Vacancy Details

Description

Directorate:  Children and Family Services

Section:  Education and Family Support – Supporting Families

Duration:  Permanent and temporary positions are avaialble 

Grade:  Level 4

Actual Salary: £19,264 - £20,444 (this will be pro-rata to the number of hours worked)

Hours:  The working hours are flexible, please contact Kathryn Grocock on 01782 235248 or Keeley Nocilla on 01782 235667 for more details.

Closing Date: 9 August 2022

 

This advert is open to both Internal and External applicants. 

 

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Stoke-on-Trent Children and Family Services for motivated individuals with a passion for supporting vulnerable children.

 

The role of Supervised Contact Officer facilitates and supports family contact between children in the care of the local authority and their birth families.  Family contact is critical to enabling children to maintain safe relationships with their birth families, including parents, siblings and the wider family network.  Youwill work as part of a team within the Children and Families directorate liaising closely with a range of other professionals including social workers, family support workers and foster carers as well as working directly with parents and children.  

You will be able to communicate effectively with children, families and other professionals and be able to work flexibly.  If you are passionately committed to improving the lives of vulnerable families and to supporting children and their families to build and enjoy positive, safe relationships we would welcome an application from you.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment.  This position is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the successful applicant will be subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

 

Please note that if an employee who is currently at risk of redundancy within the organisation applies for this vacancy their application will receive priority.  If this happens you will be advised accordingly.

 

To Apply

Please create / log into your account and then click 'apply'.  If you have any queries or want an application form in another format, please email recruitment@stoke.gov.uk or call us on 01782 238189.

In order to apply for this vacancy, you must be able to supply the required answers to the following questions: