Vacancy details
Family Support Advisor
Birmingham
Salary - £22,800 - £24,000 per annum depending on experience
Contract type - Fixed Term - March 2025
Close date - 29 June 2023
Interview Date - 11/12 July 2023
About the role
You will be a support for children, families and young people to prevent problems from escalating. We work with diverse community partners and families in an inclusive and multi-agency way. Our multi-lingual support may include education, youth services, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, housing, parenting, domestic abuse, money advice and health.
You will provide flexible, practical, project support related to the Hall Green Families Team contract to deliver early help related support to families and young people, focusing on the service aims, families` preferences and self and professionally assessed risks and needs.
About you
You will establish effective communication and positive relationships with multi-agency partners including Voluntary Sectors, community organisations, schools, health, Birmingham Children`s Trust, the police, families and young people.
You will support families to promote home safety. This is where multi agency working is required to help families understand home safety. Some of the key partners will include early years, fire safety and police.
You will provide a lower-intensity, practical support to prevent crisis in partnership with other agencies based on a needs assessment
About us
GreenSquareAccord is one of the biggest social housing and care providers in England.
We believe passionately in our mission to build better lives and provide social housing and support services to 54,000 people across our four localities. We are proud to play an active role in helping people to deal with the consequences of the housing crisis by providing affordable homes for people in our communities who need them most.
We also provide care and support to some of the most vulnerable people in society. This includes support for people who are homeless, experiencing domestic violence or are part of the criminal justice system.
Our purpose
We are proud to be able to support tens of thousands of people across England by providing affordable housing and care to help people live independently.
Our focus is on building better lives. Everything we do is about people - whether that`s providing a good quality, safe home or providing care which helps someone to live an independent life.
Our colleagues live and breathe this social purpose and we need great people, with skills across a range of disciplines, to make this happen.
Working for GreenSquareAccord gives you the chance to bring your skills and expertise and make a real difference. It doesn`t matter which role you are considering applying for, your work will help thousands of people build a better life.
The GSA Way
We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. To help us make a difference, together, we created the GSA Way.
A culture we commit to, aspire to, and live and breathe. Commitments and behaviours which together make our organisation what it is.
Our five core commitments are:
- We believe our customer is everything
- We are one team
- We are supportive and caring
- We are business-minded for social purpose
- We are curious and ambitious.
You can read more about the GSA Way in our recruitment pack.
Benefits
In support and recognition of our colleagues who will help us deliver our employer strategy, we offer a fantastic benefits package. This includes; annual holiday entitlement (plus statutory bank holidays); a defined contribution pension scheme; trust based flexible working and a Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
All individuals who apply to work at GreenSquareAccord are considered on their merits in line with our Diversity and Inclusion strategy and policy.
GreenSquareAccord are a Disability Confident Employer therefore we actively encourage applications from individuals with disabilities and try to provide access, adjustments, equipment or other practical support where required. All applicants with a disability who meet the `essential eligibility criteria` for the role, as detailed in the job description, are guaranteed an interview.
If you need any assistance, adjustments or adaptations throughout our selection processes please let us know.
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