Family Group Conference Co-ordinator - Gateshead, United Kingdom - Gateshead Council

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2 x full time (37 hours)

Fixed term 31st
March 2025

About Gateshead council


At Gateshead our vision is that all children and families, regardless of their background, are at the heart of everything we do - ensuring all children can thrive and meet their full potential.


Our plans for 2024 reflect this vision and ambition We will have an even greater focus on embedding trauma informed approaches, and inclusive practice, across all of our services as we believe that this delivers the best outcomes for children and young people.

We are committed to continuing to develop services which are integrated and joined up through our family hubs and that we maintain our focus on supporting the most vulnerable children on the edge of care to support them to remain safely living within their family networks.

In 2023 we were recognised nationally for the great work we are doing.

Our Kinship team won the CYPS award for the team making the biggest impact, our Social Work Academy received a commendation and came second in the CYPS biggest impact award, and one of our NQSW was shortlisted in the best newcomer award.


We also won the Gold award for 'Digital Transformation in Social Work Award' based on the Digital Me films that were made by young people in both the Domestic abuse and Youth justice services.

These really are excellent and are a testament to our young people and the teams who work with them and support them.


During 2023 we were also successful in bidding for and achieving a number of grants to develop new services for children and young people which includes piloting the new national DFE Family Network pilot; Turnaround funding to support young people at risk of entering the criminal justice system; and the Family Links programme for children in care.


Do you want to come and be part of our award winning, ambitious and innovative teams ?

About the role?


We are looking to recruit a Family Group Conference Co-ordinator to join the Family Group Conference Team within Specialist Support Service and deliver a Lifelong Links offer to create lasting support networks for children and young people in our care.

The approach draws upon a combination of family finding and family group conference to ensure that children and young people in our care have a positive support network around them to help them during their time in care and into adulthood.


The postholder will lead and coordinate Family Group Conferences to encourage family decision making and responsibility for their children and young people by negotiating and discussing support within their family network to ensure safety and safeguarding of children and young people.

This role will have a particular focus on our new Lifelong Links offer utilising tools and techniques to search for and find family members and other adults who care about the child.

This network is then brought together within a Family Group Conference to make a life-long support plan with, and for, the young person.


What you need to have


The successful applicant will demonstrate knowledge of Family Group Conference and mediation as well Lifelong Links and child safeguarding procedures.

You will have experience of working with children and families, working within a multi-agency partnership and chairing meetings.

Good written and verbal communication skills, good organisational skills and being able to work on your own initiative as well as part of a team are also essential.


The successful applicant will hold a relevant qualification at level 3 or above, demonstrate an understanding of child safeguarding and be able to identify and manage risk.


A current driving licence and access to a car or means to mobility support is also essential to the role.


What can a career with Gateshead offer?
By pursuing your career with Gateshead, we can guarantee you will have:

  • A stable senior leadership team that listens and cares about you and your work
  • A culture which takes pride in and actively celebrates social work.
  • Your base in the same building as all social work teams, allowing support not just from your allocated team but all services.
  • Hybrid working both working from the office base and home working
  • A protected time employee induction scheme.
Also as an employee of Gateshead Council you will benefit from:

  • A generous annual leave package of 28 days (2 of which are fixed), increasing to 30 days (plus 2 fixed) following 5 years' service. You will also have the opportunity to purchase up to 10 days extra leave via our Annual Leave Salary Sacrifice Scheme.
  • Access to the flexi scheme which allows for working a 9 days over 10
  • Excellent training and development opportunities
  • Great transport links with the use of reliable and frequent public transport and have access to a discounted Annual Pass. You will also have use of Cowheel pool cars and access to the Cycle to Work salary sacrifice scheme
  • Being a member of the Local Government Pensi
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