Family Support Practitioner

Job Description

Salary:Circa £22,850 per annum, pro rata which equates to £11,425Contract/Hours:Permanent, Part-Time (working 18.5 hours a week)Location:GlasgowPerks:Annual leave of 29 days (pro-rata) PLUS public holidays,flexiblematernity, adoption and paternity packages, annual staff awards, 7% employer contribution pension scheme, employee discount portal with all your favourite brands, checkout more on ourcareersportal.Closing Date:Midnight on 23rd March 2022 -ifwe receive a high number of applications, we may have to close earlier than advertised.Were thrilled that youre considering a career with Action for Children so heres what you need to know.About UsAt Action for Children, we believe that every child should have a safe and happy childhood.Last year, we helped more than 600,000 children and families across the UK. We work to ensure their voices are heard, and campaign to bring lasting change to theirlives.About the Role:Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership have commissioned an exciting new service in the Glasgow to work alongside families in a flexible and strengths based way to help them achieve positive outcomes. As part of a city-wide strategy, the service willpromote the wellbeing of children and young people aged 0-12 years to support them to stay at home and thrive with their families within their local communities by offering the right support at the right time.Our shared vision is to support children and young people to live with their parents and siblings, or where this is in the best interest of children, with their extended family, enabling them to grow up in their community with their friends, and attend theirlocal school.An assessment of need will be undertaken to identify needs, strengths and challenges that each family faces, the intensive interventions will involve advice, guidance, parenting support, 1:1 work with children and liaising with partner agencies. The postholder will carry out assessments, intensive planned support and reviews and support families to overcome barriers. Working as part of a team, you will attend meetings and work alongside partner agencies, advocating on behalf of children and families.The Family Support Practitioner will be part of a multi-disciplinary team with families to support and enable positive change and to improve outcomes. Youll join a team with an opportunity to work supporting and providing outcomes to families.You will be required to have a flexible approach to working.As a Family Support Practitioner, youll be:

• Effectively assessing the needs of families and responding to them.
• Working collaboratively with families to achieve positive outcomes.
• Listening to children, young people and families.
• Working in an integrated way as part of a dynamic multidisciplinary team.

What Youll Bring:Our job description for the Family Support Practitioner outlines the requirements of the role but the must-haves are:

• SVQ 3 in social care or equivalent.
• Post qualification experience of working with children, young people and families and achieving positive outcomes through direct contribution with support activities and intervention.
• Outreach working experience.
• Experience of working with vulnerable families and a broad understanding of their barriers.
• Knowledge and experience of implementing methods of assessment and interventions.
• Understanding of safeguarding.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally, in writing and through presentations.
• Experience of developing multidisciplinary support plans.
• Driving licence and access to a suitable means of transport to carry out the duties of the role effectively.

Working here is so much more than a job. Whether this is a career change for you or the next step in your journey, wed love to hear from you.We work together to reach our vision of safe and happy childhoods.Adiverse workforce enriches the lives of the children and young people we workwithand we welcome applications from everyone. We value and celebrate our differences and as an inclusiveworkplace we wanteveryone tobe themselves.We arecommittedto safer recruitment practices to protectourservice users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have anunderstandingof andcommitmenttosafeguardingbest-practice.We cant wait to hear from youstay safe andhappy.ApplicationProcess:There are 5 sections for you to complete, Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.TopTip...Refer to the job description when writing your SupportingStatement.Interview Date:31st March and 1st April 2022this date can change inspecial circumstances, but we do our best to stick to this.Talent Pool: Wed like to hold your details in case similar jobs come up but do let us know if youd rather we didnt.Contact:Emma Goodwin on who will be happy to support with your application.Get to know us a little betterbycheckingout our socials onTwitter,Linkedin,FacebookorYouTube.