Family Liaison Worker

3 weeks ago


Aylesbury, United Kingdom Connection Support Full time

Do you want a role where you can support the shaping of a new service for families and children?

We are currently recruiting a Family Liaison Worker, to join our Thrive programme in Buckinghamshire.

**About the service.**

The Thrive Service provides tailored support to families, which is delivered by a team of Family Liaison Workers, supported by parenting and peer mentors and family advocates. The aim of the service is to encourage and empower families to build their skills, confidence, and parental wellbeing to create a stable positive environment for their children.

**About the role.**

Building positive, empowering relationships, you will provide individualised support, advice, and practical help to build capacity and capability through a range of evidence based, and outcome focused interventions. Support could include, but not limited to, substance dependency, domestic violence, learning difficulties, social exclusion, and lack of parenting skills.

You will work alongside the Volunteer Supervisor to match families with an appropriate volunteer dependent on family needs. In addition, you will be involved in developing the service and working with the team to set up new hubs.

This role is permanent, working 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday, the service is delivered flexibly between the hours of 07.30 - 17.30.

The post is mainly based in Aylesbury, however some travel across Buckinghamshire may be required on occasion.
- Due to the nature of this role, a driver’s licence and access to a vehicle is required._

Salary £22,675- £25,380, per annum, dependent on experience.

**What do we need from you?**

You should have at least one year’s experience of working with or volunteering with families, carers, or children, and have a good level of knowledge of some of the issues that can affect everyday life, such as mental health, anxiety, depression, and the difficulties faced by parents/carers of children with behavioural issues.

Your excellent active listening skills, alongside your ability to adjust your approach, and find creative solutions, help you to build empowering relationships with the families you are supporting.

**Why work for us?**

At Connection Support, our team of staff members and volunteers work alongside people to overcome life’s challenges, with the goals of solving homelessness and achieving independence. We do this through our values of empowerment, collaboration, compassion and taking a personalised approach in all aspects of our work.

We are committed to being a proactively inclusive organisation and ensuring good EDEI practice is embedded in the workplace culture, and that everyone who interacts with Connection Support is valued, treated with respect, and has a positive experience.

Connection Support is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We have been named as one of the top 10 charities to work for in the UK by Best Companies. The wonderful people at Connection Support are committed to supporting everyone in our society to become safely and sustainably housed, and to live as independently as possible, so you will be joining an organisation that makes a difference to its communities and will also support your development, offer extensive training, and truly value your dedication and commitment.

We also offer 30 days annual leave (pro rata for part time), plus bank holidays, sick pay, pension, and an enhanced benefits package which includes cover on health benefits, the ability to sell a week’s annual leave, eco travel incentives, childcare discounts, retail discounts and much more.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £22,675.00-£25,380.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Flexitime
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Sick pay
- Store discount

Schedule:

- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- Do you have minimum of one year’s experience of working with families or children in a problem-solving context?
- Do you have experience of working, volunteering or caring, supporting parents, carers, or children?
- Do you have some knowledge of some of the issues faced by parents/carers of children with behavioural issues?
- Do you have knowledge of specific issues affecting families with children with SEND?

Licence/Certification:

- drivers licence and access to a vehicle (required)

Work Location: In person


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