At a Glance
- Tasks: Support and assess care-experienced parents, providing practical help and guidance.
- Company: Tyre Hill House, a supportive residential family centre.
- Benefits: Meaningful work, professional development, and a chance to make a real difference.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for personal growth and impactful community work.
- Why this job: Join a passionate team helping families navigate challenges and build brighter futures.
- Qualifications: Experience with care-experienced individuals and strong understanding of social care.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
Join Tyre Hill House. Tyre Hill House is an aspirational residential family centre providing assessment and support for parents and children who need intensive, round-the-clock support while questions about parenting capacity, child safety and sustainable care are understood.
Many of the families who come to Tyre Hill will have experienced adversity, trauma, care experience, domestic abuse, mental health difficulty, substance misuse, learning needs or social isolation. Our aim is to provide assessments that are safe, fair, structured and child-centred, while also giving parents clear support, teaching and feedback.
This includes residential family support, social work assessment, psychology, parenting and early years expertise, domestic abuse, substance misuse, and dedicated support for care-experienced parents.
The Care-Experienced Specialist Worker will provide specialist support, consultation and assessment contribution for parents at Tyre Hill House who are care-experienced or who have had significant involvement with children's social care as children. The postholder will help the multidisciplinary team understand how care experience, previous loss, professional mistrust, trauma, early independence, disrupted relationships, housing insecurity, limited informal support, stigma and fear of judgement may affect parenting, engagement and capacity to use support.
The role combines direct work with parents, practical support, systems navigation, advocacy-informed practice, consultation, staff support, contribution to formulation, recording and specialist input into final analysis and recommendations.
- Care-experience assessment and support
- Safeguarding and regulatory responsibilities
- Experience of working with care-experienced young people, care leavers, young parents, vulnerable parents or families involved with children's social care
- Strong knowledge of the needs, rights and experiences of care-experienced young people and care-experienced parents
- Understanding of the impact of care experience, trauma, stigma, loss, disrupted relationships and professional mistrust on engagement and parenting
- Understanding of children's social care, child protection, care proceedings, looked-after children or leaving care services
- Ability to support parents with systems navigation, advocacy-informed practice, practical independence and transition planning
- Ability to contribute to parenting assessment, capacity to change and sustainability analysis
- Ability to provide consultation and advice to non-specialist colleagues
- Strong written skills, including assessment, support planning and report contributions
- Understanding of safeguarding children and adults at risk
- Ability to use supervision and reflective practice appropriately
- Relevant professional qualification or demonstrable experience in social care, leaving care, youth work, family support, advocacy, housing, education, children and families, or a related field
- Safeguarding children training at an appropriate level
- Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to care experience, trauma, safeguarding, child protection, family support, advocacy or practical independence
The role will require a full disclosure barring service (DBS).
Care-Experienced Specialist Worker in Redditch employer: Tyre Hill House
Tyre Hill House is an exceptional employer dedicated to making a meaningful impact in the lives of families facing adversity. With a strong focus on professional development, our supportive work culture fosters collaboration and innovation among multidisciplinary teams, ensuring that every employee has the opportunity to grow and contribute to transformative assessments and support. Located in a nurturing environment, we offer unique advantages such as comprehensive training in safeguarding and trauma-informed practices, empowering our staff to make a real difference in the community.
