Family Support Worker

Cheshire East Council; Congleton; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Cheshire East Council seeks Family Support Workers to enhance the lives of children and their families within its care. Ideal candidates will work alongside Social Workers, supporting families in crisis, ensuring safety, and fostering developmental opportunities. Training for the operational model will be provided, alongside an emphasis on partnership and communication skills for effective support.

Qualifications

• Understanding of the challenges facing children and families.
• Record of successful partnership working.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support children and families in crisis.
• Work collaboratively with Social Workers and multi-agency partnerships.
• Navigate care experiences of families.

Skills

Communication

Partnership working

Crisis intervention

Job description

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Are you a Family Support Worker who is looking for a move into a progressive and forward thinking authority or an experienced worker with a background in supporting children and their families?

We are looking to appoint Family Support Workers to our teams across Childrens Social Care who will help us to deliver our vision for children and their families. We want Cheshire East to be a great place to be young where all young people are well supported to maximise their life chances, a place where they can thrive in our care, are safe from any harm or abuse, have access to outstanding education and feel prepared for adulthood.

Organisation Cheshire East Council Location Nantwich,Wilmslow,Congleton,Crewe,Knutsford,Macclesfield,Middlewich,Sandbach,Alsager,Holmes Chapel Job Category Children and Young People Services Grade CEC NJC - Grade 7 Salary Min £29,269 Per Annum Salary Max £32,076 Per Annum Hours per week 37 Weeks per year 52.143 Employment Type Permanent Closing Date 21/10/2024 Ref No E2557 Documents

Family Support Worker

Are you a Family Support Worker who is looking for a move into a progressive and forward thinking authority or an experienced worker with a background in supporting children and their families?

We are looking to appoint Family Support Workers to our teams across Childrens Social Care who will help us to deliver our vision for children and their families. We want Cheshire East to be a great place to be young where all young people are well supported to maximise their life chances, a place where they can thrive in our care, are safe from any harm or abuse, have access to outstanding education and feel prepared for adulthood.

Organisation Cheshire East Council Location Nantwich,Wilmslow,Congleton,Crewe,Knutsford,Macclesfield,Middlewich,Sandbach,Alsager,Holmes Chapel Job Category Children and Young People Services Grade CEC NJC - Grade 7 Salary Min £29,269 Per Annum Salary Max £32,076 Per Annum Hours per week 37 Weeks per year 52.143 Employment Type Permanent Closing Date 21/10/2024 Ref No E2557 Documents

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Cheshire East is an amazing place to live and work. As one of the largest employers in the borough, we are able to offer you a wide range of challenging and rewarding career opportunities.

At Cheshire East Council we are working for a brighter future – together and our commitment to you is that our workplace culture will provide a shared purpose, a well-led organisation with valued people succeeding together as one team and one council to deliver the best service for our customers and communities.

If you want to be part of our award-winning council and contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate, are committed to working as part of a team and striving to deliver exceptional service wherever you can, we would especially like to hear from you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our local communities so that we can all work for a brighter future - together.

As a Family support worker you will work in partnership with the Social Workers and multi-agency partnership who have identified children, young people and their families and carers, who need additional support and direct work, to achieve their outcomes, support to navigate their care experience, maintain family connections and support the assessment process.

You must have a comprehensive understanding of the challenges facing children and families, a record of successful partnership working, a record of successful direct work and involvement with children and their families and have excellent communication skills and ability to support families in crisis. We have introduced Signs of Safety as our operational model and a comprehensive programme of training will be available to anyone who is unfamiliar with this model.

Cheshire East Council is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults across the Borough. As such, any cautions, convictions, reprimands or final warnings that are ‘not protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) order 1975 (as amended in 2013) relating to the non-disclosure of spent convictions do not apply to this job. You must therefore, disclose whether you have any previous convictions where prompted to do so within the application process.

Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.

If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date then it is likely that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion, however please do not be discouraged from applying again.

Please quote job reference number in all correspondence.