Family Support Worker - Keighley & Shipley

Bradford Children and Families Trust; Saltaire; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Local government pension

Family-friendly policies

Health & wellbeing support

Professional development

National Living Wage employer

Job summary

Bradford Children and Families Trust is recruiting individuals who are passionate about improving outcomes for children. You will undertake holistic assessments, develop plans, and coordinate multi-agency support for families.

You will ensure children's participation in their assessments and reviews, managing your own caseload with a focus on progress over time. We seek candidates with Level3 Health and Social Care or equivalent, GCSEs, strong IT literacy, and a commitment to safeguarding.

Qualifications

• Excellent relational and communication skills.
• GCSE English and Maths or equivalent.
• Level3 Health and Social Care qualification or equivalent.
• IT literacy and safeguarding knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Undertake holistic and strength-based assessments of need and devise appropriate plans.
• Ensure participation of children and young people in assessments, plans and reviews.
• Co-ordinate multi-agency support to deliver tailored family interventions and track progress.

Skills

Relational and communication skills

Teamwork

Can-do attitude

Enthusiasm for helping children and/or

Education

Level3 Health and Social Care qualification

GCSE English and Maths

IT literacy

Tools

IT literacy

Job description

About The Role

Working for the Bradford Children and Families Trust offers the opportunity to work with great people who are passionate about delivering change in a city whose culture offers as much diversity as it’s geography. Bradford City is the fourth largest Metropolitan District in the country and home to a population of around 534,300 residents. Bradford has the largest percentage of population under the age of 16 outside London.Our Targeted Family Support is an essential part of a local network of services working alongside partner agencies and families to deliver good, quality family support. Children are at the centre of everything we do, and our focus is to improve outcomes for children.We are looking to recruit friendly, dynamic, and enthusiastic individuals to join our team, and we want to hear from you if you:

Key Responsibilities

• To undertake or contribute to holistic and strength-based assessments of need and devise and implement appropriate plans for babies, children, young people, and families.


• To ensure the appropriate participation of children and young people in their own assessment, plans, and reviews.


• To manage own caseload and co-ordinate multi-agency support to deliver tailored family interventions and support which tracks and shows progress over time.


• To arrange and chair reviews on a regular basis to track and show progress, including children, young people and families and partner agencies as appropriate.

About You

• Have lots of enthusiasm for helping children and their families.


• Have excellent relational and communication skills.


• Can work as part of and contribute to a team whilst working with on own initiative.


• Have a ‘can do’ attitude and a flexible approach when the need arises.


• Recent experience of working directly with children young people and parents including evidence of recent case experience.


• Level3 qualification in Health and Social Care, including knowledge regarding children’s development, or equivalent child related qualification.


• GCSE English and Maths or equivalent.


• IT literacy.


• An understanding of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

Benefits

• Generous annual leave - 29days plus bank holidays


• Excellent Local Government pension


• Family-friendly policies and enhanced parental leave


• Health & wellbeing support, including Occupational Health and counselling


• Professional development and career progression opportunities


• we are a National Living Wage employer


• For full details of our benefits, please see the attached ‘Our Benefits’ brochure.

Compliance

Bradford Children and Families Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment.If shortlisted, you will be required to disclose relevant information regarding criminal history prior to interview.A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check including a check against the Children’s barred list, will be carried out on preferred candidates.Applications will be reviewed on a weekly basis and interviews will take place every Thursday for successfully shortlisted candidates