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Aberdeen Priority Families - Family Support Practitioner

Employer
Action for Children
Location
Aberdeen
Salary
Up to £23100 per annum
Closing date
16 May 2019

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A career that's life-changing

Family Support Practitioner

Location - Aberdeen

Salary - £23,100 fixed term until January 2020 with possible 2 year extension.

How Action for Children works

Action for Children does what's right, does what's needed and does what works for children across the UK. Every year, our team changes the lives of 370,000 children, young people and their families - but for every child who needs help to get help, there's plenty more to do. That's where you come in.

Aberdeen Priority Families Service started in January 2017 and is a partnership between Action for Children, Aberdeen City Council, Police Scotland and Aberdeen Foyer. The service aims to improve the outcomes for families who have multiple and complex needs. Families are referred to the service due to issues relating to antisocial or offending behaviour, child or adult welfare concerns and or financial difficulties.

The Role

The Family Support Practitioner will be part of a multi-disciplinary team that works for a period of up to 12 months with families to support and enable positive change and to improve outcomes.

An assessment of need will be undertaken to identify needs, strengths and challenges that each family faces, the intensive interventions will involve advice, guidance, parenting support, 1:1 work with children and liaising with partner agencies. The post holder will carry out assessments, intensive planned support and reviews and support families to overcome barriers. Working as part of a team, you will attend meetings and work alongside partner agencies, advocating on behalf of children and families.

The difference

You'll significantly improve young people's lives:
  • By effectively assessing the needs of families and responding to them
  • By working collaboratively with families to achieve positive outcomes
  • By listening to children, young people and families
  • By working in an integrated way as part of a dynamic multidisciplinary team


The person

You'll need:
  • SVQ 3 in social care or willingness to work towards gaining your qualification
  • Experience of working with vulnerable families and an understanding of the issues and barriers they face
  • Knowledge and experience of implementing methods of assessment and intervention
  • Understanding of safeguarding
  • Ability to communicate effectively verbally, in writing and through presentations
  • Ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a team
  • Experience of developing multidisciplinary support plans
  • Driving licence and access to a car


The rewards
  • Minimum 29 days' holiday (pro rata)
  • Flexible working, including maternity, paternity and adoption packages
  • Season ticket travel loans
  • Company pension scheme
  • Discounts at major high street retailers.


Plus, there's a lot more besides.

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference to vulnerable children's lives and to build a fulfilling and meaningful career with a leading UK children's charity.

Action for Children is committed to safer recruitment practices, designed to protect the welfare of the children and young people using our services.

If you meet all the criteria and would like to proceed with your application, you'll be redirected to an application form on our website which should only take around 5 minutes to complete. Please have your CV handy to upload. As this job involves working around children, there are some specific questions we need to ask you as part of your application process. Thanks for taking the time to apply and we wish you the best of luck!



We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users, therefore all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice.

Action for Children is passionate about promoting equality, valuing diversity and working inclusively. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons particularly people with Disabilities and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.

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