Family Support Worker

**Salary**

NJC 19 - £29,777

**Contractual hours**

37

**Basis**

Full time

**Hours**

Full time, permanent

**Job category/type**

Children's Services, Social Care

**Date posted**

20/09/2024

**Job reference**

NELC200920241

**_Are you committed to improving outcomes for our Young People?_**

**_ Can you champion safety, resilience and trust with our Families?_**

**_ Make the change and be the difference in our service_**

**_
Our Purpose_**

To work with and support children and young people and their families and/or carers to help them to make changes and improve outcomes. In particular, the purpose of this role is to help families to better understand and meet the needs of their children and build enough safety into their lives so that children can live at home within families where it is safe to do so.

**_Your Role_**

We are seeking talented and skilled individuals with a background in Children’s Services or similar childcare setting to work alongside our Social Workers. Assisting in promoting resilience in families to reduce neglect and emotional harm, focusing on parenting work which without intervention may enter into Court Proceedings and continued Child Protection planning.

This Family Support Worker post sits within the Children in Care Team within Children’s Services and the role is essential in delivering a range of support to families to prevent escalation of need/risk.

**_About You_**

You will possess the ability to communicate with children and use direct play to understand their world. You will be able to undertake parenting work and support Social Workers with parenting assessments.

You should have a sound knowledge of child development and a good understanding of the impact of trauma on the child’s world and able to offer practical and emotional strategies to overcome this. It is important that you are a good communicator and team player and are able to work with parents/carers to build on strengths and support them to be the best parent/carer they can be.

**_ Think you can make a difference? We want to hear from you._**

**_ _**_Your Application_**

All applicants are advised to carefully read the information provided in the Role Profile and Person Specification.

**Key Dates**

Closing Date: 13/10/2024

Interviews to take place w/c 21/10/2024

**_ Working Arrangements_**

This role is a blended working role _(_the duties of the role may require a blend of home & office working in line with needs of the service)_

There are many perks to enjoy when you are part of **_TeamNEL_**...

**As part of your RewardNEL package**, you will have up to # days leave entitlement* (including bank holidays) and enrolment into a local government pension.

You will also have access to our **_exclusive_**_ _**_RewardNEL_** platform.

This includes a variety of salary sacrifice schemes including Cycle2Work, Holiday Extra and Tusker (Car Lease), discounts at local coffee shops and bars, direct access to our inhouse wellbeing support, free and discounted local car parking as well as instant access to new savings at major retailers, entertainment and hotels.

NELC staff can also benefit from flexible working and excellent training and development opportunities and a Fostering friendly scheme.

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- We regularly review data to ensure our recruitment processes are fair, transparent and promote equal opportunities for all. We also have an in-house Equalities Champions Group that works to promote and embed inclusivity in the workplace, helping us identify areas where we can take positive action, and make the organisation a safe space for colleagues to feel connected._