Family Support Worker - Support & Intervention Team

Vacancy Information

Hourly rate of pay: £18.03 - £20.18

Days and Hours of Work:
Monday - Friday, 09:00-17:00
Flexi time is applicable, and starting and finishing times are flexible.
To start asap.

As we continue to strive to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families, East Lothian Children’s Services have an opportunity for a family support worker to join our Support and Intervention teams.

This is an exciting opportunity for suitably experienced individuals to develop and use their skills with children and young people who have experienced trauma.  You will have opportunity to combine expertise in working with vulnerable children and families, with promoting parenting skills.  You will partner with parents who will often have experienced significant and longstanding challenges, and for whom positive change requires committed support and resilience.

East Lothian's Children's Services are absolutely committed to keeping The Promise and keeping children, young people and their families' voices at the heart of everything we do. We are keen to recruit workers who are passionate about working with families and who want to help them to utilise their strengths and networks before we impose our own solutions.

Our staff are our greatest asset and we want to support people to have a healthy work life balance. For this to be possible, we recognise that family support workers need protected caseloads, effective supervision and support. We recognise the emotional impact of the role and benefit from access to a clinical psychologist who supports our staff with complex work and promotes staff resilience.

You will work alongside qualified Social Workers who manage each child or young person’s plan.  You will receive regular supervision from a Team Leader who is dedicated to supporting all family support workers within this service area.

We are committed to promoting an open and trusting culture at all levels of the organisation and prioritise continuous professional development and learning.  We are proud of our approach to learning and development and there are a number of formal and informal opportunities to develop your practice and support your career pathway within East Lothian.

We have an accessible senior management team who are committed to recruiting the best people to compliment the wide range of knowledge and experience that exists throughout the service.

Applicants should have a sound value base, excellent communication and report writing skills and a suitable understanding of children and families' social work role and responsibilities.

If you wish to discuss this job vacancy or working for Children's Services in East Lothian Council, please feel free to contact Team Leader Phil Brown on the details below: 01875 824067.

Job Details

To work as part of a supervisory Group providing direct support to the children and families and contributing to the delivery of Children’s Wellbeing services provided to vulnerable children, young people and their families in East Lothian. 

Please download the Job Outline/Person Specification (available under 'Job Attachments') for the full range of tasks and duties associated with this job. You will need to refer to these in order to complete the application form. You must ensure you meet every 'essential' criteria stated on the Person Specification to be considered for interview.

The ‘East Lothian Way’– values and behaviours we expect our employees to demonstrate in their everyday work. Should you be invited to interview, you may be asked questions based on these behaviours. Please refer to the document via the link to familiarise yourself with them.

Job Requirements

Relevant Qualifications
HNC or SVQ Level 3 in either Social Care, Promoting Independence or Working with Young People and Children and able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge, skills and competencies, gained through relevant experience.

Driving Licence
As the duties of this role require you to effectively travel to successfully undertake the full remit of the role, you must hold a current driving licence and have access to a vehicle.*
(*Where a disability precludes you from obtaining a driving licence, ELC will take into account its responsibility to make reasonable adjustments to allow for your disability.)

PVG Membership
This post is considered as Regulated Work with vulnerable children and/or protected adults, as specified in the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007.

All preferred candidates for posts carrying out regulated work with these groups will be required to become a PVG Scheme member, or undergo a PVG Scheme update if they are already a member, prior to any formal offer of employment being made by East Lothian Council.

Please note: PVG member’s records are constantly updated with any new vetting information that arises. Any information that is disclosed on a PVG membership or update check, if relevant to the post being applied for, will be discussed with the applicant and investigated prior to any formal offer being made.

Please note:
If you have spent more than 3 months working or living outwith the UK in the last 5 years then you will be required to present a copy of an overseas criminal record check. Details of how to apply and contact details can be found on the GOV.UK website.

Additional Information

For additional East Lothian Council employment information please click on the following link: www.eastlothian.gov.uk/nonteachinginfo

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If you require further information about this vacancy, please call 01620 827868, or email us on recruitment@eastlothian.gov.uk

Please note: We do not accept CV's (either electronically or by mail). All our vacancies must be applied for by fully completing the on-line application form. Although there is an ‘import data from my CV’ function on MyJobScotland, this only imports very limited data and should not be relied upon to complete the application form.