Team Around the Family Worker

Nottingham City Council; United States; Ibrido; USD 48.000 - 64.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Hybrid working

Generous pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Smart Working

Descrizione del lavoro

Nottingham City Council is seeking an experienced safeguarding professional to work collaboratively with partner agencies to promote and embed the Team around the Family approach as a graduated response to need.

You will support early help strategies across services, using a holistic, strength-based approach, with a DBS enhanced check required for regulated activity. Hybrid working is available, and the council offers a generous pension and benefits.

Competenze

• Dip SW/CQSW or equivalent degree in a relevant children’s service.
• Minimum 5 years post qualifying experience within children’s services or a related field.
• Knowledge and understanding of multi-agency & partnership working and the variety of services available to families.
• Sound knowledge and experience of safeguarding issues and applying legislation, policy and procedure to practice, including the relevant assessment framework and integrated working.
• A good knowledge of current legislation and Government guidance, particularly with regard to multi-agency duties in safeguarding, and Family Help.
• A good knowledge of the risks and vulnerabilities applicable to children and those that work with children.
• Ability to influence and develop strategy and practice across a range of disciplines.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
• Experience of working with vulnerable children, young people and families, from a variety of backgrounds, in an outcome focused way.

Mansioni

• Work with partner agencies to promote, implement, and embed the Team around the Family (TAF) approach as a graduated response to need.
• Support partner agencies to identify and implement effective early help strategies that meet the needs of children and families.
• Apply safeguarding legislation and multi-agency procedures to practice and contribute to integration across services.

Conoscenze

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Presentation skills

Strategy influence

Partnership working

Vulnerable children experience

Formazione

Dip SW/CQSW or equivalent

Descrizione del lavoro

To work collaboratively with partners agencies to promote, implement, and embed the Team around the Family (TAF) approach as a graduated response to need, in line with the continuum of need. This includes supporting partner agencies to identify and implement effective early help strategies that meet the needs of children and families through a holistic, strength based approach.

• Dip SW/CQSW or equivalent level degree in a relevant children service (e.g., education, health, youth work, youth justice)
• Minimum 5 years post qualifying experience within children's services or a related field
• Knowledge and understanding of multi-agency & partnership working and the variety of services available to families.
• Sound knowledge and experience of safeguarding issues and experience of applying legislation, policy and procedure to practice, including the relevant assessment framework and integrated working.
• A good knowledge of current legislation and Government guidance, particularly with regard to multi-agency duties in safeguarding, and Family Help
• A good knowledge of the risks and vulnerabilities applicable to children and those that work with children
• Ability to influence and develop strategy and practice across a range of disciplines
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
• Experience of working with vulnerable children, young people and families, from a variety of backgrounds, in an outcome focused way.
• Ability to influence and develop strategy and practice across a range of disciplines

A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the for applicants page.

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best. In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham.

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years' service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working - to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

We are a fair, inclusive and Disability Confident Employer, welcoming applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and abilities.

We recruit for diversity and value difference.

If you are a disabled candidate and wish to be considered under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this within your application.

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and employment journey.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from serving personnel, veterans, reservists and military families.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the LGBTQ+ community, or are disabled.

These groups are currently underrepresented in our workforce, and we are committed to better reflecting the communities we serve.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and encourage candidates to discuss this with us during the recruitment process.