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Senior Family Contact Worker (Specialist)

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Truro, England

Today

27667 - 34730 GBP ANNUAL

Cornwall Council

Truro, United Kingdom

Ann Kerridge

$100 to $500 million (USD)

Government


Job Description

Senior Specialist Contact Worker

Salary Grade 3 27,667


Senior Specialist Contact Worker’s support, co-ordinate and guide the provision of important opportunities for children of all ages not living with their families to spend time together.


This role presents a rewarding opportunity to support and lead a team working with a wide range of children from birth to 16 years, therefore good knowledge and understanding of child development and well-being is essential. You will be required to lead and direct workers to support and encourage children and young people to spend positive time with their parents and significant others in a safe environment or out in the community depending on the family’s needs. Your role will be support and supervise workers to develop, observe, offer support and guidance, using evidence- based parenting strategies, modelling and encouraging play opportunities. Your recorded observations and those of the team will inform the assessments and decision making of the social worker and can be used in the court arena. You will work with a multi -disciplinary approach with the common goal of ensuring “Get together” time is in the best interest of the child/ren. You will work as part of a team of Contact Workers and as part of the wider children and family service.


This role will require you to be flexible with your hours, responsive to the needs of child/ren and their families, and to be able to drive to various locations and to transport some children to and from their get togethers.


The vacancy is based in the Mid area of the county.


For more information on the role please contact Helen Salmon Early Help Service Manager [email protected] 07581064503


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 be advised that for this role we are accepting uploaded supporting statements and/or CVs to support your online application.


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 an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.


More information about working for Cornwall Council is available here.


We are happy to talk about flexible working options.


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