Children's Sessional Worker

Job Introduction

Are you passionate about making a difference to children's lives?

In this role you will be required to use your family support skills to dynamically meet the needs of children and families.

We’re looking for people to join us with the skills to encourage and help maintain positive relationships between children and parents. We work with very vulnerable children so we must ensure we maintain professional relationships whilst managing complex family needs and behaviours.

As a Sessional Worker, you’ll play a critical role in supporting children in understanding their birth identity and supervising their time with birth parents.  Our aim during family time is to promote a positive and meaningful time for children with their family. This could include offering support, guidance, and parenting advice or modelling positive interaction and behaviours.

You will also support children getting to and from school and family time in various locations.

You will be required to transport children around the county and further afield as necessary.

You will be utilised within the service to meet a range of needs and activities, all with the purpose of supporting children and families in Cannock.  This could include supporting parental supervision in hospital, supporting activities to keep families together, and complete home visits.

This role is casual to support the service as and when required.

You will be required to be flexible with your working hours including early mornings, evenings and weekends.

Main Responsibility

You will be required:

• To facilitate and support family time between children and their parents or other family members.  This could include supervision in a community setting or hospital setting.
• To coordinate arrangements for family time for children and their parents or other family members.
• Transport children and young people to attend family time.
• To provide parenting support and guidance.
• To support the completion of accurate documentation, reports, and records in relation to children, young people, and families.
• To deliver creative solutions in supporting families such as reaching out to charity and community support groups for resources.
• To complete home visits to consider the wellbeing of a child and support to families, this could be outside of normal working hours and weekends.
• To be available outside of traditional working patterns including evenings and weekends to provide support to children, families, and carers when it is needed.

The Ideal Candidate

Children and their families are the centre of everything we do, and we’re looking for people to join us who have the skills to encourage and help maintain positive relationships between children and parents.

As well as a passion for helping and supporting children and their families, you’ll need to have:

• A minimum NVQ 3 in working with children and families or equivalent experience of working with children and families.
• Experience of direct work with children, their families, and carers in a statutory or voluntary agency which provides services to vulnerable children and their families.
• Experience in the use of IT including Microsoft packages
• An understanding of child development and the effect of stress and trauma on child development.
• An understanding of the key pieces of policies, guidance, and legislation which govern children’s social care.
• Have unrestricted use of a car and a driving licence.
• Be flexible to work evenings and weekends as needed.
• The ability to effectively communicate with children, their families, and carers.
• The ability to build relationships and deliver interventions to children, families, and carers.
• The ability to work effectively in conflict situations.

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Don’t feel you meet all the requirements? We value transferable skills, experiences, and qualifications so consider applying anyway or make contact for an informal chat.