Location: Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Hours: Fixed term until 31/3/2020

Part Time (working 22 hours a week Mon to Wed)

Salary: £22,000 per annum, pro rata

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 lives of 301,000 children, young people and families.

The Community Family Hub is a vital part of our work. As a Family Support Practitioner, you'll be working with a diverse range of families within the Central Hub area in Newcastle. At the Community Family Hub we work closely with a range of partners including Health, L.A and voluntaryagencies. There are four service bases in the Central Community Family Hub area, although workers will be based in one of the centres, predominantly we deliver 1:1 support in families' homes and across the centres. We use a whole family approach using the Early Help assessment, the worker will be required to lead Team around Family Meetings and Early Help Plans. This role will be working part time, generally Monday to Wednesday 9am to 5pm but some flexibility may be required to meet service needs.

How you'll make a difference:

By working collaboratively with families to achieve positive outcomes

By effectively assessing needs using Early Help assessment and working with families on an agreed plan to achieve improved outcomes

By working in an integrated way as part of the Community Family Hub

By listening to children and young people

What you'll need:

Relevant qualification at level 3 or above
Ability to assess, plan and review with children and families
Work creatively with families and in an outcome-focused way.
Understand child development and safeguarding
Case load management
Experience of working with children and families
Ability to work as part of a team
Resilience
Ability to work effectively with multi agencies
Ability to communicate with families who are from a diverse range of cultures and communities
Able to meet recording requirements including use of digital systems

The rewards:

Minimum 29 days' holiday (pro rata)
Flexible working, including maternity, paternity and adoption packages
Season ticket travel loans
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 leadingUK 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 handy 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!

We reserve the right to close this vacancy if we have sufficient response before the closing date.

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