Family Solutions Practitioner

Northamptonshire Children's Trust; St. Neots; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Northamptonshire Children's Trust is seeking a dedicated key worker to support children on the edge of care. The role involves coordinating interventions for adolescents with complex needs, collaborating with communities, and fostering change within families. Ideal candidates will have strong interpersonal skills and a commitment to making a positive impact on children's lives.

Benefits

28 days annual leave

Local Government Pension Scheme with immediate life cover

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee discounts

Flexible and family working arrangements

Extensive Learning & Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic, self-motivated team player.
• Experience working with children and families.
• Ability to draw on Integrated Working principles.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate high quality, preventative and intensive targeted interventions.
• Support children and adolescents on the edge of care.
• Work flexibly around the needs of children and young people.

Skills

Assessment and engagement skills

Ability to affect change

Collaboration with communities

Excellent interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Job description

Please Note

About the role

Northamptonshire Childrens Trust has an exciting new project to support children and young people deemed on the edge of care. We are looking for confident, key workers who can act as the lead professional and can co-ordinate high quality, preventative and intensive targeted interventions with children and adolescents with complex needs on the edge of going into care or who need support with reunification with their families after being in care.

We are committed to building a skilled, knowledgeable and flexible workforce promoting innovation and strive for continuous improvement.

What will you be doing?

We are seeking enthusiastic, self-motivated team players with excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills to join our exciting team who are willing to work flexibly around the needs of children and young people.

About You

We are looking for committed staff who have:

Assessment and engagement skills

Ability to affect change for children/young people and their family

Can draw on the principles of Integrated Working

An ability to work closely and creatively with communities and partner agencies

This role is part of a new approach to support within the Young peoples support service

If you feel that you have the skills and experience to do this role well and are passionate about working with staff who enjoy working with children, young people and families, then we would welcome your application.

For an informal discussion please call Trudy Jones 07920 060849 or email:

When applying please ensure your supporting statement covers how you fulfil the essential criteria set out in the person specification as this will be used for shortlisting. You will need to provide a full employment history including any gaps since leaving full time education

Our benefits

We are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do.

We really value our workforce and offer you a great benefits package including:

• 28 days annual leave,
• Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover
• Opportunity to purchase
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee discounts
• Flexible and family working arrangements
• A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team
• Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
• Subsidised
  
  

About Us

Northamptonshire Childrens Trust was established in November 2020 to deliver Childrens Services to the newly established North and West Northants County Councils. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils; this provides the organisation with unique opportunities to explore new ways of working and to be more agile and adaptable in its approach to service delivery. We are developing a culture that allows the very highest quality of professional practice to flourish and evolve, delivering at the cutting edge of new innovation.

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