Salary: £25,000 per annum
Location: Glasgow (North East and North West)
Contract/Hours: We have Permanent and Fixed Term contracts available, as well as Full Time and Part Time hours available for this role (weekend working is required)

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Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
Contact: Laura McCarthy email us at recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting reference 10791

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Make a Difference - A Career in Residential Service

A BIT ABOUT THE ROLE

Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership have commissioned an exciting new service in the North East and North West of the City to work alongside families in a flexible and strengths based way to help them achieve positive outcomes. As part of a city-wide strategy, the service will promote the wellbeing of children and young people aged 0-12 years to support them to stay at home and thrive with their families within their local communities by offering the right support at the right time.
Our shared vision is to support children and young people to live with their parents and siblings, or where this is in the best interest of children, with their extended family, enabling them to grow up in their community with their friends, and attend their local school.
As one of our Family Support Practitioner’s, you’ll work as part of a fantastic and passionate team, advocating on behalf of children and families.

Some key responsibilities of the Family Support Practitioner are;

• Effective Assessments : Assessments will be conducted to identify the needs, strengths, and challenges faced by each family and will inform the support provided.
• Intensive Interventions : Interventions will be intensive and include: Advice and guidance for families, Parenting support to address specific issues, 1:1 work with children to address their unique needs, Liaising with partner agencies to coordinate services.
• Supporting Families : You’ll provide planned support and conduct regular reviews. The goal is to help families overcome barriers they face.
• Collaboration and Advocacy : You’ll work as part of a fantastic and passionate team, attend meetings and collaborate with partner agencies and advocate on behalf of children and families.
• Dynamic Multi-Disciplinary Team : You’ll be part of a team that works together to support positive change with the focus on improving outcomes for families