Children and Family Practitioner - Level 2
Location: Ilfracombe, Devon
Salary: £16,367 per annum. Pro rata
Job type: Part time permanent 30hrs hours per week
How we work:
Action for Children does what's right, does what's needed and does what works for children in the UK. Every year, our team changes the
North Devon Children's Centre provides a range of targeted Early Help services to families with Children aged 0-8 years. In Devon, Early Help is made up of service users, community resources, and a range of service providers who will work together to enable families to manage their own dilemmas and solve their own problems, making changes to secure the well-being of their children
This role will be coordinating and directing the support to children, young people and families by agreeing and providing support for interventions, which may be specialised, enabling positive and agreed outcomes to be achieved, in accordance with organisational policies, procedures and regulatory requirements.
The Role:
- Providing a high quality service to children, young people and their families, based on an assessment of need
- Delivering interventions with children, young people or families on a 1:1 basis, group or community setting
- Providing support to SW3 on lead case/care planning management, including undertaking assessing, reviewing and managing risks
- Attending and participating at relevant multi-agency meetings, providing a support role ensuring reflective and analytical practice review
- Responsible for day to day resource planning to ensure high quality services are delivered
- Establishing and developing effective relationships and channels of communication with children, young people, families, colleagues, community organisations, partner agencies and other external agencies
- Retaining accurate and contemporaneous records, using various IT systems
What you'll need:
- NVQ Level 3 qualification in either social care, health or education or significant experience
- Knowledge and experience of high quality practice across a multiagency portfolio
- Demonstrable professional experience in the field of children's social care /social care setting or background
- Up-to-date knowledge of Early Help models
- Up-to-date experience and application of safeguarding principles and the ability to promote the welfare of the child
- Experience of group facilitation and early help support
- Experience of dealing with age group 0-8years.
- Full driving licence and access to a car
How will we reward you?
- Minimum 29 days' holiday (pro rata).
- Flexible working, including maternity, paternity and adoption packages.
- Company pension scheme.
- Discounts at major high street retailers.
Plus, there's a lot more besides.
This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference to vulnerable children's lives and to build a fulfilling and meaningful career with a leading UK children's charity.
Action for Children is committed to safer recruitment practices, designed to protect the welfare of the children and young people using our services.
If you meet all the criteria and would like to proceed with your application, you'll be redirected to an application form on our website which should only take around 5 minutes to complete. Please have your CV available to upload. As this job involves working around children, there are some specific questions we need to ask you as part of your application process. Thanks for taking the time to apply and we wish you the best of luck!
For more information on this opportunity please contact Collete on 07741 736 739 or email her at Collette.fraser@actionforchildren.org.uk
Interviews to be held on Thu 5th Dec 2019
Guidant is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
