Family Intervention worker - Portsmouth in Southsea

We are seeking a Family Intervention Worker to join our Family Intervention Service. This rewarding role combines supervising family time sessions for children who are no longer living at home with delivering direct parenting and family support interventions in the community. This role is part time working 22.2 hours per week and will be fixed term for up to 1 Year to cover maternity leave.

About the Role

The role consists of two parts: one part of the role you will be supervising 'family time' sessions in the centre between families and their children where the children are no longer living in their family home. Within these sessions you will work with families independently using a restorative approach and as part of a team with other professionals to contribute to the planning and intervention of a programme of work. The interventions you will carry out with families within these family time sessions aim to enhance the parent/child relationship, prevent family breakdown and support the families to make changes. The other part of the role will involve working independently within families' homes completing direct work with parents and children on a one-to-one basis. For both parts of the role, you will represent children and families and produce reports for child protection meetings, court hearings and other multi-agency meetings as required.

The ideal candidate

• Has a childcare, health and social care, education or equivalent qualification (e.g. NVQ3, NNEB).
• Has experience working with children and families in social care, health, education or related settings.
• Can build positive relationships while providing both support and challenge to families.
• Has strong communication, observation and report-writing skills.
• Can work independently and as part of a team in sometimes challenging situations.

Please ensure that you download and read the full job profile attached for the details and expectations of this role, paying particular attention to the section 'Who is the person' as you will need to refer to this when completing your personal statement.

Working Arrangements:

Some working from home offered in line with staff cover in the office and at the manager's discretion.

About Portsmouth City Council

Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act. We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals.

Application process

We anonymise applications during application & shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. We strongly encourage candidates to add all Career and Education History to their application, as CVs are not reviewed as part of the shortlisting process. As part of your application, we ask that you complete a personal statement, this statement is crucial and is where you must demonstrate how you meet the requirements of the job against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work/personal experience.

We are a disability confident employer and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard. More information can be found at Equality, diversity and inclusion - Careers portal. We are committed to offering an interview to all those candidates that qualify under our corporate commitments and meet the minimum criteria; however, for roles that receive a large number of applications, we will select the candidates that best meet the minimum criteria.

You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact or call the recruitment team.

Safeguarding

Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Children Partnership safer recruitment procedures. Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) at Standard/Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.