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November 7, 2024
South Belfast Sure Start
Belfast
CONTRACT & FULL TIME
Family Support Worker
The Family Support Worker will assist the Sure Start Team in achieving the aims of the Sure Start Programme by providing support to children and their families and developing appropriate initiatives in response to identified needs, while actively working in partnership with team colleagues, parents, community groups, pre-school facilities, voluntary and statutory agencies.
Key Responsibilities:
Please contact by email or phone for an Application Pack (with full Job Description and Personnel Specification)
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 9 months
Pay: £24,910.00 per year
Benefits:
Application deadline: 28/11/2024
Reference ID: FSW2024
Key Responsibilities:
- To develop support programmes and set goals for families with young children in conjunction with the families, the Sure Start team and the family Health Visitor.
- To work in close co-operation with key individuals, community, statutory and voluntary agencies, identify the needs of families with young children, especially of vulnerable and high risk groups, develop initiatives to meet these needs and provide feedback to service providers
- To assist families in accessing service provision and develop and facilitate additional support for parents of young children through home visits, to improve children’s health and develop parents’/carers’ skills, in partnership with health professionals
- To facilitate support groups, information sessions and other events for parents of young children, highlight issues, organise awareness raising sessions and undertake lobbying, as appropriate, in conjunction with other individuals and organisations, on health and development issues to improve children’s health and develop parenting skills
- To develop, support and work in close liaison with local community organisations, which will be set up to provide local feedback and input into the programme
- To identify issues with regard to existing services, provide team feedback to service providers, about local needs and the suitability of current service delivery
- To keep appropriate records and maintain confidentiality at all times, undertake all relevant administrative tasks and prepare reports, as and when required
- To attend team meetings, Child Protection and other relevant meetings and partake in regular supervision and all training as required
- To contribute to regular reviews of the work and participate in planning for its future development
- To pursue services, which reflect the Sure Start project’s basis and values, while upholding fully the principles of equality of opportunity
- To undertake any other relevant duties as considered appropriate by the Family Support Co-ordinator, Project Co-ordinator and/or Board of Directors
Please contact by email or phone for an Application Pack (with full Job Description and Personnel Specification)
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 9 months
Pay: £24,910.00 per year
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Sick pay
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Diploma of Higher Education (preferred)
- Family Support: 2 years (preferred)
Application deadline: 28/11/2024
Reference ID: FSW2024
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