Family and Education Link Worker, Highland Wide

Job Description

Post Title: Family and Education Link Worker
Location: Inverness
Hours: 35 hours per week
Duration: Permanent
Salary: £40,021 - £43,388 p.a.

Salary placing will normally be at the first point of the scale.

Contact Person: Karen Chisholm E-mail: karen.chisholm4@highland.gov.uk

Job Purpose: 

To work as an effective, pro-active member of the Future Operating Model Programme Team, to support the development, enhancement and sustainability of services to support families and education in the allocated team area of Highland, including ensuring that statutory responsibilities are fulfilled. 

Work with families and education groups to use local resources and build resilience, helping deliver community priorities and services. Share ideas to support family growth and development in our community, whilst identifying and implementing preventative measures to poverty and inequality. 

The post will sit within the Future Operating Model Programme Team and will work across their allocated area.  The post holder will work as part of the wider area-based team to support projects and activity across the area and provide support to other area teams, if required. 

Please APPLY ONLINE. If you are unable to apply online and you wish to request an offline application pack, please contact HR Transactions Team, Tel: 01349 868642 (24 hour voicemail) or email: Recruitment.Enquiries@highland.gov.uk quoting the post reference number above.

Please find the Job Description below.

The Highland Council understands that diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity and being fair and inclusive. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, representative of the communities we serve and particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be under-represented in our workforce.

As a disability confident employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria requirements for the post.

Shortlisted applicants will normally be contacted by email, unless otherwise stated. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

Requirements

At least 3 years’ experience of working in the early years, secondary, social care or third sector.

You will be expected to travel efficiently and effectively between various work locations within Highland to meet the operational requirements of the Service.

This position is classified as a regulated role. As such, an Overseas Criminal Record Check may be required depending on your nationality and recent residency history. Specifically, this check will be necessary if you do not meet both of the following criteria:
• You must be a national of the United Kingdom or one of the following countries: Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Hungary, Greece, France, Ireland, Italy, Spain, or Poland.
• You must not have lived or worked in any country outside of the UK or those listed above for a period of three months or more, while aged 18 years or over, within the past five years.
Please note that it is your responsibility to obtain the Overseas Criminal Record Check, and you will be required to cover any associated costs.