Directorate: Children and Family Services Section: Supporting Families Grade: Level 4 Actual Salary: £4,630.29 Hours: 7.4 hours per week, working on a Saturday This advert is open to Internal and External applicants. We are looking to recruit enthusiastic, self-motivated and passionate Saturday staff to supervise and support family contact sessions to a high standard, supporting parents to ensure the sessions are safe and child focused. To observe interactions between children and families and record detailed observations in a timely and accurate manner. To ensure that supervised contact sessions take place in a safe environment and that risk has been assessed. To ensure all relevant information is shared with the child’s social worker in a timely way and to prepare evidence for court upon request. Please contact Kathryn Grocock on 01782 235248 for an informal discussion. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the successful applicant will be subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please note that if an employee who is currently at risk of redundancy within the organisation applies for this vacancy their application will receive priority. If this happens you will be advised accordingly. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Stoke-on-Trent City Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this – we therefore encourage applications from all sections of our community. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees – a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed together. To Apply - please visit our website https://webrecruitment.stoke.gov.uk/wrl/ If you have any queries or want an application form in another format, please email recruitmentstoke.gov.uk or call us on 01782 238189.