Family Time Supervisor

Family Time Supervisor

Service: Medway Family Time

Salary: £25,176 FTE per annum (£10,886.92 per annum for part-time, 16 hours per week)

Location: Sunlight Centre, Richmond Road, Gillingham, Kent ME7

Hours: From 16 hours per week (part-time, hours variable)

Contract: Permanent (open to a sessional arrangement - salary will be paid per hour for sessional workers)

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

• To support the delivery of safe and effective supervised Family Time sessions.
• To promote and maintain Family Time arrangements that are agreed between all parties, including respecting the wishes of children and young people.
• To ensure you have an understanding of, and comply with, Family Action's procedures for promoting and safeguarding the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults, undertaking risk assessments before each session ensuring that the risks identified by Social Workers are mitigated.
• To ensure that all supervised Family Time sessions are managed to ensure a positive experience for the children and young people as possible.
• To recognise any risks of harm and intervene appropriately to de escalate the risks or bring in additional support as required to safeguard the children.
• To keep records of your work using Family Action systems, adhere to confidentiality, information sharing protocols and risk assessment processes.

Main Requirements

• Educated to level two or above (or working towards) with experience of or a recognised professional qualification in social work, health, education, early years, youth work or equivalent, and evidence of a commitment to continuing learning and professional development.
• The ability to work with families in conflict and the importance of remaining impartial, objective and focused on the needs of the child/children at all times.
• Understanding of child development, attachment and appropriate parenting approaches.
• The ability to demonstrate an understanding of safe working practices, risk assessment and risk management.
• Excellent verbal, listening and written skills, including basic IT skills.
• Good planning and excellent report writing and record keeping skills. Experience of and ability to use MS Office applications and electronic recording systems.
• The ability to prioritise and organise workload effectively including the timely completion and submission of case records and reports.
• Understanding of the needs of families / individuals, and of the impact of disadvantage and social exclusion and a commitment to and willingness to promote inclusion and equality of opportunity for all.
• Ability to align with and support Family Action's mission and values.
• Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service - Enhanced with Children's Barred List DBS Check.
• Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service - Enhanced Children and Adults.

Benefits

• An annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days, rising each April by one day, subject to a maximum of 30 working days plus bank.
• Up to 6% matched pension contributions.
• Enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions.
• Eye care and winter flu jab vouchers.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities.
• Reimbursement of travel costs for interview attendance.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

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.

All appointments with Family Action are subject to satisfactory Safer Recruitment checks.