Family Support Practitioner

5 months ago

Keynsham, United Kingdom Bath & North East Somerset Council Full time

**Hours: 37 per week**

**Contract Type: Permanent**

**Service Area: Children and Young People Service**

**Department: Safeguarding Outcome Service**

If your passion is around collaborative work with families, centred on building relationships in order to help families develop resilience and make changes for their children, then we are the Local Authority for you. Working with families to keep children at home wherever possible, our dynamic teams work with families from point of contact through to long term support and intervention. Our practice model is underpinned by relationship-based, systemic approaches to facilitate change, alongside trauma informed practice.

Bath and North East Somerset Children’s Social Care are an innovative small Local Authority focused on therapeutic assessment and support. Rated Good by OFSTED, with continued vision and drive to improve further.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a** Family Support Practitioner** to join one of our Family Support Teams, within the Safeguarding Outcomes Service. We are committed to being a dynamic and creative Local Authority, working hard to think differently about how we approach our work with families. We are deeply committed to providing tailored high quality services and well thought out interventions to families to keep children safe.

Our practice is values-driven with a strong ethos of child-focussed interventions. As a Local Authority we work hard to support children and families at an early stage; we are committed to providing the best outcomes for our children and young people.

**About the role**:
You will work in partnership with an enthusiastic hub overseen by a Team Manager and Deputy Team Manager, and alongside Senior Practitioners, qualified professional Social Workers, Family Support Practitioners and Administrative staff.

**You can expect**:

- A comprehensive induction
- Managed caseload, with a variety of support and interventions for children in need, child protection and children protected through legal proceedings
- Regular supervision - at a minimum of monthly one to one
- Weekly group supervision to promote thoughtful and creative practice, supported by your peers and managers.
- Monthly Peer Circles to ensure strong relationships and support between Family Support Practitioners across the teams, and to share good practice
- Excellent administrative support
- Ongoing training, which may include Video Interactive Guidance, Theraplay, Domestic Violence interventions, and other relevant interventions to best support the families you are working with.
- And other future opportunities for career development, including the Social Work Apprenticeship degree.

Your main place of work will be the award-winning, modern Civic Centre in Keynsham, halfway between Bath and Bristol, easily accessible via car or public transport, with a train station 5 minutes’ walk away.

**Why B&NES Council?**

We offer a wide range of benefits, to ensure that you are paid fairly for your work, have the flexibility to enjoy a great work/life balance, and have the support you need. These include:

- A competitive salary package
- A range of flexible working and hybrid working options, including flexi-time, four regional offices and home-working, dependent on service requirements
- A generous holiday allowance and special leave provisions
- The Local Government Pension Scheme
- A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme - whatever life throws at you; we are committed to supporting you and your well-being at work and home
- Professional and personal development including in-house training and accredited qualifications including Aspiring Manager and Leadership Development
- Discount scheme including the VECTIS card that offers numerous local discounts including cycle to work and free entry to numerous local attractions with B&NES

**Interested to find out more?**

If you are interested in this post and require more details after reading the job description or just to chat through the role and what’s involved, please contact Felicity Groves on 01225 477363

**To apply**

Bath & North East Somerset Council has one overriding purpose - to improve people’s lives. We have four core values which shape every aspect of our working life and how we look to the future. These values are to be **Bold, Empowered, Supportive **and** Transparent**.

**As an equal opportunities employer, Bath & North East Somerset Council is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and is opposed to discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership.**

**Safeguarding Statement**:
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment anyone work

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