Children and Families Practitioner (Time 4 Us)

Role and Service Profile

For over 19 years, Transform Forth Valley’s Time 4 Us Children and Families service has provided specialist therapeutic support across Forth Valley to children, young people and families affected by a significant family member’s alcohol and/or drug use. We help children and young people make sense of difficult experiences, manage strong emotions and build positive relationships. Our work has helped improve emotional wellbeing, mental health, school attendance and attainment.

We work closely with social work, education, health and many other third sector services to coordinate support around each family’s needs. We welcome referrals from these partners and from families themselves. 

The post holder will work as part of the Time 4 Us team, taking a whole-family approach to understanding what matters to children, young people, parents and carers and agreeing what support would help. The role involves helping children and young people build self-esteem, confidence and resilience, and supporting parents and carers to strengthen their confidence and parenting skills.

Practice is rights-led and trauma-informed, guided by Getting it Right for Every Child (GIRFEC) and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Children and young people are supported to express their views and shape decisions about their support. In keeping with The Promise, the role involves building trusting relationships and working with partners to help families access support early, so children can stay with the people who love them wherever it is safe to do so.

Organisational Profile

Transform Forth Valley is a Scottish based registered charity and company limited by guarantee (SC033772). 

Transform Forth Valley is governed by a Board of Directors and is led, managed, and operated on a day-to-day basis by a Corporate Leadership Team consisting of a Head of Operations, an Operational Service Manager and a Corporate Service Manager.

Transform Forth Valley offer a wide range of services to support individuals and families who are impacted by inequality, whether this be societal, financial or in relation to their health.

Transform Forth Valley is dedicated to empowering individuals and families to live a more fulfilled life. We work with partners to actively challenge inequalities and to achieve sustainable change.

You can find out more about Transform Forth Valley here: http://www.transformfv.org.uk/.

Working Arrangement

This role is primarily community-based, with occasional home working and attendance at office locations as required to support service delivery.

Benefits:

• Leave – For full-time employees Transform Forth Valley offer 30 days of Annual Leave plus 9 days of Statutory Holiday per annum.

• Pension – If eligible Transform Forth Valley will auto enrol you into our pension scheme where we will contribute 5%, and employee’s a minimum of 3%, of your pensionable salary. 

• Death in Service Insurance – If eligible Transform Forth Valley will place you into the scheme upon commencement of employment and the lump sum benefit is 4 x Basic Annual Salary. 

• Aviva Smart Health – All employees have access to Smart Health from Aviva. The Smart Health Service provides routine, non-emergency access to their health professionals via phone or video, providing the following services: GP consultation 24/7/365, Mental Health Support, Expert Medical Opinion, Nutrition & Fitness (including Get Fit Programme Diet Support) and Health Checks.

How to Apply

Please send completed Application, Equal Opportunities Monitoring and Criminal Convictions Declaration Forms to hr@transformfv.org.uk. 

If, however you wish to return your Application, Equal Opportunities Monitoring and Criminal Convictions Declaration Forms by post, please send to: HR, Transform Forth Valley, Office 2.6, The e-Centre, Cooperage Business Village, Cooperage Way, Alloa, FK10 3LP. 

For an informal chat about the post please contact, Diane Cairns, Head of Operations, on 07309 780 948 or dcairns@transformfv.org.uk.