Family Group Conference Co-ordinator

Job description

Contract Terms

Grade: PO3
Salary: £44,331 – £47,532 per annum
Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent (36 Hours per week)
Closing Date: Sunday 16th February 2025
Interview Date: Week commencing 24th February 2025

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.
Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the Role

The role is a community-based worker who forms part of Haringey’s Maya Angelou Family Group Conference Service and works as part of a team of practitioners, co-ordinating and facilitating Family Group Conferences (FGC) across the London Borough of Haringey.
Supporting family members to identify solutions to the concerns as highlighted by professionals and develop a Family Action Plan to address these concerns.

About You

• Relevant professional qualification in Social Care, Health or Education qualification equivalent to NVQ level 4 or HNC, HND or Bachelor’s Degree.
• FGC accreditation.
• Experience of working directly with children and their families to promote their welfare
• Experience of dealing with child protection issues.
• Experience at helping parents and the extended family state the viewpoints and opinions whilst receiving professional support.
• The ability to communicate and engage effectively with clients to ensure their understanding of the Family Group Conference Service.
• The capacity to remain impartial throughout the Family Group Conference process.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.  Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of up to 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.
Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.
Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders.  Please continue to check these through the application process.  If you have any questions about the status of you application please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk