Job description

The post holder will be working as part of a new Barnardo's ‘Stronger Together' team, working in partnership with Brent Family Wellbeing Centres to provide out-reach support to local families.

Stronger Together team consists of early years workers and family support assistants and provides early help and support to children aged 0-18 years and their families.

We are seeking a passionate and motivated Family Support Assistant (FSA), to provide family mentoring work as part of this new team, together with the wider Brent Family Well-Being Centre teams. The over-arching aim is to engage with young children and their families on a one-to-one or group basis, using a variety of interventions both in the home, community and/or at the centres, to identify needs and to achieve positive outcomes. The FSA will assist the work of Brent family support workers, providing a mentoring role to families to make good progress that will affect great outcomes for some of the most vulnerable children and families living in difficult and sometimes, complex situations.

Initial specific duties:

• To offer a range of services via home visits, groups or signposting to support families identified by the Family Wellbeing Hub.
• Provide preventative and early intervention services to families with children 0-18yrs that are experiencing challenging situations/ circumstances
• To contribute to the overall ethos, work and aims of Barnardo's Stronger Families theme, strategically aligned to the Brent Family Well-Being Centres.

When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document (if applicable). This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.

Barnardo's offers a hybrid working model covered under our `Work from Anywhere' Framework, therefore vacancies advertised with this as an opportunity are open for applicants to either work from home or any location within the UK, including Barnardo's Hub/Office that is a reasonable distance from your home address.

Flexibility

Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.

About Barnardo's

At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo's.

Our basis and values

Job Types: Permanent, Part-time
Part-time hours: 14.8 per week

Salary: £9,889.20 per year

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift

Reference ID: 12989

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