Children & Family Support Worker; incl Part Time; REQ

NLC9: £38,211 - £44,521 Per Year (Plus Additional Non-Core Hours Payments) (Pro-Rata for Part Time)

These posts are open to North Lanarkshire Council employees only.

We are looking to recruit Children & Families Support Workers to join our Social Work Intensive Services that provides support to children, young people and their families across North Lanarkshire.

Our Intensive Services of Community Alternatives and Families First provide crucial support to children, young people and their families to maintain children at home and in the community. Working within the Getting it Right for Every Child (GIRFEC), child protection and looked after children and care experienced young people frameworks, we encourage innovative practice and evidence-based approaches to support our work with children, young people and families.

As a member of Intensive Services, you would be working in partnership with other agencies to develop a positive professional relationship with children, young people and their families, with a strong focus on effective engagement and communication methods. You will use relationship-based approaches to work with children, young people and their families to undertake individual assessments and develop plans to achieve improved outcomes.

Children & Family Support Workers develop and implement programmes of interventions on an individual, group and family basis and prepare reports regarding assessments, plans and interventions as required within specific timescales. Engaging positively with children, young people and their families is critical to this post, so we need someone who has excellent communication skills including oral, listening, and written. We are looking for someone who is self-motivated, enthusiastic and solution focussed with the ability remain calm and work under pressure.

You will have skills and experiencing in engaging with children and young people to support them overcome trauma and adversities to promote their wellbeing and fulfil their potential.

An SVQ level 3 or HNC in Social Care or equivalent is essential with a requirement to work towards either an SVQ Level 3 in Social Care or HNC in Social Care, if you do not already possess both, within a defined timeframe as stipulated by the service. Extended experience of working with vulnerable young people and their families/carers is essential.

Experience of individual/family or group work and knowledge of the Social Work role and function would be desirable.

You are required to become a full Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG) member prior to starting within this post.

As a member of the Intensive Services, you would participate in a rota that is devised to manage the service across 7 days a week including evenings and weekends to ensure the right support is available to children, young people and their families when they need it. These posts attract non-core hour enhancements for relevant hours.

Post 1: 5 days over 7 days, including weekend working on a rotational basis.

Post 2:
Hours worked on alternating basis, 3 days/ 2 days per week, including weekend working on a rotational basis.

If you're considering a career with us, you'll be keen to know what's in it for you. We have a great package of benefits available, from health and wellbeing to finances and family. This includes 27 days annual leave and 6 public holidays*, and a wide range of benefits available to you, find out more at work well NL. We also have a full package of learning and development through our learning academy LearnNL to help you reach your full potential and further your career.

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North Lanarkshire Council are Happy to Talk Flexible Working, we operate a Smarter Working Policy.

* For all casual/sessional roles, you will receive 12.1% of your hourly rate for every hour worked in total recompense for annual leave, including public holidays. These rates will be indicated separately on your payslip. You will only be paid for the hours that you work.

North Lanarkshire Council has reached its current allocation of Certificates of Sponsorship and, as a result, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.

We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.

We have also adopted the Armed Forces Community Covenant to show our support for service personnel, veterans and their families. We offer a guaranteed interview for service leavers, spouses, reservists and veterans, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.

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