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Contract

Contact Supervision Worker (Children Service)

Birmingham
money-bag £12.21 - £13/hour
Posted Yesterday

Responsibilities

  • To collect and safely transport children from their placement to the contact venue and return them when the contact has concluded
  • To supervise the contact between the children and their parents and ensure that contact requirements and procedures are followed
  • To provide a written report on the required template on how the contact has proceeded
  • To report any safeguarding concerns that arose during the contact to the Contact Manager and the allocated social worker.
  • To assist with the service duty arrangements
  • To use various computer applications as required.
  • To ensure contact rooms are kept tidy and conform with Health and Safety requirements.
  • To attend training sessions as and when required.
  • To carry out any other duties that fall within the scope of the job and the grading.

Skills and Abilities

  • Ability to communicate with children.
  • Understanding of car safety legislation when transporting children.
  • Ability to form a working relationship with parents whose children are in care.
  • Ability to form working relationships with foster carers, social workers and other professional.
  • Ability to provide good quality written reports on the key issues that arose during the contact that has been supervised.
  • Ability to work independently.
  • Understanding of safeguarding issues and when these need to be reported to a more senior member of staff.
  • Ability to cover contacts in and outside Birmingham.
  • Ability to work flexibly.

Requirements

  • Qualification in childcare/or equivalent is desirable.
  • Minimum substantial work/voluntary/personal experience of direct work with children under 10 years.
  • Hold a current driving licence.

  • Mus thave sole use of a car for work purposes.

  • Available to work flexibly

If interested, please submit CV and call Varsha on (phone number removed) between 9am to 5pm (Mon to Fri) for more details.

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