Education and Family Worker - Norwich, United Kingdom - Norfolk County Council
Description
2 posts | permanent contracts | 37 or 18.5 hours per week | £27,344 to £29,439 per annum (Scale G) pro rata for part-time | South Norfolk
Permanent 37 hours per week & 18.5 hours per week available
Are you currently working in an education setting with children or families? Do you have experience of SEND? Are you passionate about supporting vulnerable young people?
About us:
2023 in an exciting time to join Norfolk County Council Childrens Services following a recent highly successful Ofsted inspection and the launch of our new School and Community Cluster model.
We want children, young people, and families in Norfolk to receive support at the earliest opportunity so that they can flourish.
By acting together, as a prevention and early help system, we can enable families to receive the right support, at the right time.
This new model will mean we can build on the fantastic work taking place, with the skills and capacity to ensure we support children, young people, and families at the earliest opportunity.
School and Community Cluster Teams will work predominantly with those families that require early help.
The cluster teams working practices will be rooted within our core ways of working and vital signs through relationship-based practice using Signs of Safety, Solihull, Communities of Practice, Joint Agency Group Supervision, Restorative working and Family Networking.
About the role:
We are seeking people with experience of working with vulnerable children, young people from any sector with an NVQ Level 3 in a relevant field.
- Deliver quality evidencebased early interventions that assist education settings and parents/carers to respond to the unmet learning and support needs of vulnerable children and young people.
- Work with education settings and families developing smart action plans with interventions that focus on improving learning outcomes for children and young people.
- Manage a workload that responds to needs at both an early help and emerging support level, delivering early intervention and where required specialist support to deescalate and stepdown support from a specialist/statutory level.
- Offer emotional and practical support to settings, children, young people and their families that increases their capacity to engage and participate in education, build resilience, and helps them achieve positive outcomes.
- Model good practice in supporting children and young people with SEND within education settings and their family at a range of suitable venues.
We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together, make the most of our workspaces, enjoy a healthy work-life balance, and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people.
**Closing date: 25 July 2023
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