Family Time Coordinator - Part Time

We currently have an exciting opportunity within our Family Time Service for a Family Time Coordinator based in Aylesbury.

The Family Time Service is a diverse and supportive team who strives to make a genuine impact and difference on the lives of children and families in Buckinghamshire. This team offers plentiful peer support and places a high value on creating positive experiences for children and families.

The Service provides safe and beneficial family time in a child‑centred environment and is committed to promoting children’s rights and the processes necessary to ensure their welfare.

Please note this is a part‑time job share opportunity working 2 days a week specifically: 9:00 AM ‑ 5:30 PM on Mondays & Tuesdays every week.

To ensure that supervised family time sessions are coordinated for all children in Local Authority care with their birth families within appropriate time frames.

Have appropriate experience of working with the relevant client group and understanding of the relevant statutory frameworks/requirements and practical knowledge of a range of procedures and interventions to support families.

To work proactively within the team ensuring the best outcomes for children and families and to respond appropriately to the needs of children, young people, and families in an accurate and timely way.

Responsibilities
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• Arrangements are planned within the child’s needs to include a suitable venue and staff under the direction of the Assistant Team Managers and Family Time Practitioner.
• To be responsible for the daily facilitating and coordinating of the Team Up calendar with the assistance of the Management Team. Work in a flexible way to accommodate changes and update Team Up in a timely way to make sure changes are reflected.
• Ensure agency staff have updated information regarding risk assessments, planning or review notes. This is to make sure they are aware of the risk level of family time and what they should specifically focus on.
• Ensure a Referral and Risk Assessment is received prior to family time being set up.
• Liaise closely with colleagues via monthly meetings to ensure the best service for children is being offered.
• When feasible, undertake risk assessments on external venues to ensure suitability for family time.
• Resolve issues and ensure an alternative course of action is provided if unable to achieve original plan for family time. Action escalated or complex issues from internal and external customers.
• Manage complex diaries and travel arrangements to enable effective delivery of family time service using specific software.
• Ability to deal with challenging situations as they arise.
• Liaise, communicate, and build relationships with families, carers, and other Council contacts to provide specialist advice and support.
• Plan and organise work and priorities, co‑ordinating with others to ensure that timescales and targets are achieved. Day to day decision making is required in relation to making sure family time sessions are covered.
• Work independently to plan and deliver own work activities within agreed timescales, coordinating with others to ensure work is completed to the required timescales and standards.

You will be educated to NVQ 4 / HND / BTEC standard or equivalent experience.

The role is customer‑facing, and the post holder is required to speak to members of the public, the ability to converse at ease with service users and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.

You will have sensitivity and empathy to build trusting and supportive relationships with families and skills to influence, persuade and motivate them to achieve agreed goals and targets.

All unspent cautions and convictions cautions

• All unspent cautions and convictions cautions
• All adult cautions and spent convictions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

A fair and inclusive culture, the chance to really make a difference to those around you, health and well‑being initiatives including an Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and mindfulness workshops, a unified voice through our Employee Representative Group, ongoing support, and the opportunity to develop and progress in your career with us.

We actively encourage a good work‑life balance and promote flexible and agile working arrangements. We provide discounts on various cafes, restaurants, shops and auto‑enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme. We also offer a salary sacrifice personal car lease scheme to those who are eligible and have passed their probation period. In addition to the opportunity to gain membership to Costco, we have discounted gym memberships, travel discounts with Arriva and much more.