Dudley Lodge Safeguarding Children Services
Dudley Lodge Family Assessment Centre - 143 Warwick Road, Coventry, CV3 6AT
Bonner House – 172 Sellywood Road, Bournville, Birmingham, B30 1TJ
Saxon House- 96 Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton, WV6 0BP
Job Description & Personal Specification
Job Title:
Bank Family Assessment Worker
Grade:
£11.89 - £14.87 per hour (Scale point 5 – 20)
Hours:
Zero hours contract – on a ‘as and when’ basis. We are looking to recruit to expand our existing friendly team of Bank Family Assessment Workers. Bank worker shifts can consist of working more flexibly. Our centres will allocate shifts, and Bank workers can then request to work these shifts when they become available. We are happy to accommodate shorter hours, for example, working 9:00am – 3:00pm or 6:00pm – 10:00pm, where business needs can facilitate this. We do ask our Bank Family Assessment Worker team to be able to work a regularity of shifts through each working month to ensure they are keeping themselves up to date with mandatory training, service users, policies, and procedures. Our permanent daytime staff work on a 4-week rolling rota including weekend working. Permanent workers' shifts will consist of a mixture of ‘earlies: 7:30am – 3:00pm and ‘lates’ 2:30pm – 10:00pm. We also have a team of Permanent Waking Night Family Assessment Workers who work 9:30pm – 7:30am. Due to being a 24-hour operation, we have the flexibility for our Bank Family Assessment Workers to work more flexible, to either work similar shifts as our Permanent staff or options to work shorter hours.
Is the post exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act?
Yes Does the post require a DBS check?
Yes Our Commitment Statement Our expectation of all staff is to demonstrate kindness, empathy, and fairness to all. Dudley Lodge strives to provide an inclusive working environment and experience, where employees can bring their best and authentic self to work. Where difference is recognised, respected, valued, and celebrated. Our approach to inclusion and diversity is rooted in listening, learning, and acting. This includes conducting ongoing listening forums across the company, the implementation of Inclusion & Diversity talking/support groups, workshops and training, good quality supervision, surveys, and collaborative working parties. All with the core aim to receive honest feedback, reflect and continuously strive to be the best that we can be. Job Description:
Duties and Responsibilities To ensure the safety and welfare of children remains central to the assessment/intervention process. To take an active part in the assessment process regarding children and families - to observe, supervise, record and assess family interaction, child behaviour, parental motivation and parental ability to meet the needs of the child(ren). To provide a service that values and respects the strengths, experiences and background of the families. To take an active part within team meetings in reviewing and developing the practices and provision within, and resources available to, the centre. To use common sense and sensitivity in challenging and teaching parenting practices. To provide structured feedback to parents during and at the end of each shift. To plan and prioritise workload effectively within established timeframes and ensure that all written recordings meet required deadlines. To assist with childcare duties as required. To liaise with managers, and source other agencies/resources as appropriate. To work as part of a team to provide a culturally sensitive service for children and their families. To promote and maintain equal opportunities and anti-oppressive practice within the work environment. To observe and implement Child Protection Procedures and the Centre’s policies and procedures. To participate fully in training and supervision, identifying training courses relevant to role and personal development. To be aware of health and safety responsibilities at work. If you have observed a specific incident, to provide evidence in court, if required. To undertake other duties as identified by the Centre & Deputy Managers, Team Case Managers or Quality Assurance Manager. Title of post to which this job normally reports: Team Case Manager/ Quality Assurance Manager
Supervision Supervising Officer Job Title:
Team Case Manager or Quality Assurance Manager
Number and type of staff to be supervised:
None.
Special Conditions: The post holder is required to work shifts, including weekends and Bank Holidays and to ‘sleep in’ (if required), at the Centre. All staff are expected to work in a flexible way to cope with the needs, demands and requirements of the Centre. The Dudley Lodge Centre is based across three floors and the Bonner House Centre is based across 2 floors; staff will be required to access the floors via stairs. Assessments and observations will take place throughout the centre, and in the case of a fire alarm, staff may need to assist babies and families down the stairs to safety/fire assembly point. Use of personal phones/cameras are restricted to certain areas of the building. Observance of the Centre’s Equal Opportunities Policy will be required, and to work at all times in accordance with all the Centre’s policies and procedures. Failure by a member of staff to report actual or suspected physical or sexual abuse of a child by another member of staff or other person having contact with the child may constitute a disciplinary offence.
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Bank Family Assessment Worker
Grade:
£11.89 - £14.87 per hour (Scale point 5 – 20)
Hours:
Zero hours contract – on a ‘as and when’ basis. We are looking to recruit to expand our existing friendly team of Bank Family Assessment Workers. Bank worker shifts can consist of working more flexibly. Our centres will allocate shifts, and Bank workers can then request to work these shifts when they become available. We are happy to accommodate shorter hours, for example, working 9:00am – 3:00pm or 6:00pm – 10:00pm, where business needs can facilitate this. We do ask our Bank Family Assessment Worker team to be able to work a regularity of shifts through each working month to ensure they are keeping themselves up to date with mandatory training, service users, policies, and procedures. Our permanent daytime staff work on a 4-week rolling rota including weekend working. Permanent workers' shifts will consist of a mixture of ‘earlies: 7:30am – 3:00pm and ‘lates’ 2:30pm – 10:00pm. We also have a team of Permanent Waking Night Family Assessment Workers who work 9:30pm – 7:30am. Due to being a 24-hour operation, we have the flexibility for our Bank Family Assessment Workers to work more flexible, to either work similar shifts as our Permanent staff or options to work shorter hours.
Is the post exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act?
Yes Does the post require a DBS check?
Yes Our Commitment Statement Our expectation of all staff is to demonstrate kindness, empathy, and fairness to all. Dudley Lodge strives to provide an inclusive working environment and experience, where employees can bring their best and authentic self to work. Where difference is recognised, respected, valued, and celebrated. Our approach to inclusion and diversity is rooted in listening, learning, and acting. This includes conducting ongoing listening forums across the company, the implementation of Inclusion & Diversity talking/support groups, workshops and training, good quality supervision, surveys, and collaborative working parties. All with the core aim to receive honest feedback, reflect and continuously strive to be the best that we can be. Job Description:
Duties and Responsibilities To ensure the safety and welfare of children remains central to the assessment/intervention process. To take an active part in the assessment process regarding children and families - to observe, supervise, record and assess family interaction, child behaviour, parental motivation and parental ability to meet the needs of the child(ren). To provide a service that values and respects the strengths, experiences and background of the families. To take an active part within team meetings in reviewing and developing the practices and provision within, and resources available to, the centre. To use common sense and sensitivity in challenging and teaching parenting practices. To provide structured feedback to parents during and at the end of each shift. To plan and prioritise workload effectively within established timeframes and ensure that all written recordings meet required deadlines. To assist with childcare duties as required. To liaise with managers, and source other agencies/resources as appropriate. To work as part of a team to provide a culturally sensitive service for children and their families. To promote and maintain equal opportunities and anti-oppressive practice within the work environment. To observe and implement Child Protection Procedures and the Centre’s policies and procedures. To participate fully in training and supervision, identifying training courses relevant to role and personal development. To be aware of health and safety responsibilities at work. If you have observed a specific incident, to provide evidence in court, if required. To undertake other duties as identified by the Centre & Deputy Managers, Team Case Managers or Quality Assurance Manager. Title of post to which this job normally reports: Team Case Manager/ Quality Assurance Manager
Supervision Supervising Officer Job Title:
Team Case Manager or Quality Assurance Manager
Number and type of staff to be supervised:
None.
Special Conditions: The post holder is required to work shifts, including weekends and Bank Holidays and to ‘sleep in’ (if required), at the Centre. All staff are expected to work in a flexible way to cope with the needs, demands and requirements of the Centre. The Dudley Lodge Centre is based across three floors and the Bonner House Centre is based across 2 floors; staff will be required to access the floors via stairs. Assessments and observations will take place throughout the centre, and in the case of a fire alarm, staff may need to assist babies and families down the stairs to safety/fire assembly point. Use of personal phones/cameras are restricted to certain areas of the building. Observance of the Centre’s Equal Opportunities Policy will be required, and to work at all times in accordance with all the Centre’s policies and procedures. Failure by a member of staff to report actual or suspected physical or sexual abuse of a child by another member of staff or other person having contact with the child may constitute a disciplinary offence.
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