Location: Southside House, 135 Fifty Pitches Road, G51 4EB
Salary: £27,534 - £30,726 per year pro rata
Contract Type: Permanent, Temporary
Position Type: Full Time, Part Time
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
About Aberlour Glasgow Intensive Family Support Service (IFSS)
Aberlour will be working in partnership with the Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership and other Third Sector providers to promote the wellbeing of children and young people by offering caring and responsive support. Aberlour Glasgow Intensive Family Support will deliver the support families need, when they need it. The aim of the service is to ensure that children and young people can continue to flourish at home, at school and in their local community.
What we are looking for
We are looking to recruit three Family Support Workers; two working 37.5 hours per week, one post is offered on a permanent basis and the other is to cover a period of Maternity Leave (expected to end September 2025) within the team. Another permanent post working 26.25 hours per week. You will work directly with families to nurture relationships, build on existing strengths and interests, help children and families build skills and confidence, and strengthen community connections. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team that works for a period of up to 12 months with families to support and enable positive change and improve outcomes. Our ambition is to help children, young people, and families feel safe, confident, capable, and included, offering support when it is needed, including evenings and weekends.
We are looking for candidates who are experienced in working alongside vulnerable families to assess strengths and needs as well as plan, deliver, and evaluate interventions and strategies which enable families to thrive. You will have experience of child and adult protection issues. Experience of working within other childcare settings such as Residential Child Care will be considered.
You must share our vision that collaborative working and relationship-based early intervention is the best option for children and families who are feeling overwhelmed or excluded. Ideally, you will hold a relevant professional qualification at SCQF level 7 or above, together with relevant experience of working directly with children or young people and their families. Not afraid to test new ways of working, you will bring a fresh, caring, and collaborative approach which recognises strengths and responds empathically to the needs of children, young people, and their families – this will include early mornings, evenings, and weekends.
To succeed in this role, you will need to work flexibly within a variety of locations across Glasgow City, including family homes, schools, and community settings.
What we offer
As well as a supportive team and excellent training opportunities, we want all our employees to feel valued and rewarded for the vital work they do. When you work with us, we'll recognise your efforts with generous annual leave, an excellent employer pension scheme, and a range of deals and discounts across various retailers.
Aberlour is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our service users and uses a thorough and rigorous recruitment and selection process including PVG Scheme checks to ensure this commitment is not compromised.
Applications to be returned by: Midnight Tuesday 21st January 2025
Interviews are expected to be held on: Tuesday 4th February 2025
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