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Working Hours: 35Hours per week (Monday to Friday between the hours of 7:45AM-6:30PM)
Contract Type: Full time / Temporary (12 Months)
Additional Payments: Essential car user allowance
Closing Date: 4 April 2024
This role is subject to -
- Essential Car Documentation- This post is a designated Essential Car User. Therefore, you must always hold a full valid driving licence and provide your own car for use at work. You will receive the Essential Car User Allowance.
- DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) clearance - this post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (amended in 2013). Appointable candidates will be required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Information provided by you or the DBS will be dealt with in a confidential manner and in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here. We have a policy on the Employment of Ex-Offenders and it is available upon request.
About the Candidate
- Strong communication skills to effectively advise and guide agencies in Early Help matters (either face-to-face or over the phone).
- The role holder will deliver high quality direct support to individuals and families managing existing and possible future risks through assessment and plans created with the individual needs of the service user as the priority.
- To be able to work in coordination with partners and professionals. The role holder will assist service users to engage with support services provided by both statutory and voluntary agencies, ensuring that the family is appropriately supported and therefore able to contribute actively in the community.
- The role holder will provide advice and expertise, particularly in relation to new initiatives, to partner agencies and stakeholders to promote the service and represent the rights and needs of the vulnerable residents of Manchester.
- A key part of the role is building a strength based positive relationship with the family. This involves working in partnership with families to identify what support needs to be in place.
- The role holder needs to be experienced in conducting assessments and have a persistent approach to engage families and are flexible within this. They need to understand the children’s daily lived experience and support parents to improve outcomes for children.
- Knowledge of multi-agency working and the safeguarding framework.
- Familiarity with attachment (including adverse childhood experiences) and emotional dysregulation issues.
- Are an excellent team member, having good time management, able to prioritise workload, multi-task and be flexible across their workday.
- Excellent IT skills proficient in Microsoft 365 applications (Word, Excel, Outlook).
About Us
We’re the local government authority for Manchester, and have teams across the city helping to make this a great place to live for everyone. We’re proud to do local government differently, in a city with an international reputation for diversity, creativity, culture and passion.
When you join us, you’re joining a team of over 7,000 council staff helping to make our ambition for Manchester a reality. Whatever your role, you’ll be supporting our residents and communities to be the best they can be, and helping to build a Manchester that's fairer for everyone who lives, works, volunteers, studies or plays here.
To make our ambition a reality, every person we recruit needs to play their its part. It takes a certain type of behaviour, attitude and way of working to get Manchester where it wants to be. Our people and partners have agreed five ‘behaviours’ – the grounding for how we must work together and treat one another:
- We take time to listen and understand
- We work together and trust each other
- We show that we value our differences and treat each other fairly
- We ‘own it’ and we’re not afraid to try new things
- We’re proud and passionate about Manchester
A career with us means you can be yourself, thrive, and build the career your talent and ambition deserve.
Creating an inclusive team at Manchester City Council
At Manchester City Council, we strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. If you want to find out more about the role, our culture, flexible arrangements or any adjustments, please let us know by emailing jobs@manchester.gov.uk. If you are invited to interview we will ask you if you require any adjustments in order for you to best demonstrate your suitability for the role in the interview process.
If you would like to access the job details in another format, such as large print, audio or printed on a coloured paper, please email jobs@manchester.gov.uk or call 0161 227 3373.
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
Accessibility
As a Disability Confident Employer, we provide support for employees with physical or mental-health conditions, a disability or neurodiversity. Our workplaces are accessible by design, and we make workplace adjustments including providing aids, adaptations and equipment. These, combined with our flexible working policies such as disability-related leave, enable our employees to perform their role, thrive and be their authentic selves in work.
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When you join us
We want everyone to be able to be themselves at work and give their best. If you need additional support to undertake the duties of the role, we’ll make every effort to source any necessary aids, adaptations or equipment. If, however, any task proves to be unachievable, we will look at redesigning parts of the role.
Other relevant information
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