Family Group Decision Making Coordinator

Overview

Family Group Decision Making Coordinator – Evaluated Grade SO1, full time, 37 hours per week. Salary: £33,366 – £35,235 per annum.

Do you aspire to work for an ‘Outstanding’ Local Authority? Here in Telford and Wrekin, children, young people and families are at the heart of all we do. The qualities that are important to them include: understanding the person as a whole, practicing care and kindness, and listening to children, young people and families to understand their views, hopes, aspirations and worries.

Responsibilities

• Work with families in a whole family system approach, independently, to help them identify strengths and solutions, and keep children and young people safe and nurtured within their families.
• Work in close partnership with Social Work and colleagues, guiding and supporting restorative approaches to working with families in line with proposed legislative changes.
• Enable children, young people and their families (including wider networks) to be at the heart of decision making and actively involved in producing Family Plans that meet their needs.
• Manage and support a range of families to ensure needs are met using evidenced‑based practice interventions to prevent families from moving into high‑cost services.
• Work as part of a team receiving referrals for family decision making forums and lead practice in this area across children’s services.
• Repair and enhance relationships within the relational network, modelling the principles of systemic practice.
• Support the reform agenda in Children’s Social Care and drive the use of family decision making forums across services, with a focus on a renewed mandatory offer within the family safeguarding service.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Experience in family decision making for children and families in a social care setting.
• Ability to work within a systemic practice framework and collaborate with partners to support restorative approaches.
• Commitment to engaging children, young people and families in decision making and in producing Family Plans that meet their needs.
• Evidence based practice and safeguarding responsibilities as part of role.

Additional Information

posts working with children or vulnerable groups will be subject to an appropriate criminal records check. It is an offence to apply for a role that involves engaging in regulated activity with children and adults in vulnerable circumstances if you are barred from working with one or both of these groups.

We value our employees and offer staff rewards and opportunities for personal development and career progression including:

• Competitive rates of pay
• Automatic access to a secure, flexible and tax efficient Local Government Pension Scheme
• Staff benefits and discounts including salary sacrifice schemes
• Free on-site parking
• Generous leave entitlement (24 days rising to 32 days) plus 8 bank holidays and an additional concessionary day
• Free access to our employee assistance programme and confidential counselling
• Flexible and mobile working policy – hybrid working with a mix of time in the office and at home; emphasis on flexible working around personal and family commitments

Find out further information about working at Telford & Wrekin Council, including our full list of benefits. A CV template is available if you do not already have a CV. Please note that Telford & Wrekin Council do not hold a sponsorship licence for visas. For further information, please email csrecruitment@telford.gov.uk.

Attached documents

0926 FGDM JE updates March 25 FINAL.docx