Support Worker - Family Safeguarding Coalville Team A (Maternity Cover)

You will provide direct high-quality integrated family support and childcare services to children and young people as part of a family support/safeguarding plan by working as part of an integrated team to provide a range of home/centre-based family support interventions that contribute to improving outcomes for children, young people, and families.

• NVQ level 3 in childcare qualification(NNEB/NVQ3) or equivalent
• Previous experience of caring for children or young people in a personal, voluntary or statutory capacity or experience of working to protect and improve the life changes of children or young people
• An understanding of social and environmental factors that have an affect on vulnerable, children, young people and families.
• Basic Knowledge of Child Development
• Ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team
• good verbal and interpersonal skills to communicate clearly with children, young people, families, colleagues and professionals.
• Hold a current driving licence and access to a car
In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and to delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents. You will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of these commitments as part of the selection process., Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to .

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