Keeping Families Together Practitioner

Wigan

Full Time

£28,624 - £31,586

Permanent

Expires 22/12/2024

**About the Role**:
**Kildare Children and Families Centre**

**Salary: Grade 6, £28,624 - £31,586 per annum (pro rata based on 37 hours per week.)**

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**Your role**:
You will be joining a busy child focused children’s social care family time team. You will be responsible for supervising family time with children who are looked after by the local authority and their birth parents/extended families. You will be an excellent communicator and have excellent written skills. You will be expected to support with the transportation of children to and from their family time sessions. You will be required to have or be willing to learn the skills to deal with challenging behaviour from both children and adults. You are required to work within the hours of 7am 7pm.

**About you**:
You will hold a relevant essential qualification as stated on the job summary, you will be flexible in your approach to your work. You will have the ability to work between the hours of 7am 19.00.

Ideally you will have experience of working with children and families in need of help and support, you will have experience of working with families in challenging situations.

You will have the ability to travel borough wide and beyond to fulfil your role.

You will display and promote the councils Team Wigan behaviours.

You will be an excellent communicator, efficient in time management and have excellent written skills as well as a strong team player.

**About us**:
Wigan Council has been voted ‘Overall Council of the Year’ at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.

The Progress with Unity plan is a place movement for change for the next decade, bringing a new era for Wigan Borough. It draws on the strengths of our individual organisations, recognising that together we can achieve much more for our communities by delivering on our 2 place missions; create fair opportunities for all children, families, residents and businesses and make our towns and neighbourhoods flourish for those who live and work in them.

You will be part of an amazing, kind and supportive team with regular My Time sessions which focus on you and your wellbeing. You will access a comprehensive and supportive induction package along with individual case reviews to support you every step of the way.

You will be given shadowing opportunities prior to having your own case load.

You will have access to an extensive training package to develop your skills further.

Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home, the office, or the community. We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits

Prove your right to work to an employer

Please contact Val Bates, Team Manager or Georgina Fields Senior Family Time Practitioner for further discussions or to arrange an informal visit to our Children & Families Centre on 01942 253256.

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