Supervised Contact Worker
4 weeks ago
About the Role
Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that provides a safe environment for children to have supervised contact with their parents and other family members. As a Supervised Contact Worker, you will be part of a team that promotes contact for children at risk who are undergoing assessment within a statutory team and children looked after.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide a high-quality, focused, and safe contact service for children and their families/carers to pursue the best possible outcomes for children and young people in relation to contact arrangements and life story work.
- Safeguard and promote the welfare of the young people.
- Participate in the provision of contact to a range of children/young people and their families/carers, ensuring that the intervention is appropriate to the identified need, the goals are clear, outcomes identified, and that the service is provided within the time frames agreed.
- Maintain a high level of communication with children/young people and carers and to consult in planning, delivery, and review of contact. Prepare and present reports and records as required, and represent the Contact Service view in relating to your work and observations of the child and family.
About You
The successful candidate will:
- Hold a professional qualification in a relevant discipline (e.g. family support, education, social care, youth work, early years.) or be able to demonstrate substantial experience.
- Proven and well-developed skills of working in partnership with parents and carers delivering parenting interventions through group work and individual sessions.
- Experience and knowledge in contact, attachment, and strength-based parenting and accurate record-keeping in a supervised contact context.
- Well-established verbal and written communication skills, a high standard of ICT literacy; and experience of keeping and maintaining records and case record management systems.
- Experienced in undertaking written or dynamic risk assessments, adhering to health and safety and making decisions related to risk to ensure the safety and wellbeing of young people, parents and workers.
- A passion for Achieving for Children's vision, mission and values (trust, empower, respect) to support children and young people to live safe, happy, healthy and successful lives.
About Our Benefits
We are focused on creating a positive supportive environment, where you will have access to a really wide range of resources, as well as a competitive salary and all the perks to enable hybrid working. In AfC you will also have access to:
- 29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after 2 years and 35 days after 4 years with an additional day off in your birthday month.
- Tailored induction sessions commencing on the date you start working for AfC.
- Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension).
- Flexible working options - helping to keep a good work life balance.
- A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.
- A range of staff benefits and discounts.
- An excellent learning and development offer to support your career pathway.
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