Senior Family Worker
Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing Monday 19 August 2024
Closing Date: Wednesday 07 August 2024
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: FC8 £38,950.71 to £42,686.23 pro rata
Working Pattern: 18 Hours per week
Location: Fife House, Glenrothes
Supporting Statement
As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement
Please consider and demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting Statement:
Ways in which you have demonstrated that you can work effectively as part of a team. (Consider the following: how you have built positive relationships built on trust and respect; how you communicate with others; how you use your initiative to meet targets and achieve goals)
Ways in which you have built and sustained positive relationships that have led to positive outcomes for Children and their families (Consider the following: how have you demonstrated care and commitment when actively engaging with children, young people and their families; how have you established positive and purposeful relationships; how have you worked collaboratively with others to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families?)
Ways in which you have demonstrated supervising and coaching skills (consider how you have supported staff to ensure policies and procedures are applied, promoting high standards of practice within the team to support collaborative working.)
Job Details
The Family Support Service within the Children & Families Service offers a range of services supporting families with children and young people (0-18 years) as part of a whole family approach. The service offers:
- a strength-based approach working with the whole family to respond to a range of wellbeing needs and concerns
- relationship-based work building resilience and wellbeing
- works as part of a Team around the Child approach
- interventions informed by an assessment of wellbeing, needs and concerns
- community-based services within the family home
Key tasks include:
- Contributing to the development and implementation of processes, systems and practice standards with the aim of developing effective partnerships and building resilience and capacity for children; young people and families.
- Supervising and coaching family workers to ensure policies and procedures are applied, promoting high standards of practice within the team to support collaborative working.
- Coordinating and chairing meetings and formulating plans ensuring services are having a positive impact against agreed outcomes
- Developing effective partnership and collaborative working with colleagues in Education; Health; Third Sector; Community Development to improve outcomes for children; young people and families.
- The post involves some lone working, working flexibly
Qualification, Registration and Skill Requirements
Educated to SCQF level 9 which includes a Degree or equivalent in Education; Social Work; Community Education
The individual should have:
- Significant experience and skills in delivering children’s services
- Knowledge of practice models; assessment frameworks and standards
- Experience in Child Protection
- Experience of working with vulnerable young people and adults
- Supervisory skills
- Motivational skills
Before confirming to your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme
Further Information
- Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria Role Profile
- How We Work Matters - Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See our How We Work Matters behaviour framework for more information.
- Employee Benefits - Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services
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We are currently shaping our future workstyles however, in light of current advice, we are introducing blended home/office working that will include office access days each week with homeworking for the remainder of your working time.
For further information, please contact Laura Lumsden, Team Manager, Family Support Service (Central Area) Tel: 03451 55 55 55 Ext. 460990 or Email: [email protected]
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