Family Time Worker

Stoke on Trent City Council; Stoke-on-Trent; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Pension scheme

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is hiring to supervise and support family time sessions, ensuring safety and a child-focused approach. You will observe interactions, provide interventions, and record detailed observations to inform social work decisions and court reports.

The role requires delivering flexible services for court-directed arrangements, maintaining accurate records, and working with colleagues and partner agencies to support children and families. Hybrid working options are available.

Qualifications

• Provide guidance and practical advice to parents to promote positive family time.
• Monitor wellbeing of parents to ensure a safe environment for children.
• Deliver a flexible service to meet court-directed family time arrangements.
• Maintain accurate records and prepare reports; attend court when required.
• Collaborate with colleagues and partner agencies to support children and families.

Responsibilities

• Supervise family time sessions and observe interactions between children, parents, carers and family members.
• Record detailed observations promptly and accurately.
• Share relevant information with the child's social worker in a timely manner.
• Prepare detailed reports to court to evidence parenting support and interventions.
• Coordinate and facilitate supervised family time, including transporting families when needed.
• Build positive working relationships with children, families, colleagues and partners.
• Participate in multi-agency meetings, reviews and planning processes.

Skills

Communication skills

Record keeping

Court reports

Child welfare

Team collaboration

Job description

To supervise and support family time sessions to a high standard, supporting parents to ensure the sessions are safe and child focused. To observe interactions, provide support and parenting interventions where required supporting a positive family time experience. To record detailed observations on the system in a timely and accurate manner. To ensure all relevant information is shared with the child's social worker in a timely way and to prepare detailed reports to court to evidence parenting support and interventions during family time to inform social work interventions and the children's plans. Family time is a significant part of a child's journey and informs their life story work to enable children in our care to have a good understanding of their identify, relationships and Family time workers have a key role in capturing this in the relationships built with the children and their families during this time., Supervise family time sessions and observe interactions between children, parents, carers and family members

• Provide support, guidance, and practical advice to parents and carers to promote positive, child focused family time
• Assess and monitor the wellbeing of parents attending sessions to ensure a safe and appropriate environment for everyone involved
• Deliver a flexible and responsive service to meet court-directed family time arrangements
• Maintain accurate records and prepare written reports; attend court to provide evidence when required
• Work collaboratively with colleagues, professionals, and partner agencies to support children and families effectively
• Contribute to multi-agency meetings, reviews, and planning processes where required
• Coordinate and facilitate supervised family time arrangements, including transporting children and families when necessary
• Have strong literacy and numeracy skills with the ability to maintain accurate and professional records
• Build positive and effective working relationships with children, family's colleagues and partner agencies
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills and can engage sensitively with a wide range of people
• Have experience of working directly with children, families, carers and can develop supportive, child focused relationships
• Able to work confidently and professionally in challenging situations while maintaining a restorative and supportive approach

We are a city of strengths, with a proud heritage and bright future. Working for Stoke-on Trent City Council is more than just a job, it's about making, protecting and improving the services for the local population, reducing inequalities and improving independence for the people who live and work in the city. And that's where you come in. We are always looking for people of the highest calibre with skills, knowledge and experience to help us deliver our compelling vision., Stoke-on-Trent City Council's diverse and talented workforce is its greatest asset and most valuable resource. The skills, knowledge and experience of our c.4,600 employees are essential to delivering our ambitions and vision for our organisation and Stoke-on-Trent. We want to be an employer that people are proud to work for, and where our staff are supported, developed and rewarded in an inclusive way that helps them to excel and to deliver the high-quality services that our residents need.

• A competitive salary based on your skills, experience and talent
• Hybrid and flexible working options
• An excellent local authority benefits pension scheme
• Professional development through learning opportunities, regular training sessions and apprenticeship and management schemes