Family Support Practitioners - Ipswich, United Kingdom - Highfield Children's Centre

Description

Highfield Children's Centre, Ipswich IP1 6DW:

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£24,054 pro rata:

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30 hours per week, full year plus/20 hours per week, full year, 52 weeks per year


9am to 5pm:
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Permanent:

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Reference: 8032:

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Required from as soon as possible

This is a diverse, rewarding and challenging role which requires you to deliver a range of interventions to vulnerable children and their families in West Ipswich.

You will hold a level 3 qualification in Early Years Education or BTEC in Family Support.


Using the Signs of Safety and Well-being Framework, you will enable and support families to make changes to their lives to promote:

• safety and stability

- independence
- physical and emotional health
- access to education, training and employment opportunities.


You will effectively:

- communicate and engage with children, young people and their families
- assess, plan and review
- report and record accurately
- actively build relationships and network with multi-agency partners
- appropriately manage risk and safeguarding concerns
- offer information, advice and signpost.


Travelling requirements for your role:

We positively encourage the use of technology to communicate, but in this role you will need to travel to locations away from your contractual base, so you must either hold a full and current driving licence and have access to personal transport or meet the mobility requirements of the role through other reasonable and suitable means.

If you require a reasonable adjustment due to a disability to meet the travel requirements of this role, please speak with the contact detailed below.

You will need to be methodical and precise, a team player with good interpersonal skills.

You will be working in a vibrant and happy centre and will need to be able to respond quickly to the needs of the families and the centre.

Benefits include:

- performance-related annual pay progression, in addition to an annual cost-of-living pay increase
- a supportive culture, underpinned by our
WE ASPIRE values:

• access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

- up to 28 days annual leave entitlement, plus UK bank holidays
- an occupational sick pay scheme.

Highfield Nursery School and Children's Centre is based on Chesterfield Drive, Ipswich and provides education for children between the ages of 2 and 5 years.

Alongside the Nursery School the Children's Centre provides support for families in the West Ipswich area.

Please note that the hours that this role requires are between the hours of 9am and 5pm over 52 weeks a year and include working during school closure periods.

To find out more:

For an informal discussion only, please contact
Jannice Simpson, Children's Centre Manager on
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How to apply:

Previous applicants need not reapply.


Closing date: 1pm, 2 March 2023.
**Interview date: 10 March 2023.