Early Help and Prevention Lead - Newbury, United Kingdom - West Berkshire Council

West Berkshire Council

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Newbury, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Vacancy Summary

Employer:
West Berkshire Council
Salary:
From £37,261 to £ 43,516 per annum, pro rata (Grade J)
Location:
Council Offices, Market Street, Newbury
Contract:
Permanent
Working Pattern:
Part Time
Hours:
30 hours per week.
DBS Check:
Enhanced
Closing Date:
04/08/2023 at 23:59
Reference:
V5278

Vacancy Description

The Early Help and Prevention Lead is based within the Early Response Hub in West Berkshire Council's Contact, Advice and Assessment service.

The Early Response Hub is a multi-agency hub responding to families at a non-statutory level, under level2b of West Berkshire Threshold Document.

West Berkshire Council is an Ofsted rated GOOD Local Authority.

The role

They will lead the development plan for improving early help and prevention services within the directorate.
They will lead the operational delivery and quality of early help within the children's teams and services within West Berkshire, support the delivery and quality of Early Help within the Family hubs and schools within the directorate.
They will be responsible for acting as a community connector and capacity builder, participating fully in locality action panels and supporting universal partners to act as lead professionals where families have additional (tier 2) needs, not meeting the thresholds of statutory services.
They will be an advocate for community and partnership working with excellent understanding of how to build trust and act as a bridge between the community and the council.
They will work alongside the Team Manager in the Early Response Hub (ERH) to review and audit referrals across agencies developing Early Help practice and performance across the partnership.
They will contribute in developing and changing the relationships between public services and communities building resilience at a local level.
They will support universal practitioners to build their confidence and skillset in working with higher threshold level cases, enabling others by using support, coaching and offering reflective supervision to skilled professionals working directly with families.
They will ensure all universal staff receive training in using the My Family Plan and Motivational Interviewing, as a way of standardising local early intervention.
They will work alongside the Principal Social Worker in capturing all interventions around early help and prevention across the teams within Children and Family Services and ensure this is celebrated within the 6 monthly report.
They will research and connect local services to strengthen the local partnership network and mobilise resources so they become available to local families and professionals working within Children and Family Services. Ensuring information links in with the West Berkshire Directory the directory of services and resources for all families.
Ability to identify and manage risk effectively
Knowledge and understanding of seeking the voice and experience of children, young people and families to inform design and development of services.
Excellent written communication skills, including reportwriting
High level of interpersonal skills to develop effective working relationships.
Ability to monitor service performance and professional practice to drive improvements in service delivery.

About us
West Berkshire council is a forward thinking and ambitious council.

We have a positive attitude to our work and focus on excellent teamwork to deliver award winning services for our residents and businesses.

We employ over 1,500 members of staff corporately, plus additional members of staff working across our local schools and education settings.

We offer a wide array of opportunities for training and development and varied career progression opportunities.

Our staff support the delivery of a wide range of services on behalf of the Council. Ranging from garden waste collection, planning and roadworks to caring for those in our communities.

Everything we do is focused on our priority for improvement and delivering our values of fairness, integrity and being customer focused.

Our offer to you

A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:_
We offer flexible working wherever possible between the hours of
We offer hybrid working wherever possible working 40% in the office
Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities
Local government pension scheme
Family friendly policies
A range of local discounts
Wellbeing Programme including Employee Assistance Programme and employee benefits
You will also be entitled to a generous annual leave entitlement starting at 29 days per annum (plus public holidays) Rising by an additional 5 days after 5 years' service.

If you interested in working with us and want to know more, do not hesitate to contact Steph Coomber, Team Manager on for an informal chat about this role.

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