Family Partner

We have looking to recruit to Family Partner posts, offer exciting opportunities for dynamic individuals to join our Locality Teams, based within our Family Hubs, alongside a range of partners (health, education, housing, Harbour and other agencies) to ensure collaborative working with children, young people and families. You will be the lead worker within the team around the family, assessing family's needs and delivering high quality interventions on a one to one or group basis, across community settings and within the Family Home. You will gather and act on the voice of the child when completing assessments, reviews and developing plans. You will be assertive and confident, encouraging different and creative decision making, to ensure that wherever possible, families get the right support at the right time. You will have good safeguarding knowledge and feel confident in decision making. You will utilise the Signs of Safety approach to highlight what's working well for the family and identify how this could be built upon using early intervention. The post holder will:

• Carry out a thorough assessment of the whole family's need, always involving the family and building on their current strengths and network, leading to a clear plan.
• Work independently, use tenacity, support and challenge with families and partners to ensure the right support.
• Liaise with team members and partner agencies to ensure that families are able to access services appropriate to their issues and lead to a sustained support network.
• Participate in the planning, facilitation and evaluation of activities and group work
• Use experience, evidence-based practice and training to ensure approaches used demonstrated significant and sustained outcomes for families are achieved.
• Input information into the appropriate database for tracking and monitoring
• Other duties as appropriate in line with the grade of the post.
  
  Our People First strategy is our promise to make North Tyneside Council an exceptional place to work, where everyone can thrive and flourish. A place where people want to work, where joining our team is an exciting prospect, staying with us feels like a great decision, and building your career at North Tyneside Council is a natural progression.
As part of our People First strategy, we are committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion are fundamental to our success and the well-being of our employees and residents. Our goal is to foster an environment where everyone feels welcome, safe and valued. Together, we're crafting a workplace that's built on our values and a shared commitment to making a difference. If you are passionate and committed about making a difference and want to work somewhere where you can make positive change, we will provide the right environment for you to excel. Alongside our People First strategy, we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and adults at risk of harm. All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment and to familiarise themselves with all relevant policies, procedures and guidance. Within North Tyneside, safeguarding is everybody's business. Require a reasonable adjustment? If you feel a reasonable adjustment will provide additional support in both the recruitment process and within the workplace, please indicate this to the hiring manager on your application. Declaring a reasonable adjustment will not subject you to any form of discrimination when determining which applicants are successful for interview and employment with us. Our Carbon Net-Zero 2030 Action Plan In 2019, North Tyneside Council declared a climate emergency. This declaration set a target to reduce the carbon footprint of the council's operations, and the borough, by 50% by 2023 and to align to the Government's net zero target of 2050. We recognise the significant role we can play in the borough in helping to limit climate change, but we can't do this alone; we need help from all our residents, businesses, voluntary and community sectors and of course all those who apply and work for us. Together we can make North Tyneside a sustainable place to live and work for everyone in the borough.