Contract: Permanent
Location: Nelson Building
Hours: 37 hours
Salary: £21,166 - £24,799
Closing: 27/05/2019

Passionate about giving children and young people a great start in life?
Our priority in Herefordshire is to keep children safe and give them a great start in life. It’s the priority for the council, our partners and for all of us who work in Children’s Wellbeing.
How do we do this? By having dynamic, dedicated, passionate and professional staff who work in a culture that focuses on what we can achieve with children, what they can achieve themselves, and the relationship we build with families and partners to enable this.
Herefordshire has a really strong team ethos. Our teams are passionate about the work they do and the positive difference they and the teams they are in make to people’s lives. This is all underpinned by the focus and support from their managers and the council as a whole.
Come to Herefordshire and join the journey.
The Family Support Worker for early permanency will work together with a Social Worker and Child and Family therapist as part of an early permanency hub within our Child Protection and Court teams. The early permanency hub’s purpose is to enable children with a care plan of adoption to be matched with adopters who understand and meet their needs and to help prepare children, foster carers and prospective adopters. The Family Support Worker will work closely with children’s Social Workers and our regional adoption service to progress children’s plans for adoption in a timely way.
To find out more about working in children’s services, please visit www.herefordshire.gov.uk/childrensocialwork or contact gill.cox@herefordshire.gov.uk
Competitive relocation payment of up to £5,000.
To find out more about working in children’s services, please visit www.herefordshire.gov.uk/workwithchildren

We welcome applicants whatever their personal characteristics or social identity. All requests for flexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments will be considered. All disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria of the job are guaranteed an interview.

Benefits with Herefordshire Council
Holidays: 25 days per year plus 2 days unpaid at Christmas (pro rata for part time)
Pension: LGPS pension scheme

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for more details of this role.

PLEASE NOTE: Applicants must apply online for this vacancy, We do not accept emailed CV’S. Your application should include a CV and an accompanying statement of no more than 2 sides of A4 showing how your experience meets the person specification.

Please specify whether you have a disability.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you would like to obtain details regarding feedback on your application please contact Hoople Resourcing at: enquiries@hoopleresourcing.co.uk