Parenting Assessor

Contract to start ASAP until 21-12-26 with a possible extension.

Job Purpose

Develop and deliver high quality work with children, young people and their families that facilitates opportunities for their personal, social and educational development.

Ensure that vulnerable children and young people are identified and supported so that they can aim to achieve stability, safety and permanence to enable them to thrive within their community and achieve their full potential.

Persuade, empower and motivate families to engage and overcome barriers to change which may involve managing and overcoming challenging behaviour from family members.

Responsibilities:

Follow the East Midlands Parenting Assessment Framework Guidance to undertake high quality and timely parenting assessments which promote positive outcomes for children.

Assist families to change, including those who are resistant to engage, through both support and respectful challenge.

Ensure a continuous and consistent implementation of relevant safeguarding procedures, polices, legislation and emerging themes learned from serious case reviews to protect children and young people and ensure their safety.

Provide accurate, detailed and timely records and reports for a range of meetings which could be multi-agency, specialist or legal.

Awareness of relevant statutory guidance and the DDSCP Threshold guidance and be responsible for adhering to its content for the purpose of delivering a quality service and improving outcomes.

Build and sustain relationships with partner agencies in order to effectively connect families to appropriate support.

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