Senior Family Support Worker - Permanent This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
Job Title: Senior Family Support Worker Job Location: 2-4 Deep Street Salary: £36,124 - £39,513 per annum Hours per Week: 37 Contract Type: Permanent Closing Date: 17/11/2024 Job Requisition Number: 9413 This post is open to job share We are currently recruiting for a full time Senior Family Support Worker to join our Families Focus Team.
Reward and support For all your hard work, you will receive the following: £36,124 - £39,513 per annum, subject to experience flexible and agile working opportunities 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year family friendly policies and benefits to help support you and your family supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
an in-house Occupational Health service employee discount scheme cycle to work scheme salary sacrifice green car scheme (T&Cs apply) links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network career development and qualification opportunities access to our Social Work Academy Right child, right support, right time, every time Working together to support families and communities to give every child the best chance of a happy and rewarding life, especially those who need more help.
Gloucestershire offers a range of opportunities to develop your career, supported by a phenomenal Social Work Academy offer, a developing systemic practice methodology, an ambitious leadership team and an award-winning workforce.
Children's Services are improving.
Our latest Ofsted inspection (February 2022) identified that: 'Significant progress has been made in many areas of Gloucestershire's children's services… significant financial investment and the backing of political leaders, has led to improved services that are now more effective in meeting the needs of children and families'.
We are a local authority adopting, and training all colleagues in, systemic social work practice.
If you would like to join an authority that takes a relational approach to working with families and focuses on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive, then consider a role with GCC About the role Working as a Family Support Worker is an exciting, interesting, and rewarding role.
Your aim will be to deliver targeted support to vulnerable children and their families to achieve better outcomes and reduce the need for higher level support and long-term demand for services.
You will deliver direct work to children & young people with profound/ multiple learning disabilities and additional care/health needs.
Direct work can take place in the community, or in the Foster Carers home where you will be working to support a range of interventions.
You will co-ordinate and deliver interventions using a solution focussed approach by building supportive and empowering relationships with families, you will engage children and young people through a range of communication tools/resources, creative and innovative strategies, in line with partner agencies and organisations.
You will benefit from our commitment to delivering the best possible service to children and families, and the chance to join an experienced and dynamic team.
About you We are looking for someone with experience of working with children, young people, families, and communities to deliver a wide range of interventions.
Experience of working with multi-agency assessments and plans is also a must.
A full driving licence and access to a car is essential.
The role of a Senior Family Support Worker requires you to work flexibly and will include working evenings and weekends.
For an informal chat about this role please contact Additional Information To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:- Senior Family Support Worker This position is subject to a DBS check.
Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire's diverse communities.
Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.
It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a 'customer facing role' must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.