Family Hub Practitioner 11-19 (25)

Role Responsibility

To operate as a Family Hub practitioner within the Family Hub team in an agile fashion at a variety of outreach settings (including home visiting) within a district providing 1:1 and group support to Young People and their families.

To work closely with integrated children’s services team to provide support for vulnerable young people and their families.

To work in partnership with a range of multi-agency providers including Schools, Police and District Councils and community organisations to improve outcomes for identified vulnerable children and their families.

To be knowledgeable and proactive in supporting and encouraging young people and their families to take advantage of the Family Hub Digital and Virtual offer and other routes of advice and guidance.

To provide expert guidance to families about young people’s development and the pressures young people face to enable them to support their child to achieve health, wellbeing, and education outcomes.

To facilitate and support peer groups where required.

You will be expected to work flexibly across the 11-19 (25 for young people with SEND (Special Education Needs and Disabilities)) age range but may also be required to support work across the wider age range where needs arise in the district.

You will be expected to operate a Whole Family approach in their practice and work around the times of the Family. As such, this post will be expected to work flexibly including, on occasions, at evening and weekends, and will be co-ordinated by Management as required.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Contact Details

Natalie Penfold Family Hub District Manager for Maidstone.

03000 412492

natalie.penfold@kent.gov.uk

Package Description

About the Company

Work that works for you and us - let’s talk flexibility!

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county’s working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.