Job vacancy details
Family Worker, The Family Centre
Employer:Bracknell Forest Council
Reference:SCL1268
Salary:£13,000 - £15,800 pa plus Car User Allowance
Hours:22.5 hours per week
Working pattern:Part Time, Permanent position
Location:The Family Centre is located at Wick Hill Cottage, Warfield Road, Bracknell, Berkshire.
Closing date:08/11/2009 23:30 PM
The Family Centre is part of the Under 11’s Service, Children Social Care and is committed to preventing family breakdown by offering a range of family support and child protection services. Committed to providing high quality services you will be enthusiastic and creative and will share our aim of safeguarding children and promoting their welfare within their family and community.
As a Family Worker, you will be required to have experience of working with children and their families, a sound knowledge of child development, as well as an ability to work in partnership with parents/carers and other agencies. Good report writing, IT and communication skills and the desire to listen to and involve users in developing a quality service are crucial elements of the role.
We are proud of the progress we have made in developing our services to children and their families. We have established strong partnerships working with other agencies and are committed to enabling more children and young people to remain within their own families in the community.
We aim to maintain our high standards of practice and to achieve this, we provide: planned induction for newly appointed workers; regular supervision and professional development opportunities; caseload management system that makes for a manageable caseload and excellent training opportunities, including a commitment to NVQ training.
For an informal discussion, please contact Jane Beckwith, Team Manager 01344 351525 or Debi Miles, Assistant Team Manager on 01344 868729.
Interview Date: 26th November 2009
Equal Opportunities
- Please read the Application Pack below before you apply for this job. It contains information that you will need to refer to when applying. Not referring to this information is likely to reduce your chances of success.
- Bracknell Forest Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children/young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. All staff employed by the Council in contact with children/young people or vulnerable adults must be aware that a Criminal Record Bureau check will be undertaken.
- Bracknell Forest Council – Working for Equality. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
