Parenting Assessment Practitioner

Directorate: People Services
Hours: 22.5 hours a week (3 full days)
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Locality Teams

We are looking for an enthusiastic worker who will be able to work alone and as part of a highly motivated Multi Agency Team.
You will work with some of the most vulnerable families in Derby to promote their children’s welfare. You will undertake in-depth time limited Parenting Assessments, to form a detailed holistic report of parents care.

This will include working with children and young people pre-birth to 18years and having the ability to role model positive care and responses to parents.

You will require a sound knowledge of children’s development and safeguarding thresholds.

You will be based within the Early Intervention Multi Agency Team within and work closely with Social Care colleagues.

You will be expected to work flexibly, including weekends and evenings and will be required to travel outside of Derby City when needed.

You should have experience of working with vulnerable families/children and have a genuine commitment to completing quality assessments that will inform permanency for children and young people within safeguarding thresholds and the court arena.

Please contact Michelle Astle on (01332 642225) or Sarah Cadle for further information on (01332 642567)

Next Steps

The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on Friday 5 April 2024. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.

Interviews will be held: Monday 22 April 2024

Important Information

Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.

As part of our safer recruitment checks the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.

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Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.

Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.

We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.

Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.

If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at recruitmentteam@derby.gov.uk. https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/