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Senior Family Group Conference Coordinator

About the role

We are excited to offer an opportunity for an experienced and compassionate professional to join us as Senior Co-ordinator within our Family Group Conferencing team. This role provides a unique chance to help shape and expand an innovative service within Northamptonshire Children's Trust.

A Family Group Conference (FGC) is a family led meeting, supported by the child's wider network, where the family comes together to plan for the child’s future. The process is facilitated by an independent and impartial co-ordinator who helps guide the family through their planning.

As Senior Co-ordinator, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the team to deliver high-quality, family centred services in line with our organisational strategy. You will supervise and mentor a dedicated team, line managing a team of 4 FGC Coordinators and 1 Administrator.

This role will be required to support families to make realistic, safe, and robust plans for the protection of their children and to enable families to care for their children within their own family and friend’s network and at times will require work outside of usual office hours.

What will you be doing?

To lead and manage, oversee, and support the work of a team of FGC staff: FGC Co-ordinators and Business Support to ensure that all FGC work undertaken is of high quality and effective in meeting targets
Co-ordinate the delivery of FGCs including caseload management, monitoring and task allocation
Provide professional leadership and support to ensure the team adheres to safe practices and manages workloads effectively within agreed standards and timeframes
To monitor performance against key performance indicators and, prepare and present performance data, reports, and programme information and work with partner agencies to deliver a highly performing FGC service
Implement services that are responsive to the voices and experiences of children to enhance outcomes
To hold a small caseload to maintain own professional skill and ensure that all staff retain a high level of integrity to the model

About you

Minimum level 5 Qualification in in Social Work, Health or Education. Or equivalent substantial, relevant professional experience of working with children, young people vulnerable adults and their families AND qualified to deliver Family Group Conferences
Family Group Conference Trained/qualified, and experience of delivering FGC’s
A deep understanding of the complex issues faced by children and young people at the edge of care, and what works to create and maintain safe, stable and sustained outcomes
Proven experience in supervising or supporting staff to deliver whole family interventions
Extensive, hands-on experience in preventative work with children and families facing escalating needs, with demonstrated ability to assess risks, safeguard, and intervene effectively
Enhanced DBS Clearance

Join us in making a meaningful difference in the lives of vulnerable children and families.

For an informal discussion, feel free to contact Trudy Jones at 07920 060849 or Trudy.Jones@nctrust.co.uk.

When applying please ensure your supporting statement covers how you fulfil the essential criteria set out in the person specification as this will be used for shortlisting. You will need to provide a full employment history including any gaps since leaving full time education

Our benefits

We are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do.

We really value our workforce and offer you a great benefits package including:

28 days annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days, after 5 years
Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health protection.
Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days annual leave
Employee Assistance Programme - We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions
Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
Subsidised town centre car parking scheme

About us

At Northamptonshire Children’s Trust, children, young people and families are at the heart of all we do – in every decision we make and every action we take. Our mission is driven by the unwavering commitment to achieving the best outcomes for them. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils.

Our workforce are our most valuable asset and are pivotal to making the services and support we offer to children, young people and families who need us to be the absolute best we can be.

We value our colleagues and empower them to be able to do the best job of their lives every single day, working in a culture of support and kindness where achievements are celebrated and creativity is very much welcomed.

At NCT equality, diversity and inclusion are part of us and in everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and thrive in our organisation.  We are a disability confident employer and have a commitment to care leavers who we guarantee an interview if they meet the essential criteria.

Join our dedicated team and be a part of an organisation where your work makes a real difference.

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