Family Support Practitioner

**Family Support Worker**

**Permanent
- 37 hours per week
- £20,444 to £22,129 (dependant on experience)**

**Countywide
- positions in Norwich, Great Yarmouth and Kings Lynn**

**Are you an early years educator or support worker looking for a rewarding career improving outcomes for children and families? Do you hold an NVQ L3 in Health and Social Care or Education (or equivalent) and looking to progress your career? Are you passionate about providing children and their families with the guidance and support they need to live safely together?**

We are looking to recruit Family Support Workers across Norfolk to join our new Community Assessment and Family Time Service with the aim to enable more children to remain at home safely with their families. This is such a rewarding role and you do not need experience as full training will be provided

As a Family Support Worker, you will provide supervision and support to children and their families in their own homes as part of an 8-week assessment. Working as part of the Community Assessment Team, you will safeguard children and provide families with guidance, role-modelling and support, as directed by the assessing Social Worker. You will assist parents to develop parenting skills and routines and provide practical support with day-to-day tasks and activities to prevent escalation and promote safety and wellbeing.

**Your main responsibilities will be**:

- Work on a 1 to 1 basis with parents and children to promote a stronger relationship. This could include a formal programme such as Solihull, Circle of Security and/or video interactive guidance or other relevant intervention.
- Helping parents to recognise their children’s developmental stages and raise their awareness of age-appropriate expectations of their child’s development, as well as any specific needs of their child. This would include modelling and facilitating activities in the home to enhance their child’s growth and development.
- Developing alternative strategies for parents around the behaviour of their children
- Promoting children’s healthy development.
- Practical support which could include working with the parents on the improving the home environment, basic care of the children, and other basic household management skills, i.e., budgeting, shopping, washing, and cooking.
- Promoting the parents’ links with other services in the community and empowering them to access it.
- Exploring and assessing risks and working with parents to reduce the impact of harm to the children.

You will have experience of working with families in their own home as a Nursery Nurse, Support Worker, Early Years Practitioner, Residential Support Worker, Home visiting volunteer, Family Outreach Worker or similar role.

This is a great opportunity to join a new and innovative service providing the best possible support to children and families. It really is such a rewarding career, below is why our team love their role:
**_“For me one of the biggest things that enticed me to take this role was the shift patterns being flexible and changeable... I particularly enjoy having weekdays off sometimes to get things done that can’t always be done during the weekend The support I receive from my team is unapparelled I think on paper our role can sound a little intimidating but in practice it is a fantastic job with so many opportunitiesit is 100% worth it” _**Danii
- Family Support Worker**

**_“I love how every family is different and how we need to adapt to build relationships with the children and families we work withThis is such a rewarding role, yes, sometimes it’s a challenge but I am proud of our work and privileged to work with my team” _**Lauren
- Family Support Worker**

**In return we will offer you**:

- A supportive team who cares about your wellbeing and professional development
- We offer flexible working arrangements including condensed four-day week working, nine-day fortnights and other options
- We offer a generous annual leave entitlement - plus the opportunity to purchase up to two weeks of additional annual leave through our salary sacrifice scheme
- We offer maternity, paternity and adoption pay and time off to support you as your family grows. There is an independently run nursery within the Norfolk County Council grounds which offers priority spaces to our employees
- We offer support if you care for relatives or friends who are older, disabled or seriously ill
- We are committed to promoting the health, safety and wellbeing of our social workers. We provide access to services that support your health and wellbeing, such as confidential counselling and advice, fast-track physiotherapy and NHS Health Checks for employees over 40.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Kate Apperly (Team Manager) on
01263 739085
.