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Start Burngreave & Firvale Sure Start is a high-profile and innovotive government programme that aims to improve the prospects of children during the crucial first four years of their lives, by promoting improved health and development. The Sure Start programme in Burngreave & Firvale brings together statutory serivices, voluntary agencies and communities to provide a linked service that is responsive to local need. NCH is the lead agency in this partnership, and by joining us now you will benefit from our commitment to the continuous development of our staff and services. Family Support Workers We are looking for a fluent Somali speaker, a fluent Arabic speaker and one Family Support Worker with no specific foreign language skills who have substantial social care training, a knowledge of child protection policies and experience of working with children and families who are undergoing difficulties and stress. Reporting to the Family Support Manager, you will manage a caseload of eight or more families, delivering parenting skills and working in partnership with other agencies to prevent children being taken into care or placed on the child protection register wherever possible. You will also concentrate on finding ways of engaging 'hard-to-reach' families, as well as conducting assessments and other one-off duties as required. Some out of hours work will be necessary. In addition, you will participate in the Sure Start programme itself, attending team meetings, appraisals, training workshops and other events, bringing your professional expertise to bear on a wide variety of issues from staff development to evaluation of the programme. Parental Involvement Workers If you have professional or voluntary experience of working with local parents and children - and you're the sort well-organised person who enjoys working on their own initiative - this role could suit you perfectly. You will ensure that parents are aware of the Sure Start programme and become actively involved with it as volunteers or participants in our events, news groups, publicity and other activities. Having encouraged volunteers to step forward, you will take part in their induction, training, supervision and appraisal, arranging crèche facilities when needed and acting as an advocate for parents within the Sure Start programme. To succeed, you will need to be a natural people-person and communicator, with some basic computer skills and an understanding of child protection issues. We particularly welcome applications from men, as they are under-represented in this area of work. Administrators (2 Posts) Although your work will primarily be administration, typing, filing, minute-taking and reception duties, this is very much a team job, where you will need to build relationships with a wide variety of colleagues as well as the Management Board, parents groups, parents, children and visitors to the offices. You will therefore need to be a friendly, confident and welcoming type of person, as well as being and experienced administrator with a good knowledge of Microsoft Office and word processing skills to RSA II or equivalent. Good time management skills and knowledge of the local community will be essential; knowledge of social care and diversity issues would be useful. For an informal discussion, please
contact the Programme on 0114 244 3887 For more information about NCH, please visit us at: www.nch.org.uk Commited to quality, equality and valuing
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