Family Coach - Family Help and MASH in Enfield

Enfield are looking to recruit Family Coaches to join their newly established integrated multi-agency wrap-around Family Help Hub and Enduring Relationship Hub, delivering targeted, relationship-based, strengths-led family interventions that place the voice and needs of children and young people at the heart of everything.

Working alongside social workers, personal advisors and family help lead practitioners, Family Coaches will contribute to single, whole-family plans and provide peripatetic, practical and strengths-based support — coaching and modelling within the family home and community settings to help parents, kinship carers and foster carers build confidence, routines and skills that strengthen family functioning and improve outcomes for children and young people.

Key responsibilities include:

• Delivering hands-on coaching and modelling with families around parenting approaches, boundary setting, daily routines, household organisation, school attendance and managing behaviour
• Developing and maintaining trusted professional relationships with parents and carers to support positive outcomes, reduce the likelihood of entering care, prevent placement breakdown and support reunification home from care
• Ensuring the voice, experience and needs of children and young people are central to assessment, planning and intervention
• Contributing to single, whole-family plans as part of the multi-disciplinary Hubs
• Undertaking some evening, weekend or early morning work in accordance with service requirements

Enfield's leadership culture is grounded in openness, learning and shared responsibility, with a genuine commitment to staff wellbeing, professional development and achieving best practice. Staff benefit from a comprehensive induction, a bespoke training programme, high-quality support from experienced managers, and the opportunity to contribute to service developments. Enfield's Centre of Excellence brings recruitment, professional development and support into one portal — find out more at https://new.enfield.gov.uk/centreofexcellence/about-us/.

About you

Enfield are looking for enthusiastic and able Family Coaches who can demonstrate a good understanding of the diverse needs of children and show experience of applying a strengths-based approach to empowering parents and carers to affect change. This is a great opportunity to join an excellent service that has high standards, values professional curiosity, collective accountability and innovation.

The ideal candidate will:

• Hold a minimum NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in Childcare, Youth Work, Health, Education, Family Support or a related field
• Demonstrate a good understanding of the diverse needs of children and young people
• Have experience of applying a strengths-based approach to supporting parents and carers
• Be able to build trusted professional relationships with families to support positive outcomes
• Show experience supporting families around parenting, behaviour management, routines and school attendance
• Be committed to placing the voice and experience of children and young people at the centre of their practice
• Be able to work flexibly, including some evenings, weekends or early mornings as required

Enfield Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Enfield does not see your name or title during shortlisting as part of their commitment to building a more talented and diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to equal opportunities in employment.

About Enfield

Enfield is one of the most diverse parts of London, with all the benefits this brings across our communities, culture, heritage and local economy. It also has incredibly diverse landscapes – from the urban centres of Edmonton, Southgate, Palmers Green and Enfield Town, to rural areas and farmland in the north of the borough.

Based in the bubbling heart of Enfield Town, situated in a modern newly designed service hub, the new office is an environment which supports our smart working policy surrounded by small businesses, bars, restaurants, a buzzing high street and shopping centre. Our brand new high-tech multiagency office has good transport links into central London and is easily assessable to the M25, A10 and A406.

We are proud of the services we offer to children and families living in the borough and work with partners to ensure children receive the best start in life. We are passionate about improving outcomes and driving up standards and performance. Ofsted has rated our childrens services as GOOD overall, read the full report here

Our offer to you include:

• A rewarding role in an Ofsted rated GOOD childrens services department
• Up to 32 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.
• A blend of remote and office based working
• Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work.
• Modern purposefully designed working environment in Thomas Hardy House located 5 minutes from the station
• A clear career progression pathway, supported by a comprehensive training programme
• Smart technology assistance including hybrid video conferencing
• Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family.
• Enthusiastic and proactive staff network groups
• 1 month paid sabbatical for childrens social workers

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