Joining Children’s Social Care at Cheshire East Council means becoming part of a progressive, supportive and forward-thinking service that is dedicated to make a difference of the lives of children and young people. We pride ourselves on putting children and young people first and helping them become the very best version of themselves possible.
Our working culture is people focused ensuring every team member is supported and provided with all the tools needed to thrive in their role. We have competitive benefits, flexible work-life balance and a focus on health and wellbeing ensuring that you can achieve your career aspirations and goals whilst maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
By joining us you will be part of a council that is helping to build brighter futures for the children's and families we serve, where you can make a lasting memory on the lives of others every day.
An exciting opportunity has become available to work within our Family Time Team within the Cared For Children Service. The position is for 2 FTE (37 hours) per week over a Monday to Friday working pattern.
About you
You will provide high quality child led contact to looked after children and young people with their families taking place within a contact centre or the wider community.
You will observe, and offer relevant support and guidance during contact to ensure that the immediate safety and needs of the child are met.
You will promote quality and stimulated contact and provide accurate and relevant written and verbal information to contribute to the ongoing care plan for looked after children and young people.
Other key elements of the role include:
- Provide an efficient and needs led supervised contact service to children, young people and their families both within a contact centre and when accessing community resources as directed by the Family Time Manager.
- Effectively communicate with children, young people and their families to enable them to have quality and child led contact.
- You will be required to record all observations as per current recording policy. This includes maintaining accurate, good quality records that evidences the observations made within the child’s contact.
- Establish and sustain effective professional working relationships with children, their families, and other professionals. Ensuring that a high standard of service is provided to looked after children, young people, and their families.
- Attend planning meetings with social workers to provide feedback to support the planning and reviewing process for looked after children and young people.
- Work flexible hours, including early morning, evening and weekend work as required according to the service needs.
The successful candidate will have:
- Knowledge of the Cared For Children Service
- A high degree of interpersonal skills
- The ability to converse at ease with our children and families
- A flexible approach to work
- Car License/Driver Essential
To find out more about the essential and desirable criteria for the role please view the attached job description specification document.
In return we are able to offer:
- Enhanced annual leave - Start with an impressive 34 days of annual leave (including bank holidays) from day one, and watch it grow to 39 days after just five years of service
- Purchase of annual leave – Want more time off? You can purchase up to 10 extra days of annual leave each year, giving you the flexibility to balance work and life just the way you want (Pro-rata for part-time staff)
- Flexible working pattern - Enjoy a 37-hour standard full-time work week with the added perks of flexi-time and hybrid/remote working arrangements where possible. Your work-life balance just got a whole lot better
- Salary sacrifice green car scheme - Drive green and save green! Lease a brand-new electric or hybrid car through our salary sacrifice scheme. There’s no credit checks, no deposits, just significant savings and exclusive offers on a three-year lease
- White goods salary sacrifice scheme - Upgrade your home with ease. Purchase home and electronic items through our salary sacrifice scheme, spreading the cost of big-ticket purchases like appliances, computers, and tech gadgets directly from your salary
- Enhanced public pension - Secure your future with our career average pension, where contributions are built at a rate of 1/49th of your yearly pensionable pay
- Cycle to work scheme - Save up to 25-39% on the retail price of bikes and safety equipment through Income Tax and National Insurance savings. Get fit and save money!
- Employee assistance programme - Access a completely free and confidential assistance service to help manage, reduce, and overcome life’s challenges, both at work and in your personal life
- Discounted gym membership - Stay active and healthy with corporate membership prices for Everybody Leisure, including:
- Gym, Swim and Group Fitness at all 16 facilities
- Off-Peak Racket Sports
- Athletics Tracks
- Sauna/Steam/Spa
Join us and experience a workplace that truly values and supports you!
Cheshire East is an amazing place to live and work. As one of the largest employers in the borough, we are able to offer you a wide range of challenging and rewarding career opportunities.
At Cheshire East Council we are working for a brighter future – together and our commitment to you is that our workplace culture will provide a shared purpose, a well-led organisation with valued people succeeding together as one team and one council to deliver the best service for our customers and communities.
If you want to be part of our award-winning council and contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate, are committed to working as part of a team and striving to deliver exceptional service wherever you can, we would especially like to hear from you.
As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our local communities so that we can all work for a brighter future - together.
Brighter Future
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Cheshire East is an amazing place to live and work. As one of the largest employers in the borough, we are able to offer you a wide range of challenging and rewarding career opportunities. We are working for a brighter future – together and our commitment to you is that our workplace culture will provide a shared purpose, a well-led organisation with valued people succeeding together as one team and one council to deliver the best service for our customers and communities.
If you want to be part of our award-winning council and contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate, are committed to working as part of a team and striving to deliver exceptional service wherever you can, we would especially like to hear from you.
As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our local communities so that we can all work for a brighter future - together.
Applicants should ensure all sections of the application form are completed as failure to do so will result in their application being rejected. Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
If you have any questions or queries, or wish to have an informal discussion about the role please email [email protected].
If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date then it is likely that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion, however, please do not be discouraged from applying again.
For any technical enquiries please email [email protected].
Please quote job reference number in all correspondence.
Cheshire East Council is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults across the Borough. As such, any cautions, convictions, reprimands or final warnings that are ‘not protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) order 1975 (as amended in 2013) relating to the non-disclosure of spent convictions do not apply to this job. You must therefore, disclose whether you have any previous convictions where prompted to do so within the application process.
Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date then it is likely that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion, however please do not be discouraged from applying again.
For any technical enquiries please email [email protected]
Please quote job reference number in all correspondence.
