Family Support Worker Downham Market, England
Job description
Family Support Worker
Salary: £21,300 per annum.
Location: Downham Market, Norfolk.
Contract/Hours: Permanent, Full-Time, 37 hours per week. (We would also welcome any Part-Time applications)
Benefits: 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, professional qualifications, excellent training and development opportunities, flexible maternity, adoption and paternity packages, up to 7% employer contribution pension, discount portal with your favourite brands and Blue Light card eligibility.
Vulnerable children in the UK need your help
Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you'll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK.
Last year, we helped more than 670,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.
Why Action for Children?
Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It's the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.
A bit about the role
Norfolk's Early Childhood and Family Service provide targeted support to families with children aged 0-5 years. The service offers a range of early childhood services for parents, prospective parents and young children to support in areas including bonding, speech and language development, parenting challenges, mental well-being and healthy relationships.
How you'll help to create brighter futures
You will be part of a supportive and dedicated team with opportunities for development. You will make a difference by:
- Supporting the development of children by creating fun and stimulating environments to enhance skills and promote emotional resilience and positive behaviour.
- Providing rich learning environments where children and their families can engage in stimulating play opportunities.
- Facilitating interventions one to one or in a group to support identified areas of need e.g. infant massage, speech and language development.
- Being alert to child protection and safeguarding issues and inform appropriate line managers.
- Engaging in local community groups to promote the service and support families to access targeted support.
- Form local partnerships with early years settings, libraries and GPs to promote the service and support families to access targeted support.
Let's talk about you
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual with a passion for helping to create brighter futures. You will find full job description attached job description details the requirements of the role but the ‘must-haves' are:
- Providing Level 2 or above qualification in social care, health, education, or early years.
- Experience of delivering one to one or group support to children and families using the early years foundation stage (or similar).
- Good IT skills and ability to record concise, accurate case notes.
- Ability to build safe and effective working relationships with vulnerable young children and adults.
- Ability and willingness to work in a variety of premises across the county (the role will be required to work across more than one district at times).
Good to know
Application Process: There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.
Contact: Erika Brinkman, Recruitment Partner via email; [email protected]
Diversity, equality and inclusion
At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.
Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.
Don't meet every single requirement?
If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.
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