Family Intervention worker - Portsmouth

The role consists of two parts: one part of the role you will be supervising 'family time' sessions in the centre between families and their children where the children are no longer living in their family home.
Within these sessions you will work with families independently using a restorative approach and as part of a team with other professionals to contribute to the planning and intervention of a programme of work.
The interventions you will carry out with families within these family time sessions the aim is to enhance the parent/child relationship, prevent family breakdown and support the families to make changes.
The other part of the role will involve working independently within family's homes completing direct work with parents and children on a one-to-one basis.
For both parts of the role, you will represent children and families and produce reports for child protection meetings, court hearings and other multi-agency meetings as required., Please ensure that you download and read the full job profile attached for the details and expectations of this role, paying particular attention the section 'Who is the person' as you will need to refer to this when completing your Personal statem ent.
Working Arrangements: Some working from home offered in line with staff cover in the office and at the managers discretion.
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We are looking for someone who:
Has a childcare, health and social care, education or equivalent qualification (e.g. NVQ3, NNEB).
Has experience working with children and families in social care, health, education or related settings.
Can build positive relationships while providing both support and challenge to families.
Has strong communication, observation and report-writing skills.
Can work independently and as part of a team in sometimes challenging situations.

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