing, risk assessment and review procedures and contractor liaison where necessary. From time to time, and where appropriate, post holders may also assist with supporting delivery sessions and services to ensure appropriate supervision/ratios are maintained and to support group participants with their participation needs as necessary. Supporting the service in the delivery and continuous improvement of early help services for children, young people, and families in line with the vision for Children and Families in Lancashire developed by the Children and Families Partnership Board which states; Children, young people and their families are safe, healthy and achieve their full potential To deliver this vision we have agreed some key outcomes: Vulnerable children and young people are safe from harm and build resilience. Children and young people achieve their full potential in education, learning and future employment. Children and young people enjoy heathy lifestyles and know how to help others. Children, young people and families have a voice in shaping the support they receive. Children and young people live in Lancashire where they can enjoy a good quality of life, be happy and want to stay.
Provide general information and advice to service users on established internal procedures surrounding their use of Early Help Neighbourhood Centres and Services.
Plan and organise straightforward tasks in support of the day to day use by service users of Early Help Neighbourhood Centres, and those service staff using the centres in support of their duties.
Respond to and exchange varied information with members of the public using Neighbourhood Centres, and signpost them where necessary to other services and/or relevant other staff within the Early Help Service
Carefully use relevant equipment within centres to support neighbourhood centre usage.
Provide limited support and guidance as required to other members of staff operating in the Neighbourhood Centre environment around their use of centre facilities.
Establish and operate procedures and boundaries and challenge inappropriate behaviour in relation to the 'reception' function within neighbourhood centres.
Resource and building duties, which may include: opening up buildings for service delivery use and securing after, preparing buildings/resources, checking their suitability for use. Attend regular training and development opportunities to maintain an up-to-date knowledge of safeguarding, health and safety, and local policy developments 10. Respect confidentiality and be able when necessary to explain to parents/carers when there is need to share information with others to protect children.
Identify opportunities for improving day to day procedures and processes within the team or work area, and contributing these to team planning, to support the continuous improvement of services.
Operating in accordance to service policy and procedures and relevant standards for neighbourhood centre operations.
Monitoring, review and evaluate their own performance against the team's objectives by engaging with the County Council's Performance Engagement process. Visibly and actively supporting and promoting the corporate activities and the values of the Council.
Other Flexible application of working hours to respond to periodic service needs to work outside of core weekday/daytime hours in response to the needs of families Key tasks and accountabilities are intended to be a guide to the range and level of work expected of the post-holder. If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'.