Family Worker
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 13 Mehefin 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £32,654 i £37,938 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 29 Mehefin 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Reading, Berkshire |
| Gweithio o bell: | Hybrid - gweithio o bell hyd at 3 ddiwrnod yr wythnos |
| Cwmni: | Reading Borough Council |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | BFC0856 |
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About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for you to be part of our team in West Centre Children’s Centre. You will work alongside the Centre Coordinator, Family Workers, Family Group Workers and professional partners including Health and Education.
Who we are looking for
A vibrant and enthusiastic L3 qualified childcare practitioner or equivalent, to join our multi-skilled friendly Children’s Centres and Family Help teams (Hub)
What will you do?
You will be required to work as part of the family help team providing effective and high-quality family support interventions likely in the family home. You will work and support a caseload of families to achieve positive outcomes.
Role Responsibilities:
• Ensure that the voice and views of all children are sought, heard and represented appropriately.
• To work with the whole family and partners to assess the needs within the household and acknowledge those of the extended family and wider networks.
• To deliver timed and evidence-based interventions with families including direct work with children and young people
• To adopt a key worker/lead professional approach to develop, coordinate and deliver outcome focussed plans.
• To apply a challenge and support approach when working with families.
• Liaise effectively and work with universal, targeted and statutory services and partners where appropriate e.g. schools, children’s social care and the voluntary/community sector.
Essential Qualifications:
• A recognised qualification in childcare NVQ level 3 or above or equivalent experience
Preferable
• Experience of working with children 0-5 years and beyond
• Experience of working with vulnerable children and families
• To have knowledge of EYFS and child development
• To have practiced or understanding of working in an holistic way by using appropriate tools such as; attachment therapy, trauma informed practice and hierarchy of need.
For more information about the role, please read the job description and person specification.
Inclusion and Diversity
We want Brighter Futures for Children to be a great place to work and to ensure that our children, young people and families are represented in leadership roles and positions of power. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our children, young people and families so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.
Asking for Adjustments
Brighter Futures for Children is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes adjusting or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions.
If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please let us know.
Closing date: Sunday 29 June 2025
Interview date: 10 and 11 July 2025
We look forward to hearing from you!
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