Reference: R0002575
Service Area: Education, Prevention and Partnerships
Directorate: Children’s Services
Salary: £20,852 pro rata
Hours: As and When Required
Contractual Status: Casual
Middlesbrough Council’s Future for Families service is driven by a real passion and focus on improving the lives of young people and children, who for many reasons need our support at the right time to help keep them being cared for inside their family unit. We strive to help families stay together, keep homes safe and most of all enable children have the future they deserve.
You will have the opportunity to widen your experience across our service which collaborates with a diverse range of partners, we are devoted towards families staying together, providing integrated support which extends to outreach, residential and foster care, speech, language, and mental health support.
Providing quality trauma informed care and support, you will be working in a variety of settings including our children’s hub, family homes and in the community. You will use your skills to help to develop individualized support plans which meet the needs of the child.
This role is perfect if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people and families. All applicants must have had previous involvement with Children’s Services at some point during their childhood and have relatable experience to children who are currently Service connected. We would encourage applicants from people aged 17 years and over.
You will be involved in carrying out individually tailored and in-person packages of peer mentoring. These posts are an exciting opportunity for you to be help form a new service assisting children to maintain and develop restorative relationships with those close to them.
You need no formal qualifications for this role, as a training package will be offered to successful candidates. The role is rewarding and challenging by its very nature, and you will be surrounded by the nurturing support of peers and a Clinical Psychologist, you will be given every opportunity to develop your professional growth in leading practices.
What you will be doing:
Provide high quality trauma informed care and support
Encouraging and facilitating our children and young people to live their lives and participate in activities and events
Advocate on behalf of the children within partnership settings
Complete relevant documentation and maintain important records
You will have:
Passion and positivity, being focused on improving the lives of our children and young people
Excellent interpersonal skills, having confidence, creativity and being adaptive in your style
Practical knowledge of life of a child, and relevant experiences of being a child who has been involved with Middlesbrough Children’s Services
The ability to relate to and manage challenging people and situations
Flexibility to meet the needs of the children
Integrity in your approach and doing things in the right way
A partnership mindset and a collaborative approach, working closely with families, other professionals, and multi-agencies to strive for the best outcome
Technical skills, being able to use ICT systems
On top of some exceptional development opportunities, we can offer you family-friendly policies, excellent benefits such as generous annual leave, a salary sacrifice electric car scheme, employee discounts and a great pension scheme.
The job is a vocation, it is stimulating and challenging, and it is important that we are the right fit and share the same values. Got any questions? Drop me an email or give me a call, julie_o’connor@middlesbrough.gov.uk or 01642 728730. If we have whet your appetite and want to know more, read on at Futures for Families | Middlesbrough Council
The nature of the job requires candidates to have an enhanced DBS check.
Closing Date: Friday 7th October 2022 by 12 midnight
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