Contact Worker

Seven Resourcing are currently seeking a Contact Worker to work withing Worcestershire Children’s Frist. This a full time role, paying £14.50 p/h. Weekly hours are 30 to be worked (as required/rota’d) between the hours of 12pm and 7pm Monday-Friday.

The family contact worker role involves supervising family time. This means working with children, who are predominantly looked after, along with immediate and extended family, to ensure that the time they spend together is safe, child appropriate and enjoyable. There is a requirement to complete written recordings of observations of family time which, when in proceedings, will be filed to Court.

The written recordings are to be accurate, factual, and reflect the time the family have spent together. The family time team is a large team who work across Worcestershire. We facilitate family time sessions both within venues and within the community.

This is a diverse role, and no day is the same.

Purpose of Job: Main Activities & Responsibilities:

– To supervise contact between children and their families as part of an assessment, plan or review.

– To carry out direct work and support children and their parents and/or other relatives/carers as part of an assessment, plan or review.

– To encourage and empower parents/carers to take responsibility for meeting needs of their children.

– To work in partnership with other agencies as part of the ‘team around the family’.

– To work flexibly based on the needs of children and families.

– To undertake work outside of normal office hours and at weekends.

-To work one weekend each month on a rota basis.

– Where necessary to provide transport to children to and from the contact venue when required.

– To provide accurate and timely records of each supervised contact

Generic Accountabilities:

– To maintain personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the job, participate in appropriate training activities and encourage and support staff in their development and training.

– To undertake other such duties, training and/or hours of work as may be reasonably required and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this job.

– To undertake health and safety duties commensurate with the job and/or as detailed in the Directorate’s Health and Safety Policy.

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