Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Kinship Navigator to work full time for Kinship, based in Newham. The salary for this Kinship Navigator job is up to £32,406 per annum. Main duties: Collaborate with the programme delivery team, researchers and evaluation partners, contributing insights and learning from practice to support programme improvement and evidence generation. Work closely with colleagues across Kinship, including Advice, Peer Support, Training, Communications and the Kinship Connection Care Team, to ensure joined-up for Kinship Carers. Build constructive relationships with local authority partners to support awareness of the programme, clear referral pathways and effective engagement with Kinship Carers. Contribute to cross-teams learning, sharing emerging insights about Kinship Carer's experiences and local systems to inform service development and wider organisational learning. Represent Kinship at local meetings, networks or events to strengthen collaboration and awareness of Kinship Care. Recognise, report, record, respond and refer safeguarding risks via our safeguarding process with the support for the safeguarding team. Follow and understand the organisational safeguarding policies. Complete risk assessments for events in-line with Kinship's policy. Maintain accurate, timely records of all activity, assessments, support plans, contacts and outcomes on Kinship's CRM system in line with organisational policy and programme protocols. Complete Kinship Carer needs assessments, SMART goal setting reviews and outcome recording in accordance with the Kinship Navigator model and trail requirements. Fully contribute to monitoring, reporting, quality assurance and learning processes, including collecting feedback and case studies that demonstrate impact. Act at all times in the best interests of Kinship and in line with our values. Participate in team meetings, supervision, appraisals and organisational events. Undertake other reasonable duties required to support the work of the team and organisation. Requirements of this Kinship Navigator: Understanding of the challenges facing kinship carers and the children they care for, or the ability to develop this knowledge quickly. Understanding of trauma-informed and strengths-based approaches when working with families. Awareness of how children's social care, education, health or welfare systems affect families. Experience delivering direct support to vulnerable families or carers, including completing needs assessments and developing support plans. Experience providing structured one-to-one support, casework or family support over a defined period. Contact: This Kinship Navigator job is advertised by Alex Moon; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements. As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning 'Best Candidate Care' at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process. Reasonable Adjustments: If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.