Adult Family Safeguarding Recovery Worker
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 14 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Oriau: | Full time |
| Dyddiad cau: | 13 June 2024 |
| Lleoliad: | Portsmouth, PO1 2AL |
| Cwmni: | Portsmouth City Council |
| Math o swydd: | Permanent |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 3413 |
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Salary: Band 8, £33,945 to £36,647 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time (37 hours per week)
Closing Date: Sunday 2 June 2024, 23:59
Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults who may be vulnerable, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Children’s Partnership safer recruitment procedures.
Why come to live and work in Portsmouth?
Portsmouth is a great waterfront city and a vibrant place to live and work. It is an island city with an “inner city” feel, a seaside location packed with attractions and events, and the advantage of fantastic countryside on its doorstep. With fast road and rail links to London, Brighton and major airports, and ferry links to Europe, it is the perfect place to live and work. Portsmouth has a strong history of partnership working and has successfully integrated several local services.
Why work for Portsmouth City Council?
Portsmouth City Council continues to make significant investment in work with children, young people, and their families. We have a clear training pathway and a high ratio of supervisors to staff therein ensuring practical and emotional support to our frontline work force. You will find that we are a friendly place to work and one where you will feel valued by front line and senior managers alike.
Portsmouth Children's Social Care is a dynamic service; family members, carers and staff at all levels come together to contribute to service design and delivery. We are committed to transparent and timely interventions and aspire for outstanding family and social work delivery.
We have a learning culture through reflective practice opportunities and joined up working with local universities. We continue to embed Restorative Practice within our teams and with partners alike. As an extension of this approach, we are embedding a Family Safeguarding model, including adult mental health workers, domestic abuse and substance misuse recovery workers integrated together with children & family's social workers to support families.
Your New Role:
You will assess, plan and deliver interventions to parents/carers with substance misuse needs whose children are open to Children's Social Care. You will undertake assessments and reviews, provide specialist advice and guidance, and contribute to the 'Team Around the Worker' approach. You will ensure that people who experience substance use issues, together with domestic abuse and mental health needs, are provided with timely assessments and receive appropriate support.
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.
What you'll need to succeed:
You have excellent knowledge of Drug and Alcohol treatment, including use of evidence-based effective interventions, and experience, knowledge and understanding of adults and children's safeguarding procedures. You have knowledge and experience of issues relating to difference and social exclusion/inclusion, are adaptable, flexible, and inclusive to meet the needs of people from diverse communities, and can consider inequalities and take action to address these. You have experience of working in situations of crisis and emotionally demanding environments, and working with a wide variety of families, demonstrating your experience across the whole life span. You have an up-to-date knowledge of research, relevant legislation, ethical issues, strategic frameworks, and current guidelines regarding the range of presenting needs relevant to adult substance misuse treatment.
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.
You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.
What you'll get in return:
We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:
- Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
- A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
- Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.
- Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
- Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
- Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.
Staff rewards: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/
Additional Information:
The full job profile is attached here.
Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:
Becky Walker, Team Leader, Becky.Walker@portsmouthcc.gov.uk, 07 833 293 341, or Amanda Haylock, Service Leader, Amanda.Haylock@portsmouthcc.gov.uk, 07 584 271 529.
A commitment to our values:
We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours.
Application process:
We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.
Remember to demonstrate in your cover letter/statement why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Please upload a detailed cover letter/statement as well as your CV.
Please ensure you provide your full education history from secondary school, include name/address of establishment, details of relevant qualifications & awarding body. Please explain any gaps - this is essential for all safeguarding roles.
You may wish to attach an additional letter or document to supplement your application.
We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.
We look forward to speaking with you soon.
Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.