Family Practitioner- Family Support - #2193988

Family Support- Family Practitioners

Ambassadors Resourcing is looking to recruit three temporary Family Support Practitioners on behalf of North-East Birmingham Family Hub to join their team, working Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm. The areas that are covered within the North-East Birmingham region are Erdington, Perry Barr and Handsworth.

The roles require the successful practitioners to provide family support and undertake work in children’s centres, including referring families to services, supporting group work, responding to walk-in enquiries – with a focus on safeguarding. The practitioners will maintain accurate records, provide information and guidance, and support the delivery of group interventions and drop-in sessions. You will be involved primarily with families with children aged zero to five, but also with young people up to nineteen years of age.

This position does include managing caseloads, carrying out home visits and conducting early help sessions.

Required qualifications:

• GCSE Maths and English at Grade C (Grade 4) or above
• NVQ 3 in Health & Social care, Working with Parents, or the equivalent (Essential)

Required experience & competency in:

• Delivering family support interventions for families with children from the pregnancy stage to five years old
• Conducting assessments, at times in partnership with other colleagues and professionals in relevant agencies, while adhering to relevant safeguarding practices
• Documentation, recording and report-writing
• Working alongside parents and children, understanding and responding to their needs to improve outcomes
• Identifying safeguarding issues and making referrals when appropriate
• Delivering services in a children’s centre, community, or health-related setting
• Providing individual support to families with children affected by factors such as disability, welfare rights, domestic abuse, safeguarding concerns, substance abuse and mental health illness.
• Supporting home visits and facilitating group sessions.

Essential skills in:

• Assessing family functioning and having competency in producing needs assessments.
• Using recording systems and electronic recording
• Communication and working in partnership with families while in a community setting
• Reflective practice
• Analysing, reviewing and evaluating your own practice, as well as overall team practice
• Using a variety of 1-to-1 and group approaches to ensure family engagement
• Involving and building trusting but professional relationships with families and individuals who are reluctant before and while using the services provided

Required knowledge:

• Obstacles facing families in areas of disadvantage and how support interventions can boost positive outcomes.
• Current understanding of safeguarding and child protection procedures
• Proficiency with up-to-date good practice and evidence-based models

Additional requirements:

• Regular travel within the geographical area (essential)
• Flexible approach to hours due to travel and the possibility of having to supporting colleagues/service users (essential)
• Car driver with access to a car for work purposes (desirable)

Personal qualities:

• An individual who displays approachable, committed, confident, dedicated, diplomatic and empathetic qualities
• In addition, this role requires someone who is a good, active listener. Also, qualities such as being personable, quality-driven, self-motivated, persistent and a team player are necessary

Responsibilities of the role include:

• Performing duty work from 9am-5pm (Monday-Friday) in the children’s centres
• Holding a caseload of families, developing support plans, and participating in regular case supervision.
• Enforcing safeguarding procedures and addressing immediate concerns
• Dealing with walk-in enquiries from families
• Making referrals, when appropriate, to the relevant services and sign posting when needed
• Taking and responding to general enquiries
• Offering support to other Family Support Practitioners
• Conducting occasional home visits
• Providing and facilitating group work sessions
• Maintaining confidential and accurate information and guidance to service users
• Ensuring effective child and parent engagement in decision-making
• Implementing professional boundaries between you and the individuals you support
• Working with flexibility when delivering services as directed within the children’s centre
• Being present and engaged during multi-agency meetings and providing accurate reports
• Preserving effective links with internal and external support services, staying aware of current available resources
• Promoting home safety, oral health, weaning, and nutrition through workshop and information sessions
• Holding drop-in sessions to allow families to access adequate help

Safer Recruitment

Appointment subject to Enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references

The Family Hub welcomes applicants from all backgrounds and are a Disability Confident Employer.

Ambassadors Resourcing

• Ambassadors Resourcing is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects every candidate they employ to share this commitment
• Ambassadors Resourcing is in partnership with the Crown Commercial Services National Framework for supplying educational staff throughout the West Midlands
• We have been helping staff in the childcare and education sector find short, long term and permanent jobs for 20 years, to great success
• We provide free online training programmes for all staff to ensure that they are up to date with current practices and changes occurring in the profession
• All our candidates are paid on a PAYE basis with no deduction or additional admin charges
• Holiday pay is paid to all our staff and access to a contributory pension is also available to those who qualify
• We offer a £150 bonus referral scheme

This vacancy is being advertised on behalf of Ambassadors Resourcing that operates as an employment business