Job Details
Family Support Worker for Enfield Children’s Centre
Salary: Scale S01 – Salary Range £30,585 – £31,557
Hours: 36 hours per week x 52 weeks per year, 8:30am – 4:30pm
Working across the London Borough of Enfield
(2 days working from home each week is currently being trialed but there is no guarantee that this will continue indefinitely)
Vacant from: As soon as possible
Role Profile
The post holder will play a key role in a multi-disciplinary team to support vulnerable families to attend the Children’s Centre and access support services, provide high quality services for children and families (both in the community and in parents’ homes) to improve outcomes for all children.
The post holder will undertake Family Support work to ensure it helps deliver the Core Purpose of Children’s Centres.
Deliver services in line to achieve the Government’s Core Purpose for Children’s Centres, to improve outcomes for young children and their families and reduce inequalities between families in greatest need and their peers in:
- Child development and school readiness
- Parenting aspirations and parenting skills
- Child and family health and life chances.
The post holder will work primarily at one of the Children’s Centre sites and their work will require daily remote working at any location in Enfield including home visits to families. The client base will be typically families with additional or complex needs, but below the threshold for statutory social care intervention at Levels 2 or 3 of the London Continuum of Need. Many will be referrals from the London Borough of Enfield’s Children’s Portal. The presenting issues of the families will often include domestic violence, alongside child neglect, worklessness and substance misuse.
The post will require some lone working in accordance with the Children’s Centre’s lone working policies and procedures.
The work will require low to moderate physical activity at times, such as visiting homes around the borough, climbing staircases in tower blocks where there is no lift in operation, etc.
Further Information:
Informal enquiries can be made to the Children’s Centre ManagerSafeguarding and Targeted Services, Niamh Bays on 07719 324840 or email nbays@ccenfield.org
If you would like an application pack please either download via the De Bohun Primary School website www.ccenfield.org or contact Holly Evans on hevans@ccenfield.org
Please note that completed applications will only be considered if sent to our office, either via post or email, to the following:
Address: De Bohun Primary School, Green Road, Southgate, N14 4AD
Email: hevans@ccenfield.org
De Bohun Primary School and Children’s Centre is an equal opportunities employer. All schools and services in Enfield are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Successful applicants will be required to provide an enhanced disclosure, the cost of which will be met by the school.
Applications for this post are not being accepted through this site.
Closing and Interview Dates
Closing date for applications: Friday 5th November 2021 at midnight.
Interviews will be carried out on Friday 19th November 2021.
Additional Information
Applications for this post are not being accepted through this site. If you would like an application pack please either download via the De Bohun Primary School website www.ccenfield.org or contact Holly Evans on hevans@ccenfield.org
Please note that completed applications will only be considered if sent to our office, either via post or email, to the following:
Address: De Bohun Primary School, Green Road, Southgate, N14 4AD
Email: hevans@ccenfield.org
