Family Assessment Support Workers - London, United Kingdom - Green Harvest Consultant Company Ltd

Green Harvest Consultant Company Ltd

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Salary:
Up to £30,000 (per year) including Sleep-in Shifts (£50 per sleep-in)

Location:
London SM1 2DB

Hours:
Full-time (40 hours per week)

Note: Filled Application Form needs to be returned prior to the interview._

We are ideally looking for staff to be NVQ Level 3 in childcare or equivalent.

We want the team to be diverse and creative, therefore we want lived experiences from people who have a passion to assess, and supporting parents to make changes in their parenting for better outcomes for their child's future.

Our aim is to deliver fair, robust and evidenced-based assessments.

You will be responsible for providing day-to-day care for our residents, whether this is supporting them in activities, attending appointments, or completing some sessions such as life skills.

You will be part of the team which is responsible for undertaking comprehensive assessments with vulnerable children and their families in a residential setting and within the "Working Together 2018" Assessment Framework.

You will be responsible for providing a high-quality and dependable standard of service which meets our values and standards.

This is an exciting opportunity to work and join our close-knit team in providing an essential service to parents and children, supporting and teaching families with a wide variety of everyday life skills.

We offer fantastic benefits, training and a great team environment.

Benefits of working at The Groves Family Assessment Centres

A supportive team ethos
Full induction and continuous training and professional development opportunities
Bank holiday rate and full holiday pay
A fastgrowing company with fast track managerial programme for staff
Supportive managers to help you succeed
Pension scheme

Your job role will be supporting the Family Assessment Practitioners/ Family Assessment Social Workers on day-to-day tasks

Key duties will include:

Conducting highquality assessments which fall within the "Working Together to Safeguard Children" protocol
Supporting each family's assessment plans weekly by ensuring all recordings on daily logs are detailed and comprehensive
Completing risk assessments and updating these when needed
Completing sessions with the families
To actively promote The Groves commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults at a level appropriate to this group
To assist and support the Centre Managers in the day to day running of the Centre and the staff
To help create and develop a safe, structured, learning environment which is based on the values and standards of The Groves
To represent The Groves and to promote its services
To ensure a high standard of social work practice
To ensure and promote a good standard of childcare and general house management
To keep abreast of current legislation, guidance, and protocols which inform and prescribe our work
To work within the framework for the assessment of children in need and their families
Teaching parenting skills and practices
Assessing child and family interaction and parental ability
To monitor and evaluate the effects of any such intervention on a child's emotional and physical wellbeing

The Groves is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Possible Shift Pattern:

Please note the shifts pattern will require you to do sleep-in at the centre.

The possible shifts could be 11:30am - 10:30pm; sleep-in overnight in a room with ensuite shower; start next morning 7:30am - 12pm.

A sleep-in shift could also start at 5pm - 10:30pm sleep-in, and then 7:30am -12pm. The shifts are varied but the total hours per week will be 40 hours. You will also be required to work every other weekend. (£50 per sleep-in).

Other shifts could be: