Child and Family Centre Worker

Cambridge County Council; Wisbech; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government council in the UK is seeking Child and Family Centre Workers to support children aged 0-5 and their families. Responsibilities include providing access to information and guidance, facilitating community activities, and delivering outreach services. Ideal candidates will have relevant experience and a commitment to safeguarding children. The role is available both full-time and part-time.

Benefits

Comprehensive wellbeing package

Flexible bank holidays

Additional annual leave

Development opportunities

Paid volunteering hours

Employee Recognition Awards

Qualifications

• Experience working with vulnerable families is necessary.
• Ability to maintain good attendance records and evaluations.
• Willingness to travel locally and across the county.

Responsibilities

• Support families in accessing information, advice, and guidance.
• Deliver support in Child and Family Centres and outreach venues.
• Engage parents in community activities.

Skills

Knowledge of Early Years Foundation Stage

Understanding of child protection policies

Direct experience with children aged 0-5

Experience facilitating group sessions

Competent in IT software

Ability to work flexibly

Job description

Overview

Cambridgeshire County Council Targeted Support Service provides support to children, young people, and their families. Each district team consists of Family Workers, Child and Family Centre Workers, Young People Workers, Senior Transitions Advisors, Transitions Advisors, Client Researchers and managers.

The role of Child and Family Centres is to improve outcomes for all children, from pre-birth to age 19, and to reduce inequalities in outcomes between children growing up in disadvantage and the wider population. Child and Family Centres provide a focus for multi-agency teams to deliver integrated services to young children and their families.

We have 2 x Child and Family Centre Worker vacancies;

One 37hr full time post within East Cambridgeshire Child and Family Centres team.

One 21.5hr part time post within Wisbech Child and Family Centres team.

To apply, please apply via the online application form, please make sure your application form/supporting statement tells us the following:

1. Why would you like to be considered for this role?
2. What personal qualities, skills and experiences will you apply to this role? Using the list of qualities, skills and experiences detailed below and in the job specification, tell us how you meet each of those criteria.
3. Please add any other information in support of your application.
4. Please state on your application which post you are applying for.

Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK. Successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

You will be required to hold a full and valid driving license and have access to a vehicle or have the ability to otherwise travel efficiently between locations.

For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Sadie Golding [e-mail]

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 23rd September.

Cambridgeshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an enhanced DBS.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to reflect this diversity, which is beneficial to employees, the organisation, and the communities we serve.

Our Benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage.

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.

What will you be doing?

With a particular focus on the 0-5 age group, Child and Family Centre Workers provide support to children and families to access information, advice and guidance, play, support and learning opportunities in both targeted and universal group settings. Support will be delivered in both Child and Family Centres, Family Hubs and outreach venues within the wider community.

About you

Qualities:

• You will be motivated and dedicated to supporting families to achieve positive outcomes.
• You will be organised, able to work autonomously and as a team.
• You will be willing, approachable, personable and able to build a positive rapport with children, young people and their families.

• You will be willing to continue your professional development through informal and formal training.

Skills and experience:

• Knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage requirements.
• Understanding of child protection policies and procedures and the importance of safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.
• Direct experience of working with children aged 0-5 years and their families.
• Practical knowledge and experience of working with vulnerable families and being aware of the issues a practitioner may face while working with vulnerable families.
• Experience of facilitating group sessions for parents.
• Experience of providing information, advice and signposting services to families.
• Experience of engaging parents in community activities.
• Ability to carry out routine administration, for example attendance records and evaluations.
• Competent in the use of IT software including Word, Excel, social media and data reporting systems.
• Willingness to travel locally and across the county.
• Able to work flexibly to support the delivery of the Child and Family Centre offer, including some evening and weekend working as required.
• Ability to demonstrate awareness and understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion and how this applies to this role.

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to reflect this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don\'t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don\'t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network \'IDEAL\' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers