Cheshire West and Chester Council
Location
Ellesmere Port, Cheshire | United Kingdom
Job description
We are recruiting a Family Contact Worker to support children and young people who are ‘Looked After’ in providing high quality child led family time between children, young people, and their families.
Cheshire West and Chester Council is a place where everyone can Thrive – through our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment.
We are recruiting a Family Contact Worker within our Intervention Hub to support children and young people who are ‘Looked After’ in providing high quality child led family time between children, young people and their families. You will need to have good observation and recording skills and be able to offer relevant support and guidance during Family Time to ensure that the immediate safety and needs of the child are met. We are looking for someone who can promote quality and stimulated Family Time and provide accurate and relevant written and verbal information to contribute to the ongoing care plan for looked after children and young people.
You need to have good communication skills, both verbally and written, and the ability to effectively communicate with children, young people and their families to enable them to have quality and child led Family Time.
You need to have the ability to establish and sustain effective professional working relationships with children, their families and other professionals. Work flexible hours, including early morning, evening and weekend work as required according to the service needs. For the most part, your base will be in Ellesmere Port, but you may also be required to work at our family centre in Winsford when needed.
You will need to have knowledge of child development and previous experience of working with children, young people and families. You need to have NVQ 3 or equivalent level of experience in a relevant disciple, for example, health and social care, housing, employment etc.
Our Children's Social Care workforce is passionate and committed to improving outcomes for children in our Authority by providing a consistent, high-quality service to children and families; together with the support from excellent leadership and management. It is an exciting time to join Cheshire West and Chester. We are very proud that Ofsted have rated us as one of the top performing Children’s Services in the country; receiving overall “good” in our 2015 inspection and retaining “good” in our inspection in 2019.
If you have any queries or would like to discuss the role, please contact Rachel Bridge on 07831115292 or email [email protected]
Please note that this job is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
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No candidate will meet every single requirement - if your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!
Cheshire West and Chester Council are committed to equality and diversity in employment. Please see the Equality Policy for more information.
Cheshire West and Chester Council have adopted a Local Living Wage for our employees which means that all employees will receive a minimum of £10.90 per hour for all contracted hours.
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£25.98k - £28.77k per annum
