The role
Every child and young person deserves a good start in life. But for some children, these formative years aren’t going as well as we’d hope. This is why we are developing and transforming our early intervention service delivery to a Family Hub model. This is an innovative programme delivering wholesale reform of the delivery model of support to parents, carers and children aged from conception to age 19 or up to 25 for those with special education needs and disabilities. We are developing new ways of supporting parents with the skills and knowledge they need for their children to thrive and reach their potential.
You will be working within a systemic framework as part of an embedded clinical service across Children Centres, Family Hubs and Family Early Help departments focussing on work within community settings. You will be providing 1-1 and group interventions to children and families with various needs as well as providing targeted support in relation to parent/infant mental health. This role will form part of the team leading on the delivery of services to children aged 0-2 and their families through the integrated Family Hub model and Start for Life programme.
About You:
We’re looking for a practitioner to work within our newly developing Family Hubs, focussing on improving infant (0-2) mental health, parental mental health and parent-infant relationships. You will be skilled in reaching and building relationships with families who are in crucial need of support but might struggle to access services. You will need to have a solid grasp and understanding of child development, needs and parenting practice. We are particularly keen to meet applicants with skills in working with adults as well as with parent-infant dyads. You will have an understanding of the issues faced by parents and carers in a diverse community and able to assess and respond to this need using evidence based interventions.
The post is suitable for, practitioners and family support workers whom have experience working within health, social care or education settings. The post holder will have access to training in Association for Infant Mental Health Level 2 interventions such as VIG and Reflective Parenting.
We can offer you quality clinical supervision, resources, training and support. Our approach engenders a shared sense of accountability, reflective space and support. Southwark as a borough is committed to actively anti-racist practice with children and families and creating an anti-racist working environment and we are particularly keen to attract applicants who will improve the extent to which our workforce represents the population we serve.
About us:
We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse and growing population.
At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.
Additional details
A satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is required at enhanced level.
Please note this post is fixed term until March 2025.
For further information and to arrange an informal discussion, please contact Prem Soobul, Clinical Lead – Start for Life 0-2 Stream, 07523 299 689 or email Premila.Soobul@southwark.gov.uk
Benefits and more information:
In your role, we want you to feel supported, challenged and rewarded. You will benefit from our family-friendly policies including flexible working, home working, and a local government pension scheme, plus many other staff benefits. You will join a motivated, driven and supportive team that strives for excellence and values its members. You will also be part of a successful and high-achieving development team that is making a real difference to the lives of residents in the borough. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Staff Benefits page.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme:
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
Recruitment timetable
Closing date: 13th October 2023 at 23:59
Interview dates: 31st October, 2nd and 3rd November 2023
SWCHTF
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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