Education & Family Worker- Norfolk - Norfolk County Council

Norfolk County Council

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**Education & Family Worker

80 positions

- county wide**
Permanent

£27,344 to £29,439 (Scale G)

Are you currently working in an education sector with children or families in the early years or schools? Do you have experience of Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND)? Are you passionate about supporting vulnerable children, young people and their families?

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 model.

We want children, young people, and their 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 already taking place, developing the skills and capacity to ensure we work alongside education providers to enable children, young people, and their families to have their needs met at the earliest opportunity.

School and Community Teams will work predominantly alongside education providers to assist those families that require early help.

The 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.

Locations:
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Breckland
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Norwich
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South Norfolk
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Great Yarmouth
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North Norfolk
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Broadland
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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.

You will be required to

Deliver quality evidencebased early interventions that assist education providers 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.

To find out more about this role please go to our website and sign up to our Welcome Sessions which will be held virtually and face to face at one of our centres.

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.

Flexibility is built into the way we work, with hybrid working a key feature for many roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.

You can also find out about the rewards and benefitswe offer as well as our other terms and conditions.

Closing date: 3 March 2023

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

Salary:
£27,344.00-£29,439.00 per year

Benefits: