About the role
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the Family Group Conference Service in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
We are recruiting 1 part time (25 hours), permanent Family Group Conference Coordinator who will be part of a dynamic team working across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
The core purpose of this post is to promote collaborative decision-making and active participation with families to achieve better outcomes for children and to maintain positive family lives.
The post holder will work across Peterborough and Cambridgeshire with the aim of supporting families to devise plans for children who are open to Children’s Social Care.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Lucy Maurice, FGC Manager on 07824 623322.
Interviews are expected to take place on Wednesday 2nd August and Thursday 3rd August (pm).
What will you be doing?
You will be responsible for facilitating Family Group Conferences including where children are at risk of becoming looked after, or who may already be looked after and planning for a return home or to other family members. In doing this you will prepare families, children and young people for their Family Group Conference, facilitate individual Family Group Conferences and contribute to the promotion and development of the Family Group Conference service ensuring that the child’s voice is heard throughout the process.
Key Responsibilities:
- To coordinate and chair Family Group Conferences, preparing both families and professionals for the meeting.
- To be responsible for the negotiation, mediation and facilitation of the Family Group Conference process.
- To support the continuing role out of Family Group Conference methodologies across Children’s Services.
About you
Key Requirements:
As a coordinator you will need to; demonstrate a commitment to and have experience of working in partnership with vulnerable children, young people and families, have skills in engaging families, be approachable with strong communication and organisational skills, have a good working knowledge and understanding of the council’s current safeguarding procedures and/or 3 years’ experience working with vulnerable children, young people and families.
You will have good communication skills and experience of working with vulnerable families, children and young people. You will need the ability to liaise and work effectively with relevant agencies from several different disciplinary settings. You will need to demonstrate commitment to equal opportunities and to enabling people to achieve their potential.
You must have a current valid driving licence, be prepared to travel extensively and at times be prepared to undertake work outside of usual office hours.
To succeed in this role you will need:
- The skills to engage children/young people and families in their Family Group Conference.
- You will need to believe in the effectiveness of family-led planning and work from a strengths perspective and have the energy and drive to progress the development of the Family Group Conference Service.
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:
- Flexible working
- Flexible Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive wellbeing package
- Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
- A comprehensive pension scheme
- IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
- Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
- An employee recognition scheme
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
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