Family Group Work Leader

3 weeks ago


Carrickfergus, United Kingdom Home Start East Antrim Full time

**Job Description - Family Group Leader**

Home-Start is committed to safer recruitment practice as an important part of safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults.

**Job Title**:Home-Start East Antrim Family Group Leader

**Location**:Home-Start Family Group venues in Carrickfergus, Larne and Newtownabbey

**Employer**: Home-Start East Antrim, based at Oakfield Community Centre, Oakfield Drive, Carrickfergus, BT38 7SP

**Hours of work**: 20 hours per week term time 44 weeks

4 year fixed term contract (This post has been funded by the National Lottery Community Fund NI)

**Salary**:NJC Scale 3 Points 5-6; starting at point 5, £10,164

**Responsible to**: Scheme Manager

**Responsible for**: Group volunteers and placement students

**Purposes of the job**
- To plan, resource and deliver group provision and events for Home-Start supported families.
- To build and support a team of group volunteers and placement students.
- To provide support services to families which reduce isolation, provide connection with peers and positively impact family life.
- To widen the reach and impact of Home-Start East Antrim in line with the needs of local families.

**Main Responsibilities**

**Supporting families**
- Establish, lead, maintain and deliver family group services, creating a welcoming, safe and nurturing environment for Home-Start families
- Be aware of group dynamics ensuring groups provide a non-judgemental environment for families and ensure equality of opportunity, fairness and diversity in all aspects of work
- Respond sensitively and appropriately to safeguarding issues, ensuring compliance with Home-Start and local safeguarding policies and procedures
- Prepare the venue providing safe and stimulating play and craft for pre-school children during term time, together with siblings of school age on occasion
- Encourage and assist the active participation of parents/carers in play and other activities as appropriate
- Inform all families of the services and opportunities provided by Home-Start East Antrim and to be able to signpost families to other services where appropriate
- Provide healthy snacks and drinks with awareness of food allergies and intolerances

**Volunteers**
- Build and maintain good working relationships with volunteers and ensure volunteers feel valued and engaged
- Provide regular encouragement, direction, feedback and support to volunteers

**Administration**
- Liaise appropriately and positively with staff and volunteers
- Create clear session plans, risk assessments and delivery procedures and communicate these with the team in a timely manner
- Keep a register at each session, detailing names of all those attending including families, volunteers and speakers and to record this on the database
- Maintain and update list of phone numbers of families attending group and give advance warning in the event of cancellation
- Maintain systems for monitoring and evaluation of group sessions

**Health and Safety**
- Ensure adherence to the Home-Start East Antrim Health and Safety Policy
- Record all accidents or incidents in the relevant accident or incident book and report as appropriate
- Ensure that all toys and other equipment are cleaned as appropriate and regularly checked for wear, tear and safety
- To make sure that at the end of the session, the room is left clean and tidy with equipment stored away safely

The post holder may be required to undertake any other duties that fall within the nature of the role and responsibilities as detailed above.

This job description is current as of February 2023

**Job Types**: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 48 months
Part-time hours: 20 per week

**Salary**: From £11.55 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

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

Work Location: One location

Application deadline: 02/03/2023
Reference ID: FSGLeb23


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