Family Support Practitioner

at  Suffolk County Council

• Suffolk County Council – Saxon House, Ipswich, IP2 0UH - Hybrid
• £26,421 per annum (pro rata if part time)
• 37 hours per week - Flexible working options available
• Permanent
  An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Suffolk County Council (SCC) Suffolk Therapeutic Fostering Team as a Family Support Practitioner working from Saxon House Ipswich, but you may have to visit the NHS premises at Airey Close, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft. The role is county wide so the applicant must be willing to travel.

YOUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Suffolk Therapeutic fostering (STF) coaches are part of Suffolk’s Therapeutic Fostering team and contribute to the therapeutic relationship between carers, children, and professionals. You can expect to be an integral part of a multi-agency team working with clinical psychologists, social workers, course trainers and facilitators, and other family support practitioners. The aim of STF Coaching is to enable a young person to engage in a programme of coaching sessions that will lead to them developing self-coaching skills. The focus is very much on moving forward and achieving goals and in doing so increasing self-esteem, self-confidence, self-belief and self-worth in young people.
STF Coaching involves identifying and working towards achieving goals that the young person has generated, accepted and feels motivated by. The role of the skills coach is to guide the young person on this journey, and to provide goal focused, flexible and child-centred support.
There will be opportunities to contribute to the expansion and further developments within the team.
If you are looking for a new challenge and are passionate about improving the outcome for children, this may be the role for you.

We need someone with relevant experience of coaching, mentoring and supporting young people and with the skills to encourage positive interactions with young person. Ideally, we would like someone who is keen to deliver and support with the facilitation of training to both young people and foster carers and supporting the wider team in these tasks.

• A relevant level 3 practitioner qualification or equivalent experience in a relevant area of work