Family Support Practitioner

We have an exciting opportunity in the Childrens Centre for a Family support practitioner to join us on a permanent basis.

As a Family Support Practitioner you will encourage parents of children under five to be involved in their learning growth and wellbeing with an emphasis on the communitys most vulnerable families. You will engage with all parents and carers both face to face and digitally including soontobe and young parents while gaining a solid awareness of the local communitys demographics and the networks services facilities and support systems that are available to families in the area.

You will be working with a friendly team of family support workers supporting families in the Stevenage and North Hertfordshire area.


The Role:
Promote the engagement of parents of under 5s in their childrens learning development and wellbeing with particular focus on the more vulnerable families in the community.
Contribute to targeted information support and advice to families identified by the centre and partner agencies such as Health and Social Care. This work will include onetoone work home visiting and group work as appropriate to meet the needs of the families.
Participate in the Early Help Assessment (EHA) process including attendance at multiagency professionals meetings supporting the engagement of families in greatest need in order to improve outcomes for children under 5.
To provide direct support to a case load of families through a structured programme of interventions such as Parents as First Teachers (PAFT) Triple P and the Nurture programme.
Work towards and achieve the agreed Key Performance Indicators and performance objectives and ensure a high level of service is provided at all times

Requirements:
You will be required to travel across Stevenage and North Herts so holding a driving licence and having business insurance is an essential part of the role.
Level 3 or equivalent in health social care or early years or relevant experience or qualification
Level 4 Working with Parents with Complex Needs (Desirable or willingness to achieve)

To apply:
Please read the full job description (attached with our vacancy listing) carefully.

***We may interview on a rolling basis so please dont delay sending your application.***

At One YMCA we are an inclusive organisation and actively promote equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent skills and potential. We do not discriminate on the basis of Age Disability Gender Reassignment Marriage/Civil Partnership Pregnancy/Maternity Race Religion/Belief Sex and/or Sexual Orientation. We encourage applications from all backgrounds communities and industries and are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills experiences and abilities.

This is a Full Time role.
Hours per week: 37.5
Working Pattern: Monday Friday Hours between 8am 6pm. including some weekends

One YMCA and its subsidiaries the Early Childhood Partnership (ECP) and Signpost are on an exciting journey to double our impact by 2025. We are over half way through an exciting new strategy launched in the first hour of the new decade via email where all staff and volunteers were invited to put themselves forward to apply and attend an intensive threeday Kickstarter Event.

By the end of these three days there was a brilliantly multifaceted set of themes and ideas which formed the starting point for the rest of the Mission 25 process to build on. The aim of Mission 25 is to give every staff member and volunteer the opportunity to play their part in shaping the strategy to do more and better together so that we double our impact by 2025. We deliver a vast array of services across Herts Beds and Bucks that reach over 135000 individuals annually.

These include:

• Provision of over 700 units of accommodation for homeless people
• Move on accommodation for individuals moving onto independent living
• Housing and practical/emotional support for young asylum seekers
• Community HUBs hosting a range of activities and meeting space hire
• Childcare provision in Hertfordshire
• Family support through a network of childrens and family centres covering Hertfordshire and Bedford
• Therapeutic and nontherapeutic support for male and female victims of domestic abuse and their children
• Independent sexual violence services across Bedfordshire Luton and Hertfordshire
• Domestic abuse perpetrator reform programmes across Bedfordshire
• Youth services offering emotional wellbeing support and youth club opportunities for 1119 year olds alongside our National Airplay programme funded by the RAF Benevolent Fund
• A community gym where everyone can enjoy the benefits of physical exercise Our values remain at the forefront of how we operate as a charity and it is important to us that all staff and volunteers can fully buy in to our ethos.