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This is an exciting opportunity to join the Supervised Contact Service as a Relief Family Time Worker working across Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire. We are looking for people who are able to offer flexible availability to work as and when required including weekends on a zero-hour contract, with the capacity and commitment to travel.
The service sits in Childrens Social Care, offering meaningful time with family for children removed from the care of their parents by the Court, due to safeguarding concerns.
Family time is a deeply complex experience for children who have experienced trauma in their lives; we work to support and maintain relationships with birth family, supporting children to retain their sense of family history and identity and to create positive memories whether they are able to return to the care of their parents or not.
Our work takes place primarily within dedicated venues near to where children live with their foster carers. When the level of potential risk faced by the child has reduced sufficiently some Family Time sessions may move and take place within the community.
Family Time workers would need to be able to travel independently to facilitate the family time and would need to hold a full driving licence and have access to a vehicle.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Andie Markham, Service Manager on07789923711.
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Our benefitsWe value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage
- A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
What will you be doing?Family Time workers supervise regular sessions between children and their families. When a family is moving through court proceedings, the sessions take place frequently each week (between 2-5 times per week).
As a Family Time Worker, you will supportthe child/ren attending the sessions, supervisingthe interactions between the children and their parents, role modelsafe parenting and intervenewhen necessary.
You will be required to write case records of the sessions using the parenting capacity headings from the Department of Health Assessment Framework. These records contribute to the ongoing assessments of the family. Family Time Workers also contribute to the lifestory of children in care.
About youWe are seeking experienced and self-motivated people to join the Team. You willneed to have experience of working with children and be able to engage with children and parents at times of distress and heightened emotion.
You will need excellent time management and organisational skills to be able to manage yourown workload. Excellent written and oral communication skills are also essential for the role, as well as a basic level of IT literacy.
The role will requiretravel to a number of locationsthroughout Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk andEssex.
We are committed to your career and professional development, so you will receive formal and impromptu supervision, an annual appraisal and access to a range of training opportunities. We also hold monthly practice meetings which are an opportunity for learning, sharing and development.
About usCambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities.If you dont meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please dont be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
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