Children And Family Worker

Coventry City Council; Rishton; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Coventry City Council is seeking three dedicated Children and Family Workers to join our Edge of Care Service. These roles focus on supporting families at home to prevent children from entering care, working with children aged 0-17 and collaborating with social workers to safeguard and respond flexibly to crises.

The positions are fixed-term until March. You will build positive relationships, carry out direct work with children and their parents, and deliver intensive, targeted interventions to

Qualifications

• Experience working with early years and primary school-age children and their families.
• Right to Work in the UK; DBS check will be completed.
• Flexible to shift patterns including evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Build positive relationships with families and children; direct work with children and their parents.
• Deliver intensive, targeted interventions to support change and stability at home.
• Work closely with social workers and other professionals; monitor progress and advocate for children's and families' needs.

Job description

What is the job role?

We are seeking three dedicated and committed Children and Family Workers to join our Edge of Care Service. This role focuses on supporting families in their homes to prevent children from entering care. Edge of Care is expanding to work with children from 0-17 (as opposed to the current 8-17 offer), and we are seeking practitioners who have experience working with early years and primary school-age children and their families. These are fixed-term posts until March .

The role involves working closely with social workers and families to deliver targeted intervention to support change and improve stability at home. As part of a crisis response service, you will work with families flexibly and ensure safeguarding is prioritised.

All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Who are we looking for?

A Children and Family Worker in the Edge of Care Service involves building positive relationships, carrying out direct work with children and their parents and delivering intensive, targeted intervention. The post holder will work closely with social workers and other professionals, monitor progress, and advocate for the children’s and families’ needs.

You will need to be passionate about working with Children, Young people and their families, have a reassuring presence, be calm in a crisis, and be able to work with families in their homes, helping them make the necessary changes to stay together.

As this post will mostly work with children 0 -8 years, those with experience of working with children from the early years sector are desirable.

You will need to be a team player with a flexible approach, willing to work on a shift basis that includes evenings and weekends. The shift patterns are 8.30 am-5 pm, 10 am- 6.30 pm and 11.30-8 pm. Weekend work is approximately 3 weekends a year, where you will provide responsive support to families experiencing crisis.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you’ll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long‑term health condition

About Coventry

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting‑edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.