Homebased Support Worker (1729) Norwich, England
Job description
Permanent contracts | 18.5 or 37 hours per week | £22,369 to £24,054 per annum pro rata for part time (Grade E) | Norfolk
Are you passionate about providing parents and their children with the guidance and support they need to live within the community and family home?
The Intensive Support Service is part of the transformation of the way we work with Norfolk’s most vulnerable families. We are offering the opportunity to join our service.
We are looking to recruit Home-Based Support Workers across Norfolk to join the Intensive and Specialist Support Service with the aim to enable more children to remain at home safely with their families.
As a Home-Based Support Worker, you will work with families, directed by Family Practitioners and Social Workers to promote safety and well-being and prevent escalation of need.
Interventions will be one-to-one with families:
- Motivating and supporting families to overcome barriers with parenting and home environment management, eg cleanliness, routines, mealtimes, bedtimes, promoting attachment parenting styles that build trust and healthy relationships
- Role modelling, advice and guidance for successful nurturing parenting.
- Supporting families to access other professional services: Mental Health, Health, Housing, Benefits, etc.
With an NVQ level 3 in a relevant subject or equivalent experience, you will be willing to undertake Signs of Safety, Restorative Practice and Solihull training in your first year. You will have relevant experience providing services for children and young people, and their families and an understanding of child development from birth to 19 including factors which impede overall development.
Job Types: Permanent, Full-time, Part-time
Part-time hours: 37 per week
Salary: £22,369.00-£24,054.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Flexitime
- Free or subsidised travel
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Wellness programme
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Weekend availability
Work Location: One location
Reference ID: 1729
