Do you have the skills and experience to engage and build positive trusting relationships with parents, children and young people to inspire them to make positive changes and improve life opportunities?
The Children and Family Support Service works with families to improve outcomes for children ensuring all children are safe, achieve their best in education, are ready for work and have skills for life, grow up healthy and have improved life chances.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our based in one of our Children’s Centres in the North of the County.
For further information or to arrange an informal chat please contact Kay.Cragg@nctrust.co.uk
Our benefitsWe are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do.
We really value our workforce and offer you a great benefits package including:
28 days’ annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days, after 5 years
Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health protection.
Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days annual leave
Employee Assistance Programme - We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions
Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
Heavily subsidised town centre car parking scheme
What will you be doing?As part of our Strengthening Families Teams, you will work with families and partners to provide effective help as early as possible.
You will use evidenced based interventions to support families in their homes to improve parenting skills, set boundaries and support each other, as well as running activities within Children’s Centres such as stay and play sessions and parenting groups.
You will attend planning reviews, meetings and visits with colleagues and relevant professional staff as necessary in order to assist the analysis of requirements and to plan appropriate care programmes for service users
About you
You are an enthusiastic, self-motivated team player with excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills
You have an NVQ 2 or higher-level qualification in a field related to working with Children and Families
You have experience of working with Children, Young People and Families who have support needs in home or community-based environments
You are able to work a flexible week with Children, Young People and their Families to identify and support their complex needs. This may include evening, weekend working and bank holidays
When applying please ensure your supporting statement covers how you fulfil the essential criteria set out in the person specification as this will be used for shortlisting.
You will need to provide a full employment history including any gaps since leaving full time education.
About usNorthamptonshire Children’s Trust was established in November 2020 to deliver Children’s Services to the newly established North and West Northants County Councils. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils; this provides the organisation with unique opportunities to explore new ways of working and to be more agile and adaptable in its approach to service delivery. We are developing a culture that allows the very highest quality of professional practice to flourish and evolve, delivering at the cutting edge of new innovation.
