Overview
Bank Family Support Worker role at Compass Community in Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire. This is a 7-bedroom Residential Family Assessment Centre. The role involves providing high quality support to families and staff in line with OFSTED regulations, with safeguarding at the core and a focus on achieving positive outcomes.
Responsibilities
* Work within a multi-disciplinary team to provide support to Parent & Child placements in a residential setting.
* Provide one-to-one support to Parent and Child families in accordance with their individual care plans, encouraging life skills, independence and safe childcare skills.
* Offer shifts on a flexible basis as a Bank member of staff as required, potentially across 7 days per week. Each shift is 7 hours 30 minutes with a 30 minute lunch break. Shift patterns are 7:30am – 3:30pm and 2:30pm – 10:30pm. Shifts are not guaranteed.
Essential Skills, Knowledge, And Requirements
* At least 2 years’ experience of working in a Children’s Residential, Early Years or Children’s Social Care setting.
* Level 3 – Health & Social Care (Child/Young People or Parent & Child) – or is willing to work towards this.
* Good knowledge and experience of safeguarding and working with complex families.
* Ability to communicate effectively in complex or challenging situations with families.
Preferable Skills And Knowledge
* Experience of partnership working with families and external agencies, preferably in a Safeguarding or Looked after Children’s Teams.
What We Can Offer You
* Competitive hourly rate
* Training option
* REACH awards
Our recruitment process aims to create and maintain a safe workforce and contains robust vetting procedures. The successful applicants will be offered a role subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check.
The Compass Community values equality and diversity across our workforce and aims to ensure our staff community is reflective of the diversity of the children and young people within our care. In support of this commitment, we welcome applications from individuals of Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds.
About You
Not Specified
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Part-time
Job function
* Other
Industries
* Individual and Family Services
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