Senior Family Time Worker - Kensington and Chelsea

Senior Family Time Worker - Kensington and Chelsea

Are you a passionate, dedicated Senior Family Time Worker looking for your next role? 4Recruitment Services are recruiting a Senior Family Time Worker to join a team based in Kensington and Chelsea. 

Pay Rates: £26.27 per hour

Duration: 11/09/2023 - minimum of 4 months

Hours: Monday to Friday, 9.30am – 5.30pm, 36 hrs/week

Senior Family Time Worker role: Full JD Available

• Take leadership and management of the day to day functioning of Family Time Service from referral to delivery as directed by the Family Time Service Manager
• Manage the daily workload of the Family Time service, matching workers to contacts and ensuring all contact requests are covered
• Joint working with social workers and other partners
• Plan, arrange, and manage Family Time activities on a day-to-day basis
• Oversee and or supervise complex or difficult Family Time contacts and other contacts as needed
• Provide written assessments of child and family contact and prepare and present reports to Court or referring agency, as required
• Make arrangements for families to have pre-visits to designated family centres
• Undertake risk assessments for potential venues for contacts including pre-visits to family homes to ensure safe environments to work in and visit
• Quality assure contact reports submitted by Family Time Supervisors, addressing any issues identified by these reports
• Report all matters of concern immediately to the Team Manager
• Ensure the health and safety (H&S) of all users
• Participate in agreement meetings, reviews and case conferences, as required
• Maintain and develop relationships with social workers and service users

Essential Requirements:

• Relevant qualification (NVQ Level 3 in Psychology, Sociology or Health and Social Care, a Teaching Certificate, or an NNEB & Early Years training)
• Experience of working directly with children and their families
• Experience and understanding of the issues that surround children living away from their parents
• Experience in a supervisory role
• Ability to manage and supervise contact workers
• Ability to quality assure supervisor contact reports, make observations and assessments, and to write high quality reports
• You Must Have Right to Live & Work in the UK
• Enhanced Child and Adult DBS registered to the update service

We also offer an outstanding referral scheme for any Senior Family Time Worker friends or colleagues.

If you are a Senior Family Time Worker and would like to express your interest, please contact us for this great opportunity by calling on 0208 514 9110 and speak to Sammy Davis Or email on, sammyd@4recruitmentservices.com 

Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. 4Recruitment Services is an equal opportunities employer.