Community Support Practitioner

1 month ago

Falkirk, United Kingdom Aberlour Children’s Charity Full time

**Family Support**

**FALKIRK**

37.5 hours per week, Fixed Term for 24 Months, £26,603 per annum

**Community Support Practitioner x 3 posts**

**Sustain Clackmannanshire**

**37.5 hours per week**

**Salary £26,603 per annum (Inclusive of a 5% unsocial hours allowance)**

**Fixed Term 24 months**

**About Sustain Clackmannanshire**

Aberlour Child Care Trust has launched a new family outreach service, Aberlour Sustain Clackmannanshire. This service will work alongside families, communities and partners to offer caring and responsive support to young people and families. Aberlour Sustain Clackmannanshire will deliver the support families need, when they need it, every day of the year. The aim of the service is to ensure that children and young people can continue to flourish at home, at school and in their local community.

Working with Social Work Services, this innovative and creative new service focuses on supporting young people aged 0 - 18 years, who may be on the ‘edge of care’ so that they remain living with their family in their local communities.

Our Service works with young people and their families to enhance relationships, build on existing strengths and interests, help build confidence and encourage new community connections. Our aim is to help all families feel safe, confident, capable, and included. Our approach has been developed through consultation with families and partners.

**What we are looking for....**

Not afraid to test new ways of working, you will bring a fresh, caring, compassionate and collaborative approach which responds empathically to the needs of young people and their families. The work will include early mornings, evenings and weekends. You will have experience of direct practice within this field of work, including child/adult protection issues as well as having experience of working with children and young people.

You will work within a variety of locations in the Clackmannanshire area, including the office base in Alloa, family homes, schools and community settings.

At Aberlour we want to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team..

**What we offer...**

As well as a supportive team and excellent training opportunities, we want all our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers..

**How to Apply**

**Aberlour is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our service users and uses a thorough and rigorous recruitment and selection process including PVG Scheme checks to ensure this commitment is not compromised.**

A Scottish Guarantee Co No: SC312912 Scottish Charity No. SC007991

**Community Support**
**Practitioner**

**JOB PURPOSE**

To provide needs-led, person-centred support to children, young people, parents/carers to
enable children and young people who are at risk of requiring to be accommodated
(residential care, out of authority placement) to remain safely at home with Family or in
Kinship care.

**PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES**
- Develop person-centred working relationships with families, based on empathy,

respect and unconditional positive regard.
- To work with children, young people and parents/carers, (individually and in groups)

building on their strengths, assets and interests to build capacity and resilience.
- To utilise person centred planning techniques and tools, and range of practice

methods/interventions with individuals and families.
- To work alone and collaboratively with team members to provide practical support

to children, young people and carers, at times when support is needed.
- To plan, design and deliver appropriate individual and group work using innovative

and creative approaches.
- Assist in the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of services with families

and other key people.***
- Support and challenge parents to build on their parenting and caring skills, taking

into account culture, values and abilities into account.
- Maintain accurate records and contribute to reports.***
- To advocate for families and help parents to self-advocate.
- Develop positive relationships with other professionals to help meet families’ needs.
- Develop positive relationships with individuals, groups and communities to enhance

family and community capacity to support vulnerable families.
- Develop service links with community resources to develop and support local

connections and social networks.

**Quantifiable responsibilities**
- Accountable for petty cash transactions.

**SCOPE OF PLANNING AND ORGANISATION**

The post holder reports to the Service Manager.

Work is allocated by the line manager.

The post holder will have autonomy in managing their diary, to respond to families’ needs.

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