Night Family Support Worker

Compass Community; Cottingham; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Training opportunities

Annual leave

MediCash

Job summary

Compass Community in the UK is seeking a Night Family Support Worker to join our Residential Family Assessment Centre. You will support Parent & Child placements with safeguarding and safety during the night in a busy residential setting.

The role is 40 hours across 7 days on a rolling shift pattern from 10pm to 8am, with flexibility to provide cover as required. A satisfactory DBS check and commitment to OFSTED standards are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in a Children’s Residential, Early Years or Children’s Social Care setting.
• Good knowledge and experience safeguarding and working with complex families.
• Ability to communicate effectively in complex or challenging situations with families.

Responsibilities

• Provide night-time support to Parent & Child placements in a residential setting.
• Monitor safety and safeguarding during the night and maintain DBS-compliant records where required.
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to support positive outcomes for children and families.

Skills

Residential experience

Safeguarding

Communication

Education

Health & Social Care Level 3

Job description

Are you a Life Changer? Do you want to lean in and transform the life of a child? Compass Community puts children first through our therapeutic, innovative approach. Integrity, Courage and Care shape how we work. We listen deeply, challenge each other and fix what needs fixing, together. This is the work. And we’d like you to be part of it.

We are looking for Family Support Workers for a Residential Family Assessment Centre for a 7 bedroom assessment unit. This will be a busy and challenging role and therefore you will have commitment and dedication to providing high quality support to family and staff in line with OFSTED regulations. You will also be required to have excellent safeguarding standards and a strong ethos of providing effective support to families to achieve positive outcomes.

As a Night Family Support Worker, you will work within a multi-disciplinary team to provide support to Parent & Child placements in a residential setting. This is a highly trusted role that will require sensitivity and excellent safeguarding awareness, to provide support to Parent & Child placements on a waking duty, monitoring the safety of families and CCTV throughout the night.

The role will be for 40 hours across 7 days per week on a rolling shift pattern. Each shift running from 10pm – 8am. There is an expectation of flexibility to provide shift cover as required.

Essential Skills, Knowledge, And Requirements

• At last 2 years’ experience of working in a Children’s Residential, Early Years or Children’s Social Care setting.
• Good knowledge and experience ofsafeguarding and working with complex families.
• Ability to communicate effectively in complex or challenging situations with families.

Preferable Skills and Knowledge:

• Experience of partnership working with families and external agencies, preferably in a Safeguarding or Looked after Children’s Teams.
• Level 3 – Health & Social Care (Child/Young People or Parent & Child) - may be completed whilst in post.

What We Can Offer You

• Competitive salary up to £28,600!
• Training opportunities
• Excellent annual leave and additional benefits
• MediCash

About You

About Us

Not Specified

Our recruitment process aims to create and maintain a safe workforce and contains robust vetting procedures. The successful applicants will be offered a role subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check.

Compass is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. As we continue to grow, we know that we must have the most talented employees with diverse backgrounds, cultures, perspectives, and experiences to support our children and young people.