Childrens Support Worker

6 months ago

Walsall, United Kingdom GreenSquareAccord Full time

Position:

Childrens Support Worker

Reference:

14489

Location:

Walsall

Salary:

11.12

Hours:

30

Job description:

Job Title- Childrens Support Worker

Location - Walsall

Hourly Pay-£11.12 per hour

Contract type - permanent

Working hours - 30 hours/week

About the Service

Anyone can be a victim of domestic abuse. Our domestic violence services protect women, men and children who are experiencing abuse. We have a range of services to support our clients, whether they need help leaving an abusive home or rebuilding their life after domestic abuse.

We provide emergency short-term accommodation for women and men, with or without children, who are escaping abuse.

In your new role, you will:

Support clients with needs identified for their children in their individual support plan

Facilitate and support children in decision making; promoting choice and independence

Plan, prepare and deliver sessions to children on a 1:1 and a group basis, whilst parents are receiving domestic abuse support

Delivery of regular individual and family sessions working towards improving the overall wellbeing of children as well as strengthening the family unit

Deliver innovative group sessions that coincide with local and national days of interest/event/celebrations

Organise consultations, meetings with children and parents to ensure parents are included in their child`s play and development.

Organise outdoor/ indoor activities during half term for children and parents through consultations and meetings to meet needs of every child.

Maintain client records, both written and electronic and to ensure effective communication within the team and with any statutory or voluntary organisations involved in support e.g., Schools, social services, police, etc

Liaise with statutory and voluntary organisations to ensure all children are safeguarded

Create local partnerships with health workers, schools, nurseries, social workers etc and draw up processes for referral pathways

Produce regular reports and monitoring information

To empower children and young people to develop a positive attitude to life and self-image, to promote gender equality, to build on their strengths, confidence and self-esteem

You will:

Be qualified, capable/ willing to gain qualification and/or have equivalent level of skills and experience to NVQ level 3 in Social Care

Have significant experience of working with and in a child, young people and families setting

Have knowledge and understanding of issues that relate to vulnerable children, young people and families.

Have experience of being able to calmly respond to difficult situations and handle emergencies without immediate supervision

Have the ability to deal with a demanding workload and to prioritise effectively whilst maintaining attention to detail

Have experience of and ability to use Microsoft Office Word, Excel and Outlook to an intermediate standard

Have experience working in a fast paced environment, whilst maintaining integrity and confidentiality.

Have experience of and confidence in liaising with external agencies including multi-agency working.

Be able to deal with complex issues that face children and their family.

Understand the importance of confidentiality and the need to follow policy and procedures

Access to your own car and drivers license

Our purpose

We are proud to be able to support tens of thousands of people across England by providing affordable housing and care to help people live independently.

Our focus is on building better lives. Everything we do is about people - whether that`s providing a good quality, safe home or providing care which helps someone to live an independent life.

Our colleagues live and breathe this social purpose and we need great people, with skills across a range of disciplines, to make this happen.

Working for GreenSquareAccord gives you the chance to bring your skills and expertise and make a real difference. It doesn`t matter which role you are considering applying for, your work will help thousands of people build a better life.

The GSA Way

We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. To help us make a difference, together, we created the GSA Way.

A culture we commit to, aspire to, and live and breathe. Commitments and behaviours which together make our organisation what it is.

Our five core commitments are:

  • We believe our customer is everything
  • We are one team
  • We are supportive and caring
  • We are business-minded for social purpose
  • We are curious and ambitious.

You can read more about the GSA Way in our recruitment pack.

Benefits

In support and recognition of our colleagues who will help us deliver our employer strategy, we offer a fantastic benefits package. This includes; annual holiday entitlement (plus statutory bank holidays); a defined contribution pension scheme; trust based flexible working and a Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).

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