Parent Carer Family Worker

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Part time
Location: Claydon
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Job offered by: Suffolk Family Carers
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Job Title: Parent Carer Family Worker Location:

Claydon, Suffolk, UK Salary:

£24,604 per annum FTE (Pro rata £11,971.44) Job Type:

Part time – 18 hours per week, Fixed Term for 1 year Closing Date:

16 January 2025 About Us:

At Suffolk Family Carers we provide information, advice and guidance to thousands of family carers each year working to ensure family carers are visible, valued, supported and connected. We will keep driving change across society to enable family carers to have a life of their own alongside their caring role. Role Overview:

We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Parent Carer Worker to join our Children, Young People and Families Team, providing short-term, personalised emotional support and information to parent carers, utilising community assets to enhance wellbeing and address identified needs for the whole family. This role, you will: Work closely with Parent Carers, providing them with one to one emotional support and information, advice and guidance on the telephone, with the potential for face to face and group support in the future. Have an understanding of the challenges that parent carers may experience with children with additional needs. Have knowledge of local services for children, young people, and adults in both voluntary and statutory sectors As a Parent Carer Family Worker having an understanding of safeguarding procedures is essential. An enhanced DBS will be required for this post as will the ability to work flexibly and be able to travel independently. Why Join Us?

At Suffolk Family Carers, we value our employees and encourage a culture of shared learning and development. We offer a supportive and inclusive work environment where you can make a real difference in the lives of families and carers. We offer some great employee benefits and have very recently achieved

Platinum Accreditation at the Best Employer Eastern Region Awards 2023 . Some of the benefits we offer: flexible working and hybrid working opportunities enhanced annual leave and maternity entitlement competitive salary and 7% pension contribution an open, inclusive and values driven culture How to Apply:

Our job adverts are open to everyone and we encourage applications from all backgrounds. So ,

if you are passionate about supporting parent carers and their families, we would love to hear from you. Please upload your CV and a supporting statement outlining your suitability for the role to our website:

www.suffolkfamilycarers.org/work-with-us .

Your supporting statement must clearly evidence how you meet the role requirements (set out in the person specification section of the job spec). Contact: Michelle Jones (

michelle.jones@suffolkfamilycarers.org

) for further information

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