Family Support Practitioner

Bath and North East Somerset Council; Keynsham; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent administrative support

Job summary

Bath and North East Somerset Council is recruiting a Family Support Practitioner to deliver social care services to children, young people and families within the Bath and North East Somerset area. You will work alongside a multidisciplinary team to provide coordinated interventions and support.

The role offers comprehensive induction, supportive supervision, and routes for career progression, including pathways like the Social Work Apprenticeship degree, within a values-led Local Authority.

Qualifications

• You will have relevant experience of working with vulnerable children, young people and families.
• A specific interest in this area of work and developing skills for service development.

Responsibilities

• Respond to, co-ordinate and deliver a range of social care services to children, young people and families in BANES.
• Work with agencies across health, education, support services and adult services to respond to needs.
• Future opportunities for career development, including the Social Work Apprenticeship degree.

Job description

At Bath & North East Somerset Council we have one overriding purpose – to improve people’s lives.

About the Team

If your passion is around collaborative work with families, children and carers, centred on building relationships in order to help families develop resilience and promote stability, then we are the Local Authority for you. Working with families to keep children at home wherever possible, our dynamic teams also work with kinship caring and fostering households. Our practice model is underpinned by relationship-based, systemic approaches to facilitate change, alongside trauma informed practice.

Bath and North East Somerset Children’s Social Care are an innovative small Local Authority focused on therapeutic assessment and support. Rated Good by OFSTED, with continued vision and drive to improve further.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Family Support Practitioner to join our Alternative Care Team, within the Care Outcomes Service. We are committed to being a dynamic and creative Local Authority, working hard to think differently about how we approach our work with families. We are deeply committed to providing tailored high quality services and well thought out interventions to families to keep children safe.

Our practice is values-driven with a strong ethos of child‑focussed interventions which support carers to meet children’s needs. As a Local Authority we work hard to support children and families at an early stage; we are committed to providing the best outcomes for our children and young people.

About the Role

You will work in partnership with an enthusiastic team overseen by a Team Manager and Deputy Team Manager, and alongside Senior Practitioners, qualified professional Social Workers and Family Support Practitioners as well as Administrative and Marketing staff.

This rewarding role will see you responding to, co‑ordinating and delivering a range of social care services to children, young people and families in the Bath and North East Somerset area for children in care and children living in other kinship arrangements. We work closely with our colleagues across the service and have established partnerships with agencies across health, education, support services and adult services to ensure we can respond as effectively as possible to the needs of children, young people, and their families.

We are seeking applications from workers who have relevant experience and a specific interest in this area of work and are looking to enhance and further develop their skills and contribute to service development for vulnerable children.

You can expect:

• A comprehensive induction.
• Managed caseload, with a variety of support and interventions for children.
• Regular supervision, at a minimum of monthly one to one.
• Weekly group supervision to promote thoughtful and creative practice, supported by your peers and managers.
• Monthly Peer Circles to ensure strong relationships and support between Family Support Practitioners across the teams, and to share good practice.
• Excellent administrative support.
• Ongoing training, which may include Video Interactive Guidance, Theraplay, Therapeutic Life Story Work and other relevant interventions to best support the families you are working with.
• Future opportunities for career development, including the Social Work Apprenticeship degree.

About You

You will have relevant experience of working with vulnerable children, young people and families and a specific interest in this area of work. You will be looking to enhance and further develop your skills while contributing to service development for vulnerable children.

If your passion is around collaborative work with families, children and carers, centred on building relationships in order to help families develop resilience and promote stability, then this could be the role for you. You will be committed to relationship-based practice, delivering high quality interventions and achieving the best possible outcomes for children and young people.

If you are interested in this post and require more details or just to chat through the role and what’s involved, please contact Catriona Reeves, Deputy Team Manager, [e-mail] or call 07580431633.

Interview date: TBC

No Agencies Please.

*Please note, BANES Council operates a policy of prior consideration for roles for any individual on the Council’s at‑risk register (redeployee). This means should a redeployee express an interest in this role, providing they meet the essential criteria for the role they will be considered ahead of external applicants.

About Bath and North East Somerset Council

Working at Bath and North East Somerset provides an opportunity to contribute to your community and make a positive impact on the lives of residents. Our values shape how we work to deliver public services, and how we communicate with the residents we serve. We care about the best outcomes for local people, through our public services.

Why Bath and North East Somerset Council?

We offer a wide range of benefits, to ensure that you are paid fairly for your work, have the flexibility to enjoy a great work/life balance, and have the support you need. Go to https://jobsandcareers.bathnes.gov.uk/why-work-us/our-benefits

At Bath and North East Somerset Council we have one overriding purpose – to improve peoples lives. Find out more about our values at https://jobsandcareers.bathnes.gov.uk/why-work-us/our-values

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us. Find out more on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at https://beta.bathnes.gov.uk/equality-and-diversity

We are a Disability Confident Employer – find out more at https://shorturl.at/ajrsW

The Council is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applications for job‑share, part‑time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.

Please note that this role is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.

Safeguarding Statement: The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment anyone working in a post with children or vulnerable groups will be expected to undertake an Enhanced DBS check with/without barred list checks.