Family Group Decision-Making Lead (Hybrid)

Wollborg Michelson Personnel Service Inc; Telford; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Telford & Wrekin Council is seeking a Family Group Decision Making Coordinator to join our Children’s Services team. This full-time post (37 hours) focuses on working with families in a whole family system, guiding restorative practice and ensuring decisions centre on children’s best interests.

You will lead family decision making forums, build partnerships with social work colleagues, and support the creation of Family Plans that reflect the needs of children, young people and their wider

Responsibilities

• The coordinator will work with families in a whole family system approach, independent and work with families to find their own strengths and solutions to problems, keeping children and young people safe and nurtured within their families.
• They will work as part of a team receiving referrals for family decision making forums, leading practice in this area across children’s services.
• The role includes repairing and enhancing relationships within the relational network, modelling principles of systemic practice.
• This role supports reforms to Children’s Social Care and drives the use of family decision making forums across services, focusing on a renewed mandatory offer within the family safeguarding service.

Job description

Telford & Wrekin Council is seeking a Family Group Decision Making Coordinator to join our Children’s Services team. This full-time post (37 hours) focuses on working with families in a whole family system, guiding restorative practice and ensuring decisions centre on children’s best interests.

You will lead family decision making forums, build partnerships with social work colleagues, and support the creation of Family Plans that reflect the needs of children, young people and their wider