Job details:
Salary: £32,020 to £34,722 Per Annum - Pro rata
Hours: 18.50 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Closing date: 23rd May 2023
Portsmouth City Council
Portsmouth is a vibrant university city, with a rich maritime history on the South coast enjoying excellent transport links to the rest of the country.
Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. It is also committed to promoting quality childcare across the city that works to improve outcomes for children.
DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Children’s Board safer recruitment procedures.
The Service:
As a service we take pride in our work by valuing others, focusing on what is important so that we make a real and positive difference. Our values are outlined in our Ways of Working and our Guiding Principles and if they reflect how, you are and how you work then this could be the role that meets your expectations.
Are you an experienced family support practitioner with a passion for working with children and families with a range of challenges? Are you able to demonstrate excellent skills at a specialist level, which will support and empower families to make positive changes? Do you understand the challenges families experience and have a creative approach to solving them? Have you experience of working alongside families where substance use is present? If so, you might be the person we are looking for.
The Role:
Reporting to the multi-agency leadership team, you will engage with families and young people to assess need holistically and work with them to develop sustainable solutions that improve their ability to achieve better outcomes for their children.
This post-holder will ensure that help is provided to families and young peoples in the most effective way to ensure that the improved outcomes are achieved, including reducing demand on statutory child protection services and other specialist services.
You will have specialist knowledge of young carers and interventions relating to this subject that you are able to demonstrate in practice and which will contribute to the Portsmouth 'Team Around the Worker' approach within the multi-agency teams
What you'll need to succeed
You will hold a nationally recognised qualification such NVQ level 5 or other higher level qualification or have equivalent experience. You will have specialist knowledge in Education and Wellbeing to ensure all information is relevant and applicable to the young people and families that are being worked with and be able to demonstrate high quality in this field. In addition, you will be able to advise, guide and influence other professionals within your specialist remit through a variety of means including supervision, mentoring or training.
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role
What you'll get in return
We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:
- Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
- A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
- Flexible working hours.
- Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.
- Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
- Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
- Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.
Additional Information:
The full job profile is attached here
Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:
If you have any questions, or would like an informal discussion about the role, please email: [email protected]
Application process:
We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.
Applicants will be shortlisted based on their ability to use good examples that meet the criteria of this role.
Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had.
Please ensure you provide your full education history from secondary school, include name/address of establishment, details of relevant qualifications & awarding body.
Please explain any gaps - this is essential for all safeguarding children's roles.
You may wish to attach an additional letter or document to supplement you application.
We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.