Job Introduction
Medway council are looking for an enthusiastic family network co-ordinator to join the team.
The Family Network Coordinator will;
- Plan and facilitate family led safety plans in accordance with nationally agreed standards of practice.
- Arrange contact with families, including extended family members and family networks, to prepare for the family led safety planning meeting. Working towards quick and pressured timescales to ensure assessment work can continue and not be delayed.
- Undertake all relevant organisational activities which will include arranging the family led safety planning meeting, facilitating the running of the meeting, producing the plan, collating, and sharing correspondence from the meeting.
- Support families to develop their own family led safety plan which demonstrates SMART outcomes (Specific, Measurable, Attainable Relevant and Timely).
- Adopt flexible working whilst maintaining appropriate boundaries in provision of support, advice, and conflict resolution to families.
- Prioritising workflow to ensure immediate response can be given when complex priority cases are referred.
- Maintain appropriate records of work with families to ensure that they meet with Medway’s Information Governance policy and standards. It is important that all times contact recording reflects the child’s journey and will enable the child to ‘make sense’ of the decisions made for them.
- To attend partnership meetings within the FGC service and wider directorate of Medway.
A full UK driving license plus access to a vehicle for business purposes is essential for this role.
Our organisation:
Medway is a unitary authority in the South East of England, made up of the towns of Strood, Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham and more rural areas, including the Hoo Peninsula.
Situated in Kent in the South-East of England, the area has plenty of green spaces, excellent facilities and easy access to the national motorway and rail networks, facilitating superb transport links to London.
We provide all local Government services for a quarter of a million people, looking after education, environment, social care, housing, planning, business and much more - everything from frontline services such as rubbish collection and events like the Dickens Festival to work that goes on behind the scenes to ensure services in Medway run smoothly and cost effectively.
Working at Medway Council means that you get to be part of this journey working alongside talented, professional colleagues to drive forward change to transform the lives of our residents and the communities they live in.
Important Information-
Applicants must be able to demonstrate all essential requirements as listed in the job profile
Equal Opportunities Commitment Statement
Medway Council is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All appropriately qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age
For further information please refer to the Medway information pack available as a download or to view online
Please be advised that if you are not contacted within 3 weeks of the advert closing date then you have not been shortlisted. All recruitment correspondence, including interview letters and contracts of employment will usually be sent out via email.
Please visit http://www.mindfulemployer.net/ for information on how Medway Council put good practices in place to ensure employees and job applicants who declare mental health issues receive the right level of support.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time prior to the closing date.
