Education & Family Worker
Category: Remote
Type: Full-time, Permanent
Full Job Description
2023 in an exciting time to join Norfolk County Council Children Services following a recent highly successful Ofsted inspection and the launch of our new School and Community model. We want children, young people, and their families in Norfolk to receive support at the earliest opportunity so that they can flourish. By acting together, as a prevention and early help system, we can enable families to receive the right support, at the right time.
This new model will mean we can build on the fantastic work already taking place, developing the skills and capacity to ensure we work alongside education providers to enable children, young people, and their families to have their needs met at the earliest opportunity.
School and Community Teams will work predominantly alongside education providers to assist those families that require early help. The team's working practices will be rooted within our core ways of working and vital signs through relationship-based practice using Signs of Safety, Solihull, Communities of Practice, Joint Agency Group Supervision, Restorative working, and Family Networking.
Locations:
We are recruiting for 80 positions in the below locations. Please apply to each location you would be happy to work at using our website:
- Education & Family Worker- Breckland - Norfolk County Council Careers
- Education & Family Worker- Norwich - Norfolk County Council Careers
- Education & Family Worker- South Norfolk - Norfolk County Council Careers
- Education & Family Worker-Kings Lynn - Norfolk County Council Careers
- Education & Family Worker- Great Yarmouth - Norfolk County Council Careers
- Education & Family Worker- North Norfolk - Norfolk County Council Careers
- Education & Family Worker- Broadland - Norfolk County Council Careers
About the role:
We are seeking people with experience working with vulnerable children, and young people from any sector with an NVQ Level 3 in a relevant field.
You will be required to-
- Deliver quality evidence-based early interventions that assist education providers and parents/carers to respond to the unmet learning and support needs of vulnerable children and young people.
- Work with education settings and families to develop smart action plans with interventions that focus on improving learning outcomes for children and young people.
- Manage a workload that responds to needs at both an early help and emerging support level, delivering early intervention and where required specialist support to de-escalate and step-down support from a specialist/statutory level.
- Offer emotional and practical support to settings, children, young people, and their families that increase their capacity to engage and participate in education, build resilience, and helps them achieve positive outcomes.
- Model good practice in supporting children and young people with SEND within education settings and their families at a range of suitable venues.
As part of the school and community teams we are also wanting to ensure that there is a focus on early years learning so if you have knowledge and experience of working with the Early Years Foundation Stage to support child development through play and effective interactions and an understanding of how enabling environments can promote learning, development, and emotional well-being, we would welcome your application.
To find out more about this role please go to our website and sign up for our Welcome Sessions which will be held virtually and face-to-face at one of our centers.
Interviews will be held the week commencing 20th March 2023. Interviews will be held the week commencing 20th March 2023. The recruitment process will consist of 2 group tasks and a short interview. You will be able to sign up for a date (20th, 22nd, 23rd March in Norwich, Or 21st March in Kings Lynn) and a 3.5-hour time slot (starting at, 9:00, 10:00, 13:30, and 14:30) if your application is successful.
We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together, make the most of our workspaces, enjoy a healthy work-life balance, and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people. Flexibility is built into the way we work, with hybrid working a key feature for many roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first-class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Flexitime
- Referral program
- Sick pay
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Flexitime

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