Job Information
Do you have a passion to ensure that children, young people and their families are supported effectively in a sector that aims to identify and address needs early and to make sure children and their families get the right support at the right time? Then you might be the right person to join our Prevention and Early Help Team.
Contract Type: 12-month fixed term
Employment Location: Alnwick Family Hub, County Hall, within Locality bases and Home Working in a hybrid arrangement
Working Pattern: Full time
Early Help Assessments (EHAs) and Team Around the Family (TAF) meetings are designed to be used by any universal service who come into contact with children, young people and their families. Partner agency use of the EHA and TAF processes is essential in ensuring early identification of need and effective plans for support.
As a Prevention and Early Help Worker, you will have your own locality area and named settings to support. You will link in with partner agencies, such as early years settings, education providers and health, supporting them to initiate EHAs and lead TAF meetings. You will also work with Early Help First Contact and the family hubs to enable access to robust Early Help offers across the continuum of Early Help.
As a Prevention and Early Help Worker you will be key in ensuring that partner agencies feel confident in addressing the needs of children, young people and their families when they are identified. You will work with a wide range of services to achieve this, including Northumberland Inclusive Education Service, The Virtual School, Harrogate and District Foundation Trust 0-19 service, Primary Mental Health Teams, Early Help Family Worker teams and more.
We are looking for someone who understands the power of working as a team and that embraces the belief that we achieve so more when we work together.
ABOUT YOU
- You will have experience of working with families in understanding their needs and creating plans to support these.
- You will always want to hear the child’s voice and ensure that this is taken into account.
- You will be passionate about advocating for families where systems are hard to navigate
- You will have excellent communication skills
- You will have a sound knowledge of thresholds of need and levels of intervention
- You will be empathetic and sensitive to the needs of children and families
- You will be able to manage a small group of people so that conversations are solution focussed
- You will not be afraid to think creatively to solve problems.
- The successful candidate will need to have a new DBS / or show their current DBS if the update service has been used, as part of the normal recruitment process.
- You will care enough to want to make a difference - every day.
If your skill-set includes the above, come and join a progressive and innovative organisation which values all of our employees.
Why choose us?
We have some outstanding benefits and perks to offer you, including:
- 26 days annual leave plus public/bank holidays, rising to 31 days after 5 years of service (pro rata for part-time employees)
- Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Flexi scheme (if applicable) – up to 2 days flexible leave available per month (pro rata for part-time employees)
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Further information
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We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format, please see the alternative methods below. This information will be treated as confidential and will only be used to check that you meet the essential requirements of the post.
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