Job Type:	permanent	Duration:
Category:	Medical or Health	Recruiter Reference:	staffscc/TP/3180/1970
URL for Applications:	Apply Here	Salary:	£31,364 - £35,745 + Car allowance of £963 (pro rata)

As a supervisor of our Family Time Workers, you will play a crucial role when it comes to supporting vulnerable children and families in our community, they support children in understanding their birth identity and supervising their time with birth parents.

Main Responsibilities

As the Family Time Supervisor your role is crucial in co ordinating a Family Time rota, ensuring Court directions are maintained and risk assessments are completed by the Social Work Team so that sessions are safe and  positive for the child and family.

You will work closely with the Team Managers of Assessment and Staying Together and Children in Care and Care Leavers.

You will offer supervision in line with the Local Authority’s policy and have line management responsibilities with regard to absence management and your Teams wellbeing.

You need to have oversight of the quality of recording of family time sessions, which can be requested by the courts

The Ideal Candidate

As well as a passion for helping and supporting children and their families you’ll need to have:

· A minimum NVQ 3 in working with children and families or equivalent experience of working with children and families

· Experience in supervisory and line management responsibilities

· Experience contributing to quality assurance of the service

· Experience of direct work with children, their families and carers in a statutory or voluntary agency which provides services to vulnerable children and their families

· Experience in the use of IT including Microsoft packages

· An understanding of child development and the effect of stress and trauma on child development

· An understanding of the key pieces of policy, guidance and legislation which govern children’s social care

· Have access to a vehicle and a driving licence

· Be flexible in your approach to work to support your team

If you’re unsure whether your skills and experience meet the needs for the role, please get in touch with us, we’d love to chat to you! You can reach us at alison.machin@staffordshire.gov.uk  

This post is 18.5 hours per week.

About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too. 

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance. 

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post. 

As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.