Family Intervention Worker

Cheshire West and Chester; Ellesmere Port; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Cheshire West and Chester seeks a Family Intervention Worker for its Intervention Hub, focusing on supporting vulnerable families and children. This role demands a Level 3 Qualification in Child Care with a passion for frontline family work, offering numerous professional development benefits and flexible working opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

26 days annual leave

Career progression support

Pension scheme

Employee assistance programme

Additional leave and purchase schemes

Qualifications

• Experience working with children, young people, and families.
• Knowledge of child development.
• Ability to work across Cheshire West and Chester Borough.

Responsibilities

• Providing high-quality family intervention to vulnerable families.
• Using evidence-based interventions to support families.
• Participating in a multi-agency partnership model.

Skills

Family intervention

Child development

Solution focused approach

Flexibility

Creative approach

Resilience

Education

Level 3 Qualification in Child Care

Relevant experience in health and social care

Job description

We are seeking to appointment a Family Intervention worker within our Intervention Hub, are you looking for a new challenge and would relish the opportunity to make a difference to some of our most vulnerable children, young people and families? If you have the passion and drive for direct front line family focused work and are flexible and creative in your approach in working with children and families, we want to hear from you!

The Intervention Hub delivers high quality services for local children and their families, ensuring the right support is offered at the right time. We are currently recruiting for a Family Intervention Worker to join a strong performing team who focus on achieving the best outcomes for the families, children and young people they work with. As a member of the team, you will be involved in providing high-quality family intervention to families with children and young people who are living in complex situations, at risk of harm and family breakdown and requiring the support of children’s social care. Using a solution focused approach and evidence-based interventions to support and empower families to develop and implement sustainable, long-term solutions to their difficulties and enable parents to provide safe and consistent care to their children.

The Intervention Hub work in a trauma informed way using Cheshire West and Chester’s innovative multi- agency partnership model ‘Our Way of Working’.

You will have access to range of benefits including:

-Competitive salary

-Annual leave – you will receive 26 days annual leave per annum rising to 31 days after five years continuous Local Government Service.

-Grow your own culture – we have a career progression structure to support your professional development.

-Working rewards – we have a variety of schemes available to employees which include; additional annual leave, care and cycle purchase scheme, home and electronics purchase scheme in addition to discounts at a wide range of high street and online retailers.

-Pension scheme – our Local Government Pension Scheme is a career average pension scheme with employee contributions of between 5.5% and 8.5% and the employer contribution currently of 23.8%. the scheme includes ill health and death in service benefits after two years membership.

-Employee assistance programme – 24 hours, seven day a week lifestyle support for when you or your family need a listening ear from a qualified advisor on a wide range of personal or work issues.

The role requires you to hold a Level 3 Qualification Child Care or equivalent level of experience in a relevant discipline, for example, health and social care, housing, employment etc. Knowledge of child development and previous experience of working with children, young people and families, and be able to work across the Cheshire West and Chester Borough.

As a practitioner you will receive regular supervision by an experienced Senior Practice Lead to ensure the assessed needs of the child are being met and outcomes are improved. Excellent training opportunities will be provided to support you in undertaking the role.

If you have the passion, drive and resilience for direct front line family focused work and are flexible in your approach in working with children and families, we want to hear from you!

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Interim Practice Manager Fiona [e-mail] Senior Practice Lead Charlie Price:[e-mail]