Bringing community back to the heart of parenting.
Families Together Suffolk Vacancy
Family Support Coordinator to be based in West Suffolk
Salary per annum NJC 10, £25,545 per annum pro rata
30 hours per week
Job Type Fixed Term for 12 Months
Your Role
Our Family Support Coordinators help families who have a child or children up to the age of 12 navigate the challenges of early parenthood. Services are delivered through home-visiting, group work and workshops/ projects. We tailor support to the individual needs through our services and through support or referrals to use external agencies with the overall aim of ensuring children in Suffolk have the best start in life.
Your Responsibilities
To work with colleagues, for the benefit of families, within the ethos and principles of the FTS Governing documents. Supporting families as appropriate through 1:1 home-visiting or support to access other services, to receive referrals and assess family needs ensuring support to families is reviewed at regular intervals and at the end of support.
Undertake designated responsibilities to safeguard and promote children’s welfare and keep up to date all relevant record keeping systems including data entry and any relevant administrative work.
You will need:
- An understanding of the needs of children and families.
- Experience of parenting or caring for children.
- Experience of working with children.
- To hold a relevant childcare qualification at NVQ Level 3 or above.
- Experience of employment or voluntary work in family support.
- Be able to work on own initiative, responding to families’ needs and providing feedback and support to families to achieve their goals.
- Have a proven ability to enhance and develop partnership working
- Work well as part of a team and to overcome the issues of remote working in the community and working from home.
- A full, current driving licence and access to a car due to the nature of the job and the rural area.
- To undertake an Enhanced DBS which will be arranged by us.
About Us
We are a voluntary organisation committed to promoting the welfare of families with young children and have been operating in Suffolk since 1983. Families and communities are at the heart of everything we do. Our friendly team of staff, trustees and volunteers are spread throughout the county working in an outreach capacity with a shared base when required.
You will have access to our office in Eye however the majority of the work will be undertaken in the community with other work based at home.
We also have a charity shop based in Eye and an eBay Hub in Stowmarket.
We will offer you:
- Working from home.
- Access to a collaborative office space.
- 7.2 weeks holiday.
- 5% employers’ pension when 3% employee contributions are made.
- Support and training for the role including full induction.
- Mileage paid at 45p per mile less commute.
For more information:
For an informal discussion only, please contact Amanda Jacques on 07540 282074.
How To Apply:
Please visit our website for an application pack
www.familiestogethersuffolk.org.uk
Completed application to be returned to info@familiestogethersuffolk.org.uk
Closing date: Midnight on 5 May 2024.
Expected interview date: week beginning 13 May 2024.
Families Together Suffolk is committed to our responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults as outlined in Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023. We are committed to recruiting candidates who share this commitment to safeguarding, and therefore we apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to ensure that the people selected are right for the job, and that all candidates are appropriately screened prior to appointment.
Families Together Suffolk registered charity no. 1127760.
A company limited by guarantee registered in England & Wales no. 6674059. Registered office: 20 Broad Street, Eye, Suffolk IP23 7AF
Application pack
Contact Us
Email: info@familiestogethersuffolk.org.uk
Address: Families Together Suffolk, 20 Broad Street, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7AF