Overview
Salary: £27711 – £33366
Shift hours: 37
As a member of the Council’s Responsive Services, you will be a key person within Emergency Duty Team (out of hours social care) where you will offer essential support services, generally, outside of standard office hours to address urgent social care needs and ensure the likelihood of emergencies occurring is reduced. EDT ensure that any Social Care emergencies that cannot be safely left to the following working day are dealt with, responding to the whole of the community of Coventry including Children’s Services, Housing, Adult Social Care and Youth Justice Services therefore considering the overarching principles and objectives of these disciplines.
The post holder will be responsible for responding to all requests for assistance received during the work shift with a particular focus on promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children, adults and families of Coventry until core working hours. To act as a point of contact for callers including members of the public and professionals. Where necessary, providing advice, completing risk assessments, signposting, coordinating and planning of responses to calls/requests for support, which can at times include responding in person in a range of settings. Completing administrative tasks to ensure the cohesion of Responsive Services.
This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
We are seeking to recruit a dynamic, experienced, and highly skilled Children and Families Worker to deliver an outstanding service to children, adults and their families.
You will be a worker who is passionate, child centred, enthusiastic, quick thinking and confident in dealing with members of the public, professionals, and agencies in order to gather relevant information coordinating risk management to ensure the welfare of the person and/or family until core working hours are resumed.
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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
For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled ‘Coventry City Council Application Process’. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.
Interview date(s): 9th and/or 12th May
For an informal conversation about the roles please contact Sherrie McMahon – Operational Lead – sherrie.mcmahon@coventry.gov.uk
Reference: coventrycc/TP/28415/10985
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