Family Intervention worker

Portsmouth City Council; Chichester; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Portsmouth City Council is seeking a Family Intervention Worker to join the Family Intervention Service. This rewarding role combines supervising 'family time' sessions for children who are no longer living at home with delivering direct parenting and family support interventions in the community.

This role is part time at 22.2 hours per week and will be fixed term for up to 1 year to cover maternity leave.

Qualifications

• Has a childcare, health and social care, education or equivalent qualification (e.g. NVQ3, NNEB).
• Has experience working with children and families in social care, health, education or related settings.
• Can build positive relationships while providing both support and challenge to families.
• Has strong communication, observation and report-writing skills.
• Can work independently and as part of a team in sometimes challenging situations.

Responsibilities

• Supervising 'family time' sessions in the centre between families and children where the children are no longer living in their family home.
• Carry out direct work with parents and children in homes on a one-to-one basis.
• Represent children and families and produce reports for child protection meetings, court hearings and multi-agency meetings.

Skills

Childcare experience

Communication skills

Report-writing

Teamwork

Education

NVQ3/NNEB

Job description

We are seeking a Family Intervention Worker to join our Family Intervention Service. This rewarding role combines supervising family time sessions for children who are no longer living at home with delivering direct parenting and family support interventions in the community.

This role is part time working 22.2 hours per week and will be fixed term for up to 1 Year to cover maternity leave.

About the Role

The role consists of two parts: one part of the role you will be supervising 'family time' sessions in the centre between families and their children where the children are no longer living in their family home.

Within these sessions you will work with families independently using a restorative approach and as part of a team with other professionals to contribute to the planning and intervention of a programme of work.

The interventions you will carry out with families within these family time sessions the aim is to enhance the parent/child relationship, prevent family breakdown and support the families to make changes.

The other part of the role will involve working independently within family's homes completing direct work with parents and children on a one-to-one basis.

For both parts of the role, you will represent children and families and produce reports for child protection meetings, court hearings and other multi-agency meetings as required.

The ideal candidate

We are looking for someone who:

• Has a childcare, health and social care, education or equivalent qualification (e.g. NVQ3, NNEB).
• Has experience working with children and families in social care, health, education or related settings.
• Can build positive relationships while providing both support and challenge to families.
• Has strong communication, observation and report-writing skills.
• Can work independently and as part of a team in sometimes challenging situations.

Working Arrangements

Some working from home offered in line with staff cover in the office and at the managers discretion.

About Portsmouth City Council

Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act.

We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours .

We are a disability confident employer and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard. More information can be found at Equality, diversity and inclusion - Careers portal

We are committed to offering an interview to all those candidates that qualify under our corporate commitments and meet the minimum criteria, however, for roles that receive a large number of applications, we will select the candidates that best meet the minimum criteria.

You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

Safeguarding

Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Children Partnership safer recruitment procedures.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) at Standard/Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Please read the relevant DBS privacy notice before submitting any information.