Family Support Specialist

3 weeks ago


Forres, Moray, United Kingdom Moray Council Full time
Job Description

The purpose of this role is to provide targeted support to families, children, and young people to address home-based barriers to learning, promote resilience, and enhance wellbeing.

You will work in partnership with schools, early learning centres, and community partners to deliver face-to-face support interventions, including relational family work, nurture and restorative interventions, and other evidence-based programs.

Key Responsibilities
  • Establish trusting relationships with families, children, and young people to understand their needs and develop tailored support plans.
  • Deliver evidence-based interventions to address home-based barriers to learning, promote resilience, and enhance wellbeing.
  • Work collaboratively with schools, early learning centres, and community partners to ensure a coordinated approach to supporting families and children.
  • Assess the needs of families, children, and young people and develop, deliver, and evaluate programs of support.
  • Contribute to the development of service policies and procedures, ensuring they are responsive to the needs of families and children.
Requirements
  • Experience of working relationally with families, children, and young people.
  • Experience of working within an educational or community setting.
  • Experience of needs assessment and program development.
  • 4 SQA National 4s, or Standard Grade Level 3 or above, or equivalent. Must include English and Maths.
  • Self-confident and self-motivated.
  • Able to demonstrate a commitment to implementing equality of opportunity in all areas of work.
  • Ability to work on own initiative and respond appropriately within sensitive work environments.
  • Effective communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.
  • Capacity to make balanced decisions under pressure and to manage change.
  • Capacity to form productive working relationships with colleagues, families, children, and young people.
  • Willingness to accept direction/delegation.
  • Appreciation, acceptance of, and a commitment to the importance of confidentiality in line with policies and procedures.

This is a temporary position until 27 June 2025.

For further information, please contact Forres Academy.


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