Sure Start Burngreave & Firvale, Sheffield
NCH is one of the UK’s leading children’s charities.
Sure Start is a high-profile and innovative 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 services, 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 Worker
(Somali speaking) Permanent, part-time
(18.5 hours per week)
£14,532 - £16,515 p.a.
Ref: B101/07/2003
We are looking for a fluent Somali speaker with 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 Worker
Part-time, permanent
22 hours per week
£12,720 - £14,532 p.a. pro-rata
Ref: B101/09/2003
If you have professional or voluntary experience of working with local parents and children - and you’re the sort of 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 will actively recruit local parents to be involved in the programme. 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. 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.

Administrator
Full-time, permanent
£12,720 - £14,532 p.a.
Ref: B101/08/2003
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, parent 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 an 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.

Information and Training Officer
Full-time, permanent
£12,270 - £13,335 p.a. pro-rata
Ref: B101/06/2003
With excellent IT skills, a knowledge of available training and how to get training courses accredited and an ability to update our website, you will work alongside our Parental Involvement Workers to identify training opportunities in the area and training needs of parents. You will create information leaflets, newsletters, flyers, promotional materials etc. for the programme and be responsible for ensuring staff and the public have regular updated information. A good team player, you should relate well to parents and be confident, friendly and flexible in your work. You will need to have a knowledge of the community and resources available in the area along with GCSE English (Grade C or above) or equivalent. With some experience in website design and updating layout and information, the ability to use PowerPoint to a good presentation standard is essential

For an informal discussion on any of these posts, please contact 0114 244 3887. To request an application form and job description, please write to Alison Garner, NCH, North East Children’s Services Office, 12 Granby Road, Harrogate HG1 4ST.
Alternatively, email: alisong@nch.org.uk

Please quote job reference number.

Closing date: 11 August. Jobshare applicants are welcome.

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