About the Role:
This role is based within the Children in Care Team with Bradford Children and Families Trust as a Community Resource Worker.
Key Responsibilities:
- To undertake direct work with children, young people and families, indentifying the appropriate interventions/tools to deliver positive outcomes which may include the delivery of family learning & parenting programmes, life story work and group work.
- To undertake and co-work assessments of need and devise and implement appropriate plans for children, young people and families, ensuring plans are reviewed on a regular basis.
- To ensure the appropriate participation of children and young people in their own assessment, plans and reviews and to respond appropriately to non-engagement
- Support monitor and assess contact between children, young people and their families as appropriate, including supporting children in their transtitions between placements
- To work in partnership with other agencies to achieve best possible outcomes for children young people families and carers
- To maintain accurate up to date and appropriate records and to write reports as required for meetings, reviews etc using identified electronic systems and equipment
- To record accurate detailed notes and assessments to present to court and represent the department in attendance if required
- To support duty cover and on call duties as required by the needs of the service
- To attend and contribute to team meetings and contribute to service developments as appropriate
- Promote the service through the development of information materials, social media, open evenings and marketing campaigns
- Contribute to the support of students, apprenticeships, trainees and volunteers, in their professional development and delivery of allocated tasks
- To engage with professional supervision, appraisal, team and quality assurance, practice development in line with the Bradford Behaviours
- To be responsible for your own continuing personal and professional development, and ensuring attendance at mandatory training and refreshers appropriate to their role
- With appropriate supervision make decisions/recommendations regarding the needs of children and families, excepting those which affect the liberty or legal status of service users, in which case post holders, with appropriate supervision, will make recommendations
Requirements:
- CRW 3 Level 4 NVQ working with children or equivalent (e.g. Relevant degree, DipSW, RGN, Teaching, Youth and Community etc or equivalent as specified by the service as long as this is supported by 2 years continuouse experience of working with childen)
- Minimum of 2 years continuous experience of working with children and young people
- Enhanced DBS
- Eligible to work in the UK
Interested?
For more information on this role or to apply, get in touch with our vendor department who will arrange for a specialist consultant to get in contact with you:
0203 906 8670