East Norfolk (Seagulls), Norfolk
Circa £17,200 Per annum
37Hrs - Permanent - Full-Time - (Part-time hours would be considered)

Giving children and young people the foundations they need to thrive.

The role

Norfolk's Early Childhood and Family Service provide targeted support to families with children aged 0-5 years. The service offers a range of early childhood services for parents, prospective parents and young children to support in areas including bonding, speech and language development, parenting challenges, mental well-being and healthy relationships

The East Norfolk team covers a large geographical area of rural areas in East Norfolk as well as Great Yarmouth and Gorleston. You may be required to work in other districts when required.

As Family Support Worker you will support the development of children by creating fun and stimulating environments to enhance skills and promote emotional resilience and positive behaviour.

You will make a difference by:

- Providing rich learning environments where children and their families can engage in stimulating play opportunities.

- Facilitating interventions one to one or in a group to support identified areas of need e.g. infant massage, speech and language development.

- Being alert to child protection and safeguarding issues and inform appropriate line managers.

You will need:

- Level 2 or above qualification in social care, health, education or early years.

- Experience of delivering one to one or group support to children and families using the early years foundation stage (or similar).

- Good IT skills and ability to record concise, accurate case notes.

- Ability to build safe and effective working relationships with vulnerable young children and adults.

- Ability and willingness to work in a variety of premises across the county (the role will be required to work across more than one district at times).

The way we work

We work to make sure every child and young person has the love, support and opportunity they need to reach their potential. If you share the same vision, we want you to join our team. Have a look at our behaviours and values to understand more about the way we work here.

Rewards

We want our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, a comprehensive employer-matched pension scheme and a range of deals and discounts on our dedicated benefits portal. Find out more about our exclusive Action for Children benefits here.

For safe and happy childhoods

At Action for Children, we protect and support children and young people, providing practical and emotional care and support, ensuring their voices are heard, and campaigning to bring lasting improvements to their lives. Last year, we helped more than 387,000 children and families across the UK.

For more information, please contact Machaela Huggins on 07776 659 803 or email

Shortlisting will take place 20th November 2020

Interviews will take place W/C 23rd November 2020 via MS Teams

We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice.

Action for Children is passionate about promoting equality, valuing diversity and working inclusively. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons particularly people with Disabilities and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.