Child Contact Coordinator

2 months ago


Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, United Kingdom Achieving for Children Full time

About the Role

Achieving for Children is a leading provider of community-based services for children and families. We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Supervised Contact Worker to join our team.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide a high-quality, safe, and focused contact service for children and their families, promoting the best possible outcomes for children and young people.
  • Safeguard and promote the welfare of the young people, ensuring their needs are met and their rights are respected.
  • Participate in the provision of contact to a range of children and young people and their families, ensuring that the intervention is appropriate to the identified need, goals are clear, outcomes are identified, and the service is provided within the agreed timeframes.
  • Maintain high levels of communication with children, young people, and carers, consulting in planning, delivery, and review of contact, and preparing and presenting reports and records as required.

Requirements

  • Hold a professional qualification in a relevant discipline, such as family support, education, social care, youth work, or early years, or demonstrate substantial experience.
  • Proven skills in 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, as well as 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.
  • Experience in undertaking written or dynamic risk assessments, adhering to health and safety, and making decisions related to risk to ensure the safety and well-being of young people, parents, and workers.
  • A passion for Achieving for Children's vision, mission, and values, supporting children and young people to live safe, happy, healthy, and successful lives.

About Our Benefits

  • Competitive salary and benefits package, including 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.
  • Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension).
  • Flexible working options, helping to maintain 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.

Important Information

  • Achieving for Children is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
  • This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).


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