We wish to appoint a caring and sensitive worker who will undertake this challenging and rewarding role flexibly and creatively, ensuring they promote best outcomes and experiences for children and families. The role of the Contact Support Worker is to supervise family time between children who are in the care of the Local Authority, or may have a child protection plan, and their birth families. The Contact Support Worker may also need to transport children to and from family time sessions. Duties will include maintaining contact venues, supporting Social Workers in their role, and completing written electronic records of family time sessions. You will be linked to a base in the Central areas of the county (Mansfield) and there will be expectation for some cross county working as required. We are looking for someone who has had direct experience of working with children and knowledge of child development. They need to work well as part of a team as well as being able to use their own initiative and have good written, verbal, IT, and communication skills. For more information about this post or to spend some time within the team, please contact Sandy Bank Centre, Tel: 0115 8042200