Family Time Facilitator

Family Time Facilitator (Supervised Contact)

Service: Stockton Family Time

Salary: £25,176 FTE per annum (£20,412.97 per annum for part-time, 30 hours per week)

Location: Edmund Harvey Centre, Stockton-on-Tees, TS21 2EF

Hours: Part-time (30 hours per week)

Contract: Permanent

Are you a self motivated team player with a can do attitude, who is solution focused and passionate about making a difference? If so, we want to hear from you.

Family Action & the Role's Impact

At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It's what we've done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.

We see first hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.

Main Responsibilities

• Collaborate with and work to direction given by social workers alongside the needs and preferences of children and their families; supervise Family Time contact ensuring that children are kept safe and that their emotional wellbeing is always prioritised.
• Promote and maintain contact arrangements that are agreed between all parties, managing risk around the Family Time as a priority.
• Provide an opportunity for parents, siblings or other important adults to maintain positive relationships with their children; oversee practical and emotional support for parents where required to make supervised contact sessions a positive experience for the children.

Main Requirements

You will bring your knowledge and experience of working with children, young people and/or families whilst managing potential conflicts and risk. The ability to accurately write records and observations is desirable for this role. You will be joining the service as a valuable member of an experienced contact team.

You will have a strong track record of working with families and a focus on quality and safeguarding. With a client facing approach you will be passionate about engaging our service users in all aspects of our work including co production.

Benefits

• Annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days, and after a full year of service, rises each April by one day, subject to a maximum of 30 working days plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time)
• Up to 6% matched pension contributions
• Enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
• Eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
• Cycle to work scheme
• Investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process, and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.

We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates. We are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action because we know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and we strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support.

All candidates with a disability are welcome to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme and request priority consideration for an interview, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role.