Children & Families Participation Worker

4 months ago

Stevenage, United Kingdom Hertfordshire CC Full time

**About the team**
**About the role**
You will be ensuring events and activities are arranged for children young people open to social workers across the service. The aim is to influence services provided by HCC and others (eg health, housing, education) for the better, using the expertise of those who have direct experience of being in care or experience of the service. The team also consults directly with children and young people in particular circumstances to ensure their views are heard in their statutory reviews meeting including CP and CiN meetings.

Talking with children and young people about their individual care plans, prioritising young people with disabilities, younger children, those deemed ‘hard to reach’, those placed out of county, young people whose care plan has recently changed. Undertake observations of nonverbal children and young people and observations in specific settings as required to inform statutory reviews.

Meeting with groups of children and young people at CHICC events and activities, to gather views about themes to influence service development. Use a range of appropriate consultation methods taking into account different ages, needs and abilities to engage a wide range of children and young people open to CS. This includes consulting with the social workers working with children and young people across the service and making telephone phone calls daily.

Building a community of young people ensuring CHICC reflects the diversity of young people in care and care leavers (e.g. in terms of age, disability, ethnicity, residential, foster, ‘hard to reach’ etc). Run the CHICC Deputies ensuring they have an annual action plan. Help to ensure there are constantly new volunteers becoming involved. Run other CHICC groups as needs arise. Run a series of CHICC events and activities throughout the year.

Communication and building relationships. Develop and maintain young people friendly communication tools including multimedia, survey tools, documentary and film making. Monthly E Bulletins updates to all relevant staff to keep them informed of participation work for children and young people enabling them to promote with young people. Attend regional and national events to share good practice.
**About you** Essential**:

- Experience of working with Children, Young People and Families in a group setting.
- Experience of providing high quality services to children, young people and their families.
- Experience of successfully managing project meeting deadlines.
- Demonstrable commitment to diversity and inclusion when working with and obtaining the views of children and families.
- Good written, IT and organisational skills.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
- Experience of working within a statutory setting with knowledge of the legislation that underpins safeguarding.

**How to apply**

**Additional information** Disability Confident**

**Safeguarding**
This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

**English Fluency**
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.

Job Reference: HCC25655

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