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Responsibilities
- To collect and safely transport children from their placement to the contact venue and return them when the contact has concluded
- To supervise the contact between the children and their parents and ensure that contact requirements and procedures are followed
- To provide a written report on the required template on how the contact has proceeded
- To report any safeguarding concerns that arose during the contact to the Contact Manager and the allocated social worker.
- To assist with the service duty arrangements
- To use various computer applications as required.
- To ensure contact rooms are kept tidy and conform with Health and Safety requirements.
- To attend training sessions as and when required.
- To carry out any other duties that fall within the scope of the job and the grading.
Skills and Abilities
- Ability to communicate with children.
- Understanding of car safety legislation when transporting children.
- Ability to form a working relationship with parents whose children are in care.
- Ability to form working relationships with foster carers, social workers and other professional.
- Ability to provide good quality written reports on the key issues that arose during the contact that has been supervised.
- Ability to work independently.
- Understanding of safeguarding issues and when these need to be reported to a more senior member of staff.
- Ability to cover contacts in and outside Birmingham.
- Ability to work flexibly.
Requirements
- Qualification in childcare/or equivalent is desirable.
- Minimum substantial work/voluntary/personal experience of direct work with children under 10 years.
Hold a current driving licence.
Have sole use of a car for work purposes.
Available to work flexibly
If interested, please submit CV and call Varsha on (phone number removed) between 9am to 5pm for more details.
