Job Description

Sustaining Phase Support Worker

Contract type: Full-Time
Salary: Up to \xc2\xa322,000
Contract term: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Benefits: 30 days\' Annual Leave (rising to 35 days\' with length of service) + Bank Holidays, Enhanced Mileage, Company Pension, Life Assurance, Employee Discount Scheme

ABOUT US

Polaris Children\'s Services are an established children\'s services provider that delivers innovative and outcomes-based services, offering real value and building brighter futures for as many children, young people and families as possible.

Working across Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and Derby, STARS provides intensive support to children and young people to step down from residential to fostering placements, to stabilise existing fostering placements, to support reunification home, and to divert children and young people from the edge of care.

Requirements

Please note this is a Community Role so although the office base is homebased you need to be able to travel to Nottingham, Nottinghamshire or Derby

• A background in social care, youth work or other related area
• The successful applicant must be based in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire or Derby given that community home visiting is required
• Full driving licence with unrestricted access to your own car

Responsibilities

• Support children, young people and families on an individual or group basis in a flexible and creative way through a variety of activities and events
• Participate in effective full family assessment alongside other agencies in a way which avoids duplication and promote holistic intervention planning
• Support children to return to or remain in education, including increasing school attendance and attainment wherever possible
• Keep comprehensive records of work undertaken and provide these promptly alongside preparing other appropriate records, including preparing reports for reviews, case conferences and courts

The successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced DBS Check, cost of which will be met by Polaris Children Services.

Polaris Children Services is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates.

Polaris Children Services is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment

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