A great opportunity has arisen to join our Chesil Locality, Family Help Team. We are looking to enhance our current Family Advisor Team to increase vital support to our Chesil children and families. We are recruiting to two vacancies, x1 37 hour fixed term until March 2026 and x1 18.5 permanent position. You will join a well-established, highly motivated and skilled team within Family Help working across Weymouth and Portland. The successful candidate will work alongside a talented Family Help team who are committed and passionate about the work they do to support children and their families in Chesil. The team also support other professionals too, giving advice and support across a broad spectrum of services. Being a Family Advisor in the Chesil Family Help Team, you will support children and their families, colleagues and other professionals to access a range of information, guidance and advice to help children and their families who may need it. The role is varied and interesting and there is potential to develop skills, knowledge and understanding of family work in it's broadest sense. What you will be doing keep up to date with local services and sources of support for children, young people and families. be the link person between the family information service and the localities. use and develop other forms of online communication to publish local services and support. share information about local services and support with locality colleagues. undertake signposting activities. provide information and advice on agreed topics to children, young people and families face to face, online and by telephone. undertake outreach with community groups and other services to provide information and advice about sources of support in the community. be a digital champion within localities, supporting the development of online engagement mechanisms with children, young people and families. provide advice and support to partners on early help processes. participate in duty rota systems for reception, telephone and email communication. Dorset Council have adopted a 'hybrid' approach to office and home working and there will also be the opportunity to work from children's centres, Family Hubs and other office buildings. About you You will have strong administrative and ICT skills as well as a good standard of verbal and written communication. You will be committed to supporting and improving outcomes for children and young people. You will demonstrate Responsibility, Respect, Recognition and Collaboration in line with Dorset Council's Employee Behaviours. You will be an effective communicator and able to liaise with the public, other colleagues and professionals You will be able to travel around the Chesil locality and further afield when required. You will be flexible, approachable, adaptable and a team player. Further Information For more information please contact Teresa Bowden on 01305 228844 or email [email protected] There is a full time role at 37 hours per week which is fixed term until 31.03.2026. There is a part time role at 18.5 hours per week which is permanent. This post requires significant travel. You must have a vehicle (or transport we deem suitable) available for use as needed. This post involves working with children and/or vulnerable adults and/or having access to significant information about them. It will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check. See our policy on the employment of ex-offenders. See our policy on safeguarding children and young people. About Us We’re passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception. At Dorset Council we: provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents have ambitious aspirations are excited about our future care about Dorset and all the people who live here know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success You will: have access to a range of employee benefits be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression We are challenging ourselves to become a more diverse and inclusive organisation. We recognise that recruitment and inclusion of individuals with diverse skills, perspectives and backgrounds will bring real strength to the council and our communities. We have a commitment to equality and welcome applications from everyone. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role. We are keen to make our interviews accessible. Let us know on your job application if you have a disability and need any reasonable adjustments. We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours. We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process. If appointed, the personal information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected, you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found at https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn. This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process. We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. 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