Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
Salary: £30,296 rising to £33,024 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Location: St Ann’s Valley Centre, 2 Livingstone Road, St Ann’s, Nottingham, NG3 3GG
We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…
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. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.
About the Role
An opportunity has arisen within Nottingham City Council for the position of Family Support Worker (one full time post and one part time post available) within the Targeted Family Support Team 3 based at St Ann’s Valley Centre and Clifton Cornerstone. The role is Grade F and will be worked hybrid. The team covers the south areas of Nottingham City to include St Ann’s, Mapperley, Dales, Clifton, Meadows and Lenton/Wollaton East.
The applicant will work within the legislative and statuary planning frameworks, government guidance, and strategic aims in order to provide an integrated children’s service within a multi-agency locality team.
The applicant will work within an integrated framework to support vulnerable children, young people, and families to improve their social physical and emotional wellbeing, and to take responsibility for direct and therapeutic interventions, including work with those who may be resistant to change to engage. To support parents and carers in overcoming barriers to help them meet the needs of their children. To deliver and co-facilitate a range of evidence-based programmes and group work in partnership with internal and external colleagues in order to support parents and carers. To engage with children, young people, and families using a holistic approach to include them in planning, decision making, and goal setting. To empower children, young people, and families to contribute to the development of the service through evaluation, consultation and feedback of services provided.
About You
The applicant will need to have the ability to maintain case files, record work and write reports and correspondence as appropriate. The applicant should have the ability to seek advice and guidance when needed, in particular responding promptly to incidents that may have safeguarding implications. The applicant will be a part of a busy and supportive team and you would be expected to be a proactive and positive member of the team, contributing to problem solving.
The ideal candidate will have:
This post is covered by the statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) (English Language Requirement for public sector workers) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English, is an essential requirement for the role.
- A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
- The role requires you to participate in the on call rota.
You can find the job description for this post here
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 additional information for applicants page.
For informal enquiries please contact Sandra Oakley-Goodall, by telephone on 07534943411 or by email at sandra.oakley-goodall@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Closing Date: 15/11/24
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held: TBC
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