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Meaningful Impact, As a Community Care Worker, you play a crucial role in improving the lives of children and young people within the community.
Part-Time Flexibility, With a part-time commitment of 22.20 hours, this role allows for a better work-life balance, making it ideal for those with other commitments.
Professional Development, Gain valuable experience working within the Family Intervention Team and learn about evidence-based interventions that can enhance your skills.
Collaboration Opportunities, Work alongside various partner agencies, fostering teamwork and expanding your professional network in the child welfare sector.
Supportive Environment, Be part of a service committed to the early intervention and support of families, allowing for a collaborative approach to care.
Regular Training, Benefit from ongoing training and updates in relevant legislation and intervention strategies, ensuring you remain up-to-date in your field.
Community Engagement, Engage directly with families, building relationships that create a supportive environment for children and young people facing challenges.
Join the Torbay Council's Family Intervention Team as a Community Care Worker and make a lasting difference in the lives of children and their families. We’re seeking a compassionate and dedicated individual for a part-time role of 22.20 hours per week, where your passion for helping others can shine. You’ll play a vital role in providing early support and interventions to families, ensuring that children’s needs are identified and met promptly. Work closely with a range of key partner agencies to ensure a holistic approach to care, all while keeping children and young people at the heart of everything you do.
This opportunity is perfect for women who bring warmth, patience, and excellent communication skills. Your experience working with children and young people, perhaps as a carer or in a related field, is essential. You should be comfortable engaging with families from all walks of life, using your knowledge of the Children’s Act and various evidence-based interventions. If you’re ready to work in a fast-paced environment where your organisational skills and calm approach can thrive, we’d love to hear from you! Apply now and help empower the next generation in Torquay.
For an informal chat about the role, feel free to reach out to Kirsty Mascard at 07557015332 or kirsty.mascard@torbay.gov.uk. Don’t miss out – our adverts can close early!
This opportunity is perfect for women who bring warmth, patience, and excellent communication skills. Your experience working with children and young people, perhaps as a carer or in a related field, is essential. You should be comfortable engaging with families from all walks of life, using your knowledge of the Children’s Act and various evidence-based interventions. If you’re ready to work in a fast-paced environment where your organisational skills and calm approach can thrive, we’d love to hear from you! Apply now and help empower the next generation in Torquay.
For an informal chat about the role, feel free to reach out to Kirsty Mascard at 07557015332 or kirsty.mascard@torbay.gov.uk. Don’t miss out – our adverts can close early!
Meaningful Impact, As a Community Care Worker, you play a crucial role in improving the lives of children and young people within the community.
Part-Time Flexibility, With a part-time commitment of 22.20 hours, this role allows for a better work-life balance, making it ideal for those with other commitments.
Professional Development, Gain valuable experience working within the Family Intervention Team and learn about evidence-based interventions that can enhance your skills.
Collaboration Opportunities, Work alongside various partner agencies, fostering teamwork and expanding your professional network in the child welfare sector.
Supportive Environment, Be part of a service committed to the early intervention and support of families, allowing for a collaborative approach to care.
Regular Training, Benefit from ongoing training and updates in relevant legislation and intervention strategies, ensuring you remain up-to-date in your field.
Community Engagement, Engage directly with families, building relationships that create a supportive environment for children and young people facing challenges.
Application Deadline: 14 March 2025
Department: Childrens Services
Location: Torbay Council
Compensation: £30,559 - £33,366 / year
Job Description & Person Specification >
As part of Torbay's commitment to children and young people, an opportunity has arisen for a part time Community Care Worker based in the Family Intervention Team within the Early Help Service.
This role has a central part to play in the redesign of the Early Help Service by delivering interventions and activities that ensure children and young people's needs are identified and met at the earliest possible stage.
This is an outcomes focused service that is aligned closely to the Government's Supporting Families Agenda and embedded within Family Hubs. Therefore, the roles will involve working closely with children, young people and their families delivering evidence based interventions.
The Family Intervention Team works systemically but at the same time you will be expected to keep children and young people at the centre of all your work.
As a Community Care Worker in the Family Intervention Team you will also work with a number of key partner agencies to ensure a joined up approach is taken to meeting children and young people's needs. To succeed in this role you will need to be a calm and systematic worker who is able to develop and maintain relationships with children, young people, parents and professionals from partner agencies.
You must be a good communicator and be able to work under pressure in order to ensure good outcomes for children and young people. It is essential that any applicant has a good knowledge of assessment, planning and evidence based interventions (e.g., Solihull, Incredible Years). A good working knowledge of the Children's Act 1989 and 2004, Adoption legislation, Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Parenting Orders and Anti-Social Behaviour Act 20is also desirable along with a good understanding of contemporary challenges that families now face. Therefore, previous experience of working with children and young people work is considered an essential requirement of applicants.
Applicants must be educated to GCSE level or equivalent.
Please note the actual salary for this role will be a pro rata amount of the full time equivalent salary shown.
This post meets the requirements for an Enhanced Criminal Record Check. This will show spent and unspent convictions and adult cautions which have not been filtered in line with legislation, plus any information held by local Police that is considered relevant to the role.
If you are viewing this advert on a job board, you can access the full job description by placing the below URL into your browser:
www.jobsincare.com/job/jblivGJI an informal chat please contact Kirsty Mascard on or
Interviews are expected to be conducted during the week commencing 24th March 2025.
Our adverts do sometimes close early - even where there's a published deadline - so if you're keen, please apply as soon as possible.
Skills
Essential:
- Ability to carry out assessments, plan and deliver needs based packages of support.
- Ability to produce and maintain accurate records and reports.
- Ability to engage positively with children, young people and their parents.
- Effective communication/interpersonal skill.
Knowledge
Essential:
- Understanding of basic human needs, physical, emotional and social.
- Knowledge of Children's Act 1989 and 2004, Adoption legislation, Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Parenting Orders and Anti Social Behaviour Act 20.
- Knowledge of issues facing families at risk of family breakdown.
- Self awareness of own strengths and weaknesses.
Essential:
- GCSE pass in English at Grade C or above or equivalent.
- Experience of work in a health or social care environment (paid or unpaid) with children and young people.
- Experience of working with children, young people and families displaying challenging behaviour.
- Experience of health/social care needs and services.
- Experience of teamwork.
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