Senior Practitioner - Belmont Family First - Belmont Academy SOA05581

Job Description

What is the role?

You will lead a small team working to support families within the Belmont Cluster. The team will build resilience and ensure that children and young people stay with those who have a close bond and can provide nurture and attunement to their needs.

You will oversee whole family plans to ensure that the holistic needs of families to build cohesion and confidence. At the heart of these plans will be a relationship based approach that identifies what the service can do to initiate the greatest change or impact.

This will include working in partnership with key agencies to ensure that our families receive support as early as possible to make the task of parenting easier and prevent family breakdown.

You will work with a range of partners within the Belmont Cluster to build family capital and contribute to the Strategic Outcomes of South Ayrshires Childrens Services Plan.

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Extra information:

The Grade of this post is Grade 3 / Level 11, the hourly rate is from £22.20 to £23.58 and the annual salary is from £40,515 to £43,033.  This post is temporary for 12 months.

Please  note interviews are scheduled to take place on 10 December 2020.

This post is considered to be Regulated Work with children and protected adults as specified in the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) (PVG) Act 2007.  Accordingly the preferred candidate will be required to become a member of the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme update if already a Scheme member, prior to any formal offer of employment being made.  If you wish further information on the PVG Scheme you can visit the Disclosure Scotland website at www.disclosurescotland.co.uk.

Please note you may be required to meet the PVG costs.

Closing date for applications is 6 December 2020.