Caseholding Team - Central Locality
Southampton Children’s Services were inspected by Ofsted in June 2023 and found all services to be Good with Outstanding Leadership and Management; an outcome we are extremely proud of! Never has there been a better time to join an organization that is good across all areas and remains committed to continuing on its journey of improvement. Ofsted said that ‘impressive strategic and operational leadership, aligned with corporate and political commitment, has provided a clear vision, ambition and energy which has garnered the confidence and commitment of key partners. There is a collective momentum to continue to improve services and outcomes for children across the city’. (Ofsted June 2023)
We are looking for two enthusiastic individuals to undertake the two roles of Family Practitioner within Southampton City Council’s Family Help Team, Central Locality.
You will be Level 4 qualified (BTEC, NVQ or equivalent) in Education, Health, Social Care or Early Years or have a commitment to work towards gaining qualification.
This is an exciting opportunity for a professional wishing to develop and work in a fast-paced early intervention family support team. You will ensure that children and families are at the centre of your practice and their views are properly embedded in all aspects of assessments and plans. Importantly you will be committed to improving the life choices and outcomes for children and be enthusiastic and self-motivated about working in this challenging, stimulating and important area of early help work.
Being part of the Southampton City Council team requires people who are willing to take personal responsibility for delivering excellence, to work with others to achieve the best possible outcomes, to embrace change and new opportunities, to make the most of the resources available to us and to think and act in the best interests of our children, young people and their families.
About The Role
- You will be required to participate in the effective delivery of early help intervention services to children, families, and carers, be responsible for undertaking early help assessments, early planning via Team Around the Family (TAF) meetings, contributing to multi agency planning, implementing actions, providing interventions, and negotiating for and co-ordinating resources, in relation to children in need.
- To provide a service to children and their families who meet the threshold for early help intervention. Assessing, planning, and reviewing the needs for appropriate services and providing reports. Providing advice, support and information to meet children and family’s needs in partnership with carers / parents.
- Commit to the protection and safeguarding of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and value and respect their views and needs.
- Contributing to the development of the team and service ensuring service users are provided with effective services ensuring anti discriminatory practice and in accordance with agreed performance standards.
- Participate in individual and group supervision and training, to ensure that team and departmental performance standards are met and individual professional skills and knowledge is developed.
- Ensure written records are accurate and kept in accordance with Data Protection requirements and department policies and procedures.
Our Locations:
You will be based within one of the Family Hubs within Southampton’s three designated locality teams. This role is for the Central locality.
You Will
- Have a clear understanding of children’s safeguarding procedures and processes.
- Be accountable for own workload and arising issues, ensuring individual & team performance is maintained and addressed.
- Be creative and able to prioritise & deal with several issues at once & have excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
- Have excellent IT skills being able to use excel, word & other IT data bases and go from one to the other with ease.
- Have excellent accurate written skills, & the ability to write reports and present information in a clear and concise way.
The work is varied and challenging, and there is a strong team approach ensuring good support for the successful applicant. The role requires lone working, use of initiative and a commitment to team working and service user empowerment. You will need to have a flexible approach and a solid understanding & experience of a Family Lead Professional case holding role, risk assessment and planning.
We are committed to the development of all our staff, whilst working in a highly supportive and highly challenging culture. All of which is at the ethos of our ambition in becoming a child friendly City.
What We Can Offer You
What we can offer you:
Salary: The salary band for this role is £32,061 - £36,362 per annum. The
starting salary is £32,061 with annual progression through the salary bands.
Here at SCC we have a range of different perks and benefits, a few examples can be found below.
- Excellent
- Death in service benefit of x3 salary, and optional salary sacrifice shared cost AVC (additional voluntary contribution)
- Generous holiday 25–31 days, based on role and service
- Flexible working options (role-dependent)
- Family-friendly policies - Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Shared/Unpaid Parental Leave, Time off for Dependents
- Training and development, including coaching and mentoring
- Health and wellbeing support - Employee Assistance Programme, Menopause Pledge, Mental Health First Aiders and access to a variety of staff networks
- Veteran-friendly employer with the Armed Forces Covenant
- Retail discounts and savings through the Southampton City Council benefits platform
- Discounted memberships at local sports and fitness centres
- Sustainable travel benefits - low emission car scheme, cycle to work, season ticket loans
- Employee volunteering scheme with 2 paid days leave to volunteer
Benefits
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Recruitment contact details:
Tel: 023 8083 4033
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