Early Help Family Support Worker Liskeard, England
Job description
This is an exciting opportunity for a practitioner experienced in providing family support and parenting interventions to children between the ages of 0- 19 years to join the Caradon (Liskeard/Saltash/Callington/Torpoint/Looe) Early Help Team as a full time Family Worker providing specific interventions for children, young people and their families.
In the Early Help Team you will work under the direction of the Early Help Co-ordinator/Family Hub Co-ordinator completing Early Help assessments and developing Early Help Action plans that will ensure effective co-ordination of support for children, young people and their families, linking to Family Hubs and other services where appropriate.
You will deliver an inclusive range of group and direct work interventions to children and their parents to offer support, advice and guidance. Core to our work is listening to the child’s voice, and focusing on the journey of the child, making it clear that it is a priority for us to understand how the children we work for think and feel, and showing that this makes a difference to what we do.
For an informal conversation about the vacancies within the Early Help teams please contact Claire Sotheran, Family Hub Coordinator on 07547 671 214.
This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.
Please view the role profile here, your application will need to demonstrate how you meet the required criteria. Please ensure you answer all of the pre-screening questions in full, within the application form. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process. Please do not upload any additional documentation in support of this application. Applications will be considered based on the screening questions and qualifications and experience details provided within the application form only. Any further attachments will not be considered when the recruiting managers are shortlisting for interview.
Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g. race, disability, sex, gender, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.
Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.
Whilst the location/work-base for this role has been specified our evolving ways of working means that the role may require you to also work remotely (e.g. from home/other locations). We will discuss this with you during the recruitment process.
This position will be subject to a criminal record disclosure check.
More information about working for Cornwall Council is available here
We are happy to talk about flexible working options.
