Job Summary
Contract Type:
Please See Advert Text
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
10/01/2019
Advert End Date:
Closed for applications on 20/01/2019 23:59
Salary:
Grade 6, £20,541 to £23,111.
Job Category:
Social Care - Children Service
Employment Location:
Please see Advert Text
Post Number:
CYPS/19/12, S046695, S046793
Further Information
Children and Young Peoples Service
Children's Social Care
Families First
Post: Various full-time permanent and fixed term Family Support Workers
Salary: Grade 6, £20,541 to £23,111.
Location: Various teams
Vacancy Reference Number: CYPS/19/12
The Family Support Worker will provide practical help at the earliest opportunity to enable families to make significant and substantial changes that will impact positively upon themselves and their children.
Duties include but are not limited to:
• To build and maintain high quality and appropriate professional relationships with children, young people and their families to enable positive change to take place;
• To work with parents to enable them to identify, acknowledge and meet their own and their children’s needs, develop life skills, make and sustain effective change and reduce vulnerability;
• To work within the Single Assessment Framework and ‘Team around the Family’ processes, to contribute to whole family assessments and care planning and liaise with other relevant partners as appropriate;
• Be accountable for and review own practice using supervision, reflective practice and other opportunities for continuous professional development;
Recent experience of working and supporting vulnerable children and families in the home and community settings is required, along with experience of delivering planned interventions using evidence-based practise lead to improved outcomes.
Essential qualifications: Level 3 qualification in a relevant children’s services field and evidence of continuous professional development.
For further information regarding this post please contact Lisa Gallagher-Dent on 03000 265951 or via email to lisa.gallagher-dent@durham.gov.uk.
It is anticipated that interviews will be held on the 5th and 6th Febraury 2019.
Apply on-line or for further assistance contact the HR Operations & Data Team on Telephone: 03000 267247 (24hr answerphone). Email: hrCYPS@durham.gov.uk
In line with the County Council’s Recruitment & Selection Policy, please note that we are unable to accept CV’s. Any information provided on CV’s will not be considered for short-listing purposes.
Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered with North East Jobs, including your invite to interview if you are short-listed. Please check your email after the closing date for notification from ‘DONOTREPLY@NORTHEASTJOBS.ORG.UK’ as you will not be notified by any other means.
Please note
This job is closed for applications.