Multi-site Children and Family Support Worker

3 months ago


Portsmouth, United Kingdom Fair Ways Full time

**Who are Fair Ways and what do we stand for?**

Fair Ways is a great place to work. We are a team. We care about each other and are all committed to making a change to the lives of the young people and service users in our care. We will not apologise for calling our staff great, the best, or world-class. Our staff are at the core of our organisation and we celebrate them by shouting it from the rooftops

**Where and when do we need you?**

As a Multi-Site Children and Families Support Worker, you will be involved in a huge range of exciting and rewarding things whilst supporting in:

- **Residential Children’s Homes** - Contributing towards the maintenance of a positive, safe and homely environment within our residential service, including the promotion of a warm and accepting atmosphere, where the safety and care of young people is paramount.
- **Residential Family Centre** - Observing, assessing, and monitoring the health, development and emotional well-being of parents and children, by promoting high standards of physical care, hygiene and safety for residents.
- **Fostering** - Providing daytime and evening respite to Foster Carers by taking the child/young person into the community for 1:1 support sessions.
- **Residential Mental Health Homes** - Analysing and therapeutically managing behaviour that challenges resulting from complex needs and formulate plans to reduce the likelihood of future similar events.
- **Independent Supported Living** - Encouraging the development of independent life skills for post-16’s within a therapeutic caring environment. Interacting with young people and managing complex behaviour.
- **Outreach -** Providing flexible support in the family home and/or community to service users with disabilities, complex health needs and behaviour that challenges.
- **Contact -** offers a safe and supervised environment allowing families to work towards re
- establishing relationships following a breakdown or separation.
- **Education SEMH/ASD -** Supporting the needs of our 3 specialist school sites providing support to students both onsite in lessons and offsite in exciting activities.

**Desirable. but not Essential**
- Whilst we value the knowledge and understanding that experience and qualifications can bring, we also know that some of our best people have come to us from unrelated backgrounds. These people already held our core values at heart, and with the dedication of our amazing in-house training and development team, we have supported the rest_
- Previous experience of working with young people and/or adults with health/social care/educational needs
- A Level 3 qualification in childcare, social care, or another related discipline

**Let us look after you**

Looking after our employees is important to us, and whilst our culture is central to our identity, we also offer a great set of benefits to ensure we are striving to provide the best support to our employees available in the sector.
- Free Staff lotteries (_including prizes such as £1000 holiday vouchers, weekends away, luxury hampers and vouchers_)
- Holiday Accrual Scheme and additional Holiday Purchase _(up to 5 days)_
- Health Shield _(Health cash plan)_
- Employee Assistance Scheme _(Application based emergency financial assistance for employees)_
- Education Grant - (_funding up to master’s level accreditation_)
- Wellbeing Initiatives - _Team Building Days, Summer Festival, Wellbeing boxes_
- Employee Assistance Programme _(24/7 counselling service)_
- Highstreet discount platform, Discounted Gym Membership
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Leadership Courses
- Free Parking
- Annual Staff Awards/ Long Service Awards
- Pension Scheme
- Eligibility for a Blue Light Card
- £250 Refer a Foster Carer Scheme

**Find your happy place - we can’t wait to meet you**

**Salary**: £28,105.00-£32,689.00 per year

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Portsmouth: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Residential Childcare Qualification (preferred)

Work Location: In person



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