Family Support Specialist

2 months ago

Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom Kent County Council Full time
Job Title: Family Support Specialist

Family Hubs are an integral part of Kent County Council's commitment to supporting children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), and their families.

We operate 56 Family Hubs across Kent, working alongside our partners to provide a broad range of early help services for families, including midwifery, health visiting, parenting support, and activities for children and young people.

Job Purpose:

To work as a Family Support Specialist within the Family Hub team, providing 1:1 and group support to young children and their families in a variety of outreach settings, including home visiting, within the Canterbury District.

Responsible for leading the delivery of play and learning opportunities across Family Hub sites, family homes, other community settings, and outreach locations, to support improvements in outcomes for children.

The post holder will operate a Whole Family approach in their practice, working around the times of the family, and will be expected to work flexibly, including evenings and weekends, as coordinated by Management.

Main Duties:
  1. To deliver and support the planning of high-quality stimulating play and leisure services and opportunities that support children to reach their full potential.
  2. To support vulnerable children with transition, providing a coordinating function where required, e.g., starting preschool, starting primary school.
  3. To be knowledgeable and proactive in supporting and encouraging children and their families to take advantage of the Family Hub Digital and Virtual offer and other routes of advice and guidance.
  4. To deliver public health targeted interventions with children and families where appropriate.
  5. To support home learning initiatives and early education opportunities for pre-school children.
  6. To deliver parenting workshops or programmes throughout the year to new and young parents as well as parents of young children.
  7. To ensure that children and their families are supported to participate in developing service design and service delivery as part of the co-design principle of Family Hubs.
  8. To ensure that the lived experience and voice of the child is central to all planning and delivery of support.
  9. To support families to identify and build positive independent networks across local communities.
  10. Maintain records to a high and consistent standard and all relevant documentation in line with policy, and ensure that all electronic systems are updated and maintained as appropriate.
  11. To work flexibly according to the needs of the community, which may include evenings, weekends, as and when required, using Family Hub sites and outreach venues.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements.

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