Family Support Workers

2 weeks ago

Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom Bright Spark Living Full time

Working for Bright Spark Living

Bright Spark Living is dedicated to improving the well-being, stability, and safety of families during critical stages of pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting. We offer a range of personalised services designed to address the unique needs of each family, promoting positive healthy relationships, child development, and overall family cohesion underpinned by safeguarding principles.

We are a new & fast-growing business led collectively by social work industry specialists with several years' experience.

We endeavour to provide a diverse and inclusive working environment, by listening, learning, and acting upon the needs of our staff.

Team members are encouraged to be their authentic selves at work; we welcome, respect and value people from all backgrounds.

We aim to actively ensure all staff show & receive kindness, empathy & fairness.

Our approach to diversity & inclusion is driven by our ongoing and evolving workplace policies in line with current legislation, employee led networks, anonymous feedback & good quality training, support & management.


Job Purpose
The main purpose of the role is to help children remain safe & families stay together where suitable.

Our teams will review the risks/protective factors identified that have resulted in families being referred to our services for a targeted parenting assessment.

Our teams will work with parents/caregivers to provide the best support, advice, and assistance in the basic care & individual needs of their children.

By delivering an impeccable service to the highest standards, our teams will ensure parents achieve improved outcomes & acquire the desired skills necessary to adequately provide a safe and sustainable family environment.

Each team member will contribute to the process of family assessment as instructed by the family assessment plan and work with the current strategies linked to each family's case.

Employees will work alongside social work professionals to provide unbiased, fair, and ethical recommendations, determining whether children need to be placed in local authority care.


Specific Duties

All Support workers

  • Provide advice and support to families in the centre in line with their placement plans, organisational policies, and good practice requirements.
  • Ensure children and families in the centre are safe and protected from harm.
  • Help families resolve conflicts and manage their behaviour safely and adequately, by challenging and addressing unacceptable/inappropriate conduct.
  • Complete daily observations observing and recording the parents' abilities to meet the immediate safety and care needs of their children.

Waking Night / Mixed shift staff

  • To ensure the safety of children and families during the night
  • Follow procedures in place to ensure building is secure at night

Person Requirements

Qualifications and Education

  • Diploma Level 3 in Residential Childcare/ Health & Social Care / equivalent or be willing to work towards it.

Experience

  • Experience working with children and families is preferred but not essential.
  • At least 2 years' experience within the last 5 years working in a similar role such as support or care work for vulnerable/elderly adults will be considered.
Thank You

Job Types:
Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Zero hours contract, Graduate

Pay:
From £12.00 per hour

Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Leicester, Leicestershire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

- social care work: 2 years (required)

Work authorisation:

  • United Kingdom (required)

Work Location:
In person

Application deadline: 14/06/2024

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