Senior Referral Hub Practitioner - YOUnited

We are offering a permanent full-time contract (35 hours per week) with a salary of £31,120 per annum
You will be based at Kingfisher House, Huntingdon

This role is part of a new, local Partnership to bring together mental and emotional health services for children and young people in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. This role will work for Ormiston Families alongside Centre 33, Cambridgeshire Community Services and be based within the new YOUnited referral hub, which is managed by Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT).

The Senior Referral Hub practitioner will work on behalf of Ormiston Families within the new YOUnited referral hub providing a single point of access for any professional across the county to refer a young person to get support with their mental health.

This role is an exciting opportunity for a passionate and experienced Mental Health Practitioner, Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner, Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner or Education Mental Health Practitioner to work as part of the YOUnited multidisciplinary team reviewing referrals into the hub, screening for risk, triaging and providing trusted assessments and meaningful contacts with children, young people and/or parents/carers.

With support from the Referral Hub Service Manager, this role will lead the work within the referral hub for young people being allocated to the brief intervention service for children and young people. This role will provide a team of Referral Hub Practitioners with clinical guidance and will be key in ensuring we offer a service that is safe, meaningful and focuses on the needs of young people and their families/carers.

The post holders will have experience of working with children, young people and parents presenting with a range of mental health difficulties and challenging behaviour.

For more information or to apply for this post, please visit our website via the Apply button.

Closing date for all applications is 23:59 Wednesday 27th October 2021

Safeguarding and DBS requirements for your role:

Ormiston Families is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts.

We are an equal opportunities employer; we value diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Senior Mental Health Practitioner - YOUnited

We are offering a permanent, full-time contract (35 hours per week) with a salary of £31,120 per annum
Based at Queen’s Street, March

This role is part of a new, local Partnership to bring together mental and emotional health services for children and young people in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. This role will work for Ormiston Families alongside Centre 33, Cambridgeshire Community Services and Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT).

This role is an exciting opportunity for a passionate and experienced Mental Health Practitioner to work within the new YOUnited Service, on behalf of Ormiston Families. With support from the Treatment Team Manager, this role will lead the work within our intervention team which delivers counselling, guided self-help and psycho-education support for children and young people aged 4 to 12 years old. This role will provide a team of Trainee and Qualified Children’s Wellbeing Practitioners, Counsellors and Emotional Wellbeing Practitioners with clinical guidance and will be key in ensuring we offer a service that is safe, meaningful and focuses on the needs of young people and their families/carers. By listening to children, young people, families, and local partners and sharing your findings with your service team, you will support Ormiston Families and partners to embed and develop a more impactful service as this work develops.

The post holder will have experience of working with children, young people and parents presenting with a range of mental health difficulties and challenging behaviour. The role requires a blend of holding a small caseload, delivering evidence based, brief interventions both face to face and virtually, alongside providing clinical guidance and training to our team of practitioners. The post holder will have experience of delivering and implementing evidence-based interventions in 1:1, group and online formats.

For more information or to apply for this post, please visit our website via the Apply button.

Closing date for all applications is 23:59 Wednesday 27th October 2021

Safeguarding and DBS requirements for your role:

Ormiston Families is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts.

We are an equal opportunities employer; we value diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Do you have an understanding of drugs and alcohol and health related issues, the Recovery Agenda and experience of working with adults or young people in an addictions or social care setting? Would you like to be part of an organisation that counts on the professionalism, insight, expertise and passion of its staff to inspire individual recovery for the people they work with? Welcome to Aquarius as a Senior Practitioner.

Aquarius is part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling and domestic violence. We know that recovery can look and feel very different to each and every one of us. But we also know that if we provide the right support, at the right time, we can inspire recovery nationwide and that recovery is possible for everyone.

Right now, one of our partners, Aquarius Action Projects, is looking for a Senior Practitioner to join their Recovery Service. Based in the East Midlands, Aquarius helps people overcome the harm caused by alcohol, drugs and gambling working closely with individuals, family and friends. But it’s only possible with the help of people like you.

Your challenge? To undertake a portfolio of cases, generally incorporating the more complex situations, and deputise for Service Managers as and when required. Supervising the work of Practitioners and Support Workers will be important too, as will prioritising activities and monitoring service delivery, outputs and outcomes and providing guidance, training and clinical supervision. And, all the while, we’ll expect you to work in a way that recognises and values diversity and make the most of your understanding of the functional model of alcohol, the model of change and CBT.

To succeed, you’ll need a professional qualification in health/social care, youth and community work (e.g. NVQ Level 4 or above, DipSW, Mental Health Nursing, Counselling, Addiction Studies).  Alternatively, we’ll consider candidates with experience of working in the substance misuse field with a commitment to complete NVQ4 Health and Social Care or equivalent. In addition, you will have experience of managing caseloads around safeguarding children as well as an awareness of safeguarding processes. Knowledge of the functional model of alcohol use is also required, together with knowledge of primary, secondary and other outreach settings. As comfortable engaging with clients as you are supervising staff, delivering training or liaising with voluntary and statutory agencies, you have a flexible approach, a commitment to the principles of confidentiality and excellent office IT skills (Microsoft Office).

This is a permanent role requiring the post-holder to work full-time 37 hours per week.

The salary for this role is £25,438.00 with potential progression to £27,500.00 per annum.

Recovery Focus is committed to working towards equal opportunities and we select staff solely on merit irrespective of race, colour, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, social class, religious belief, disability or history of mental health or addiction problems.

If you need support to apply for the role or adaptions at interview please contact the recruitment team to discuss.

This is a rolling recruitment process, shortlisted candidates will be interviewed as and when they apply.

So, are you ready to take on this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits? Apply now via our website.

Fixed term until 31st March 2022

Do you want to end homelessness and make a positive difference to people's lives? 

Are you highly motivated and looking for a challenge? 

Do you want to use your excellent people skills to support people to move away from homelessness?

Thames Reach are committed to helping homeless and vulnerable people to live in decent homes, build supportive relationships and lead fulfilling lives. Our vision is to end street homelessness and our aim is to achieve the highest standards and effectiveness in delivery of our services.

Our Tenancy Sustainment Team (TST) is supporting people with histories of rough sleeping in their accommodation, and are supporting people to achieve their aspirations. We are looking for applications from people new to the homelessness sector and experienced managers or case workers ready to make the transition to management.

The Senior Practitioner Role would suit:

• Someone who has experience of supporting and inspiring colleagues to achieve goals.

• People with experience of good quality case management.

• Someone who is motivated to deliver a high quality service. 

• People with strong administration skills.

• People who would like to develop line management skills.

You will play a key role in the development of our services and your work will contribute to influencing the future of service provision across the UK.

Successful candidates will demonstrate: 

• The ability to provide a flexible and responsive service to people with rough sleeper histories.

• Excellent communication, organisation and creative problem solving skills. 

• Commitment to working within the homelessness sector to support people to lead fulfilling lives. 

• Creating and working through action plans and be strongly outcome focuses.

• The ability to follow instructions, manage and mitigate risk.

• The ability to use IT systems to communicate and record your work.

• Strong time management skills. 

• Be confident in working autonomously as well as within a team, the role with involve office work and in the community. 

As well as a great working environment we can also offer:

• Support and training to develop your skills.

• Learning & Development opportunities including (Tuition Aid & Management Training)

• 6.5% non-contributory pension

• Flexible working 

• 29 days annual leave

Thames Reach is committed to achieving a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We value, respect, and celebrate diversity. We welcome and encourage applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their history of homelessness, sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religious belief.

For more information and to apply please visit our website.

Closing date: Monday, 01 November 2021 

At Thames Reach we are committed to helping homeless and vulnerable people to live in decent homes, build supportive relationships and lead fulfilling lives. Our vision is to end street homelessness and our aim is to deliver high quality, effective services to vulnerable people.

We are looking for a Senior Practitioner to join the Rapid Response Team. The Rapid Response team is a service funded by the Mayor of London to provide an emergency response to people sleeping rough in up to 25 London boroughs. The team plays a pivotal part in supporting the Mayor’s work to help homeless people get off the streets, back on to their feet and looking forward to a brighter future.

This is an exciting opportunity to move into managing a busy, high-profile service at the frontline of efforts to reduce rough sleeping in London. Your innovative management of this service will influence the future of service provision across London.

About the role

As a Senior Practitioner you will supervise and support night outreach workers, ensuring that we meet our targets of fast response times to those on these streets and that we deliver a high-quality service to rough sleepers.

You will work a mixture of nights and days on a rolling flexible rota that will include some weekends and bank holidays. You will accompany workers on shift to offer support and guidance as well as working remotely and from Thames Reach’s shared office space in East and South London.

You’ll need to be outcome focused and able to foster a culture of high performance and continual striving to improve upon successes throughout your team.

You will be:
·  Organised and able organise the operations of a complex, busy service.
·  A decisive and effective leader.
·  An excellent communicator able to form and maintain effective working relationships.
·  Able to recognise and confidently talk about best practise and its results to funders and other stakeholders.
·  Able to directly manage staff and ensure the services finances are well managed. 

As well as a great working environment we also offer:
·  6.5% employer pension contribution.
·  Development opportunities.
·  29 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays.
·  Reimbursement of the cost of annual eye test
·  Season ticket/cycle loan
·  Flexible Working
·  EAP services

Thames Reach is committed to achieving a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We value, respect, and celebrate diversity. We welcome and encourage applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their history of homelessness, sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religious belief.

Closing Date: Sunday 3rd October

For more information and to apply please visit our website.

Do you want to end homelessness and make a difference to people’s lives? Are you highly motivated and looking for a challenge?

At Thames Reach we are committed to helping homeless and vulnerable people live in decent homes, build supportive relationships and lead fulfilling lives. Our vision is to end street homelessness and our aim is to achieve the highest standards and effectiveness in delivering services to vulnerable people.

Housing First is an exciting project, which supports some of the most complex and long term rough sleepers in Croydon into their own, independent accommodation, and builds a unique support package around each individual. Working in partnership with Croydon Council and other agencies, as a Support Worker, you will play a central role in supporting individuals to live independent, and fulfilling lives, and motivating them to reach their full potential.

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Practitioner to join our innovative and exciting new service.

As a Senior Practitioner, you will:

• Ensuring that the service runs effectively and that staff are working productively to ensure that service users receive a high quality service.
• Line managing and supervising three members of support staff, identifying areas for professional development and supporting to progress these. Raising and addressing areas of staff performance, which are below satisfactory, following these up in line with Thames Reach’s procedure.
• Supporting and advising workers with casework, which may include attending meeting for more complex cases and undertaking frontline work when necessary. Ensuring that case notes are up to date and recorded accurately.
• Representing Housing First Croydon and Thames Reach at external meetings including multi-agency meetings with the commissioning council. Exploring the development of the service, and forming new ways of working effectively with partner agencies, and other Thames Reach teams.
• Responsible for ensuring the team is performing in with the service specification, monitoring in line with this, and providing necessary information and or reports to commissioners and line management.

Thames Reach is committed to achieving a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We value, respect, and celebrate diversity. We welcome and encourage applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their history of homelessness, sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religious belief.

For more information and to apply please visit our website.

Closing date: Sunday 24th October

We are looking for 2 full time and 1 part time (FTE 0.5) Community Engagement Practitioners of which one will be a Lead responsible for coordination and line management support.

This is an innovative new service, integrating the expertise, skills and knowledge of the VCS network in Barnet with NHS Mental Health services. The purpose of the role is to provide psycho-social support to clients, working within specialist Mental Health teams and the partners within the VCS Barnet partners.

The role will carry an active caseload supporting access into services appropriate to their level of need, with a focus on recovery and independence, and improve self-management of their wellbeing through intensive support. CEPs will support the core community mental health teams working in alignment with Primary Care Networks as part of the new model.

The CEP team will focus on empowering clients to achieve socio-economic goals with clear mental health and wellbeing benefits, and team members will also have specific training in areas such as employment and housing to support the wider PSS service team. The post holder will help to facilitate and co-deliver recovery focused groups and contribute to the development of new community resources.

This role will be working as part of a partnership of Mind Enfield and Barnet (MiEB), Meridian Wellbeing, and Community Barnet who form Wellbeing Together CIC. You will be employed by MiEB and working in the Barnet branch.

Interviews: w/c 1/11

Pact is a highly respected independent charity, working across England and Wales to develop and deliver a range of innovative services. We provide practical and emotional support to prisoner’s children and families, to prisoners and those who have resettled back into the community. Our work is founded on core values, the first of which is a belief in the innate dignity of every human being, and our work focusses on human relationships, family and community. We are committed to achieving high standards of quality in all that we do.

Position: Senior Routes2Change (R2C) practitioner
Location: HMP Isis - London SE28 0FG
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday (weekend & evening work may be required occasionally)
Salary: £28,000 per annum

Closing date for applications: 20th October, 2021

About the Role:

As a Senior Practitioner, you will lead a team of casework practitioners to deliver relationship support for young men in HMPYOI Isis as part of the innovative Route2Change Pilot project. Adopting a “relationships first” approach, this comprehensive service will deliver an end to end integrated rehabilitation and resettlement support programme to the young men from first night in custody to up to six months following release from prison.

Responsibilities:

The primary focus of the role will be on supporting the young men to understand and develop healthy relationships with their family and others, including with those who have no positive family connections. This role will also require working closely with the prison and other agencies, the service will be fully integrated into a sentence and release planning. The service will be delivered both in custody and in the community with the prisoner and where appropriate their family including through intensive personal support and befriending, visit services, group work, and targeted children’s services. Prisoners with either little or no family links will be offered support to either re-establish contact (where appropriate) or other forms of social support.

This post will manage a small team of staff, prisoner Pact Champions and volunteers involved in the delivery of prisoner assessment, creation of Relationship Development Plans, prisoner and family support, and casework in prison and in the community. The post holder will be required to cover for colleagues and on occasions deputise for the Routes 2 Change Programme Manager.

What we offer:

Pact offers a range of benefits including a free advice, information and counselling service, contributory pension, corporate eye care scheme, cycle to work scheme and generous holiday entitlement. You will have the opportunity to attend training events to further develop yourself as a professional training and interventions worker. You will undergo a thorough induction process and be supported by a friendly and enthusiastic team.

How to apply:

If you feel that you meet the requirements of this exciting new role please complete an application form by clicking the `apply now` button.

Other information:

Pact is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all applications including those with a criminal conviction (appointment to post is subject to a risk assessment).

This post is subject to a 6-month probationary period, verification of identity and proven right to work in the UK, satisfactory references from previous employers covering a 3-year period, declaration of any unspent criminal convictions (and where appropriate a satisfactory risk assessment), Prison Vetting and a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Please note that being bankrupt or having County Court Judgements may affect your ability to be successfully vetted to work in a prison.

You may have experience of the following: Support Worker, Charity, Charities, Third Sector, Social Care, Voluntary Sector, Mental Health Worker, Healthcare Assistant, Care Staff, Community Development, Care Worker, Vulnerable People, Social Worker, Rehabilitation, Family Services, Case Management, Rehabilitation, Family Services, Support Work, Criminal Justice System, Social Work, Advocacy, Mentor, Mentoring, etc.

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The Children’s Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 130 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We’re there for children, every step of the way. 

This role sits within our Youth Impact directorate, which works to provide one-to-one support for children who need support. Your role will be to help us maintain and develop innovative practice to support our work in our services around the country.

A fabulous opportunity has developed within The Children’s Society for an Emotional Health & Wellbeing Senior Practitioner at the successful Pause service delivered, in partnership with Forward Thinking Birmingham.

You will be part of the innovative ‘Pause’ service staff and volunteers team with mental health experience to provide interventions for children and young people from 0 – 24 years old. The Pause service utilises early-intervention approaches to enhance CYPYA mental health and wellbeing, allowing access to timely and flexible support. We offer a truly different way of delivering access to mental and emotional health support. We don't want young people to feel like they have to reach crisis point to get the help they need. We don't want young people to feel like they don't deserve a place to go because their worry is 'too small.' We don't want young people to have to wait to receive the care they deserve.

We are looking for a Senior Practitioner that:

• Has experience of management and supervision of staff and volunteers,
• Has a genuine passion and working knowledge of young people and mental health,
• Is energetic, adaptable, able to offer innovation and ideas to support this evolving service, 
• Has a background or worked in Health Care, Education, Youth Work or Social work,
• Can provide direct low level therapeutic support that is person centred,
• Can work at various locations across Birmingham,
• Can work on regular Saturdays and some evenings.

It is imperative that the successful applicant has a good working knowledge of Mental and Emotional Health Issues that young people face today, including interventions on how to support young people in overcoming these challenges. Due to the fast-paced environment and use of computers for clinical record keeping, you will need to have a good level of IT skills.  You will need to have experience of young people participation on all levels.

The Children’s Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children’s lives happier and safer. 

Every day we’re changing the lives of children in this country for the better – and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more. 

The Children’s Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with.  As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.  We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.

The closing date for applications is midnight on 20th October 2021

Interviews will be held on the week commencing 25th October 2021

School-Home Support (SHS) is a dynamic charity working to ensure every child is in school ready to learn. For over 30 years it has been working with children and young people struggling to stay in school due to a wide range of complex issues. We get children and young people back in school ready to learn, whatever it takes.

School-Home Support Practitioner
Based: Newhall Park Primary School, Bradford  
Hours: 5 days a week, Term time only
Starting salary: £18,074 to £20,401 per annum, depending upon experience

This is an opportunity to work alongside Newhall Park Primary School to support children and families to improve issues which are causing poor attendance and behaviour, and helping parents to become more engaged with their child’s learning attainment and aspirations. The practitioner will work with pupils and their families to provide practical and emotional support to vulnerable families across the school.

The successful candidates will have experience working in a school environment, be a motivated creative thinker and have strong abilities in engaging challenging children and their parents.

Duties of the role:

• Provide targeted casework for vulnerable pupils and families
• Organise group work for both children and families
• Provide 1:1 emotional and practical support for families
• Encourage parental engagement in learning
• Undertake work supporting improved attendance
• Support wider parental engagement in school
• Work as part of a team
• Collate and utilise data and statistics and produce reports for the funder, sometimes at short notice.
• Support families and children transitioning to secondary school.

Closing date for applications: 9am, Thursday 18th November 2021
First stage interviews will be held: November 2021
Second stage interviews will be held: TBC
Start Date: TBC

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the 'Apply' button to be directed to the School-Home Support recruitment website where you can download the relevant information pack and application form. 

SHS is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

School-Home Support takes very seriously the duty of care to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and is committed to ensuring that our safeguarding practice reflects statutory responsibilities, government guidance and complies with best practice. Our safeguarding policy recognises that the welfare and interests of children are paramount in all circumstances.

This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.

No agencies please.

Children's Wellbeing Practitioner - YOUnited

We are offering a permanent full-time contract (35 hours per week) with a salary of £24,047 per annum
Based in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

A new partnership has been established to transform and bring together mental and emotional health services for children and young people in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Centre 33 and Ormiston Families are joining their expertise in therapeutic support alongside Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust and Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust. The partnership is committed to using the THRIVE framework of Getting Advice, Getting Help, Getting More Help and Risk Support.

Ormiston Families is proud to provide a blend of counselling and guided self-help interventions to children people (aged 4-12 years) and their families/carers across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner roles play a key role in our guided self-help offer to young people and we have adopted an innovative delivery model which adopts a blend of virtual and face to face sessions.

The post-holder will work within the Ormiston Families YOUnited Service delivering, under supervision, high-quality, brief, outcome-focused evidence-based interventions and guided self-help for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. As experts in delivering guided self-help, the post-holder will be encouraged to support the design and development of our pathways and contribute to building a clear view on the impact of the therapeutic support we deliver.

The post-holder will have experience of working with, and providing evidence-based, brief intervention support to, children, young people and parents presenting with a range of mental health difficulties and challenging behaviour.

For more information or to apply for this post, please visit our website via the Apply button.

Closing date for all applications is 23:59 Wednesday 27th October 2021

Safeguarding and DBS requirements for your role:

Ormiston Families is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts.

We are an equal opportunities employer; we value diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are looking for individuals with experience of using Mental Health services, particularly Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services.

This is an innovative new service, integrating the expertise, skills and knowledge of the VCS network in Barnet/ Enfield with NHS Mental Health services. The purpose of the role is to provide psycho-social support to clients, working within specialist Mental Health teams and the VCS delivery partners.

The role will carry an active caseload supporting access into services appropriate to their level of need, with a focus on recovery and independence, and improve self-management of their wellbeing through intensive support. The YASP will support the core community mental health teams working in alignment with Primary Care Networks as part of the new model.

The YSAP will focus on empowering clients to achieve socio-economic goals with clear mental health and wellbeing benefits, and team members will also have specific training in areas such as employment and housing to support the wider PSS service team. The post holder will help to facilitate and co-deliver recovery focused groups and contribute to the development of new community resources.

This role will be working as part of a partnership of Mind Enfield and Barnet (MiEB), Alphacares & Enfield Saheli. You will be employed by MiEB working in Enfield.

This is an innovative new service, integrating the expertise, skills and knowledge of the VCS network in Barnet with NHS Mental Health services. The purpose of the role is to provide psycho-social support to clients, working within specialist Mental Health teams and the Barnet VCS partners.

The role will carry an active caseload supporting access into services appropriate to their level of need, with a focus on recovery and independence, and improve self-management of their wellbeing through intensive support. CEPs will support the core community mental health teams working in alignment with Primary Care Networks as part of the new model.

The CEP team will focus on empowering clients to achieve socio-economic goals with clear mental health and wellbeing benefits, and team members will also have different specialisms. This post will lead on specialist support for clients with Personality Difficulties and complex emotional needs. The post holder will be responsible for will help to facilitate and co-deliver recovery focused groups and contribute to the development of new community resources.

This role will be working as part of a partnership of Mind Enfield and Barnet (MiEB), Meridian Wellbeing, and Community Barnet who form Wellbeing Together CIC. You will be employed by MiEB and working in the Barnet branch.

Interviews: w/c 1/11

School-Home Support (SHS) is a dynamic charity working to ensure every child is in school ready to learn. For over 30 years it has been working with children and young people struggling to stay in school due to a wide range of complex issues. We get children and young people back in school ready to learn, whatever it takes.

School-Home Support Practitioner
Newhall Park Primary School, Bradford
5 days a week, Term time only.
Starting salary: £18,074 per annum to £20,401 per annum depending upon experience

This is an opportunity to work alongside Newhall Park Primary School to support children and families to improve issues which are causing poor attendance and behaviour, and helping parents to become more engaged with their child’s learning attainment and aspirations. The practitioner will work with pupils and their families to provide practical and emotional support to vulnerable families across the school.

The successful candidates will have experience working in a school environment, be a motivated creative thinker and have strong abilities in engaging challenging children and their parents.

Duties of the role:

• Provide targeted casework for vulnerable pupils and families
• Organise group work for both children and families
• Provide 1:1 emotional and practical support for families
• Encourage parental engagement in learning
• Undertake work supporting improved attendance
• Support wider parental engagement in school
• Work as part of a team
• Collate and utilise data and statistics and produce reports for the funder, sometimes at short notice.
• Support families and children transitioning to secondary school.

Closing date for applications: 5pm, Monday 11th October 2021
First stage interviews will be held : 13th/14th October 2021
Second stage interviews will be held: TBC
Start Date: TBC

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website. 

School-Home Support takes very seriously the duty of care to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and is committed to ensuring that our safeguarding practice reflects statutory responsibilities, government guidance and complies with best practice. Our safeguarding policy recognises that the welfare and interests of children are paramount in all circumstances. This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.

No agencies please.