Family Support Officer

Brampton Training & Consultancy Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A community service organization in Greater London is seeking a Return Home Interviewer to conduct interviews for children reported missing. The role focuses on understanding their circumstances and ensuring effective safeguarding measures. The ideal candidate should have experience with young people, knowledge of safeguarding practices, and the ability to build rapport. This is a contracted position of 3-6 months with the potential for extension based on performance and budget considerations.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children and young people.
• Knowledge of safeguarding procedures and practices.
• Ability to build rapport with young people.

Responsibilities

• Conduct Return Home Interviews for young people reported missing.
• Report safeguarding concerns and work towards reducing missing periods.
• Build effective relationships with young individuals.
• Report safeguarding concerns immediately to the appropriate person.
• Identify concerns related to exploitation and at-risk behaviours.
• Highlight intelligence to the CSE/Missing Coordinator to aid understanding of missing episodes.

Skills

Interviewing

Safeguarding

Child protection

Relationship building

Job description

Purpose of the Job:

1. The Return Home Interviewer is responsible for conducting Return Home Interviews for children who are currently looked after by Children’s Services and have been reported as missing/absent.

2. To ensure that any safeguarding concerns identified during a missing/absent period are reported effectively and in a timely manner and to work towards reducing missing/absent periods for Young People.

Principle Accountabilities:

• To conduct Return Home Interviews for those Young People who have been reported as missing/absent within 72 hours of their return and better understand the circumstances around their missing period and communicate this effectively to the social work team. To ensure that all young people who have had a period of being missing/absent have had the opportunity to speak to an independent person about their circumstances.
• To ensure that Return Home Interviews are recorded accurately on the IT system in a timely manner so that any information gathered can be used to inform effective decision making.
• Build rapport and effective relationships with Young People who may be reported as missing on a regular basis and work to advocate on their behalf and understand how we can safeguard them in a more effective manner.
• To report any safeguarding concerns immediately to the appropriate person
• Identify and highlight specific concerns relating to worries about Child Sexual Exploitation, Criminal Exploitation and gang activity which could place the young person at risk of harm.
• Reporting/Highlighting any intelligence to the CSE/Missing Coordinator that may assist with understanding exploitation within Southwark and the reasons for why young people are reported as missing.

Please note this is a contracted position of 3-6 months with the possibility of extension depending on budgets and performance.

Please note as an agency we can only offer an Umbrella PAYE rate for this post and confirmation of Eligibility to work in the UK will be required before submission