Senior Family Time Supervisor/Care Manager

Senior Family Time Supervisor/Care Manager (5379)

Job Description

Permanent contract | 37 hours per week | £29,269 to £31,364 per annum (Grade G) | Norwich 

Senior Family Time Supervisor  

Family Time Supervisors are responsible for planning, supervising and assessing Family Time for children and young people who are at risk of significant harm, with a focus on the child’s security and promoting their well-being.  

As the Senior Family Time Supervisor, you will contribute to the delivery and assessment of interventions with complex families, with Social Care Team guidance. 

You will undertake a senior role within the team, assisting the Family Time Centre Manager in the delivery of the Family Time Service and playing a key role in delivering an Intensive Family Assessment service. 

  You will provide intensive support, advice and guidance and work with vulnerable children and their families, in their own homes, as part of a time-limited assessment to assess the safety of children living within their family home and local communities. 

You will work as part of the locality team alongside a range of other professionals including Social Workers, Health Visitors, CAMHS, Educational Psychologists, special educational needs services and education providers. You will align services to meet the needs of children and their families. 

  You will encourage and develop innovative solutions in family work, both as a whole family and for individual family members using a Signs of Safety methodology that values and promotes family participation.   

  Risk assessed and remotely supported lone working will be a feature of the role, managing adherence to NCC Lone working policies and guidance is essential in this role. 

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specificationto help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.  

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council: 

• Competitive salary 
• Generous holiday entitlement with the ability to buy and sell leave 
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service 
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need.   
• Financial benefits such as: 

• ‘Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discount programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out. 
• A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers 
• Relocation expenses (where applicable) 
• An advance of your expenses if you travel for work 
• Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions. 
• A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job.  
• Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension, new bikes and electric cars. 

You can find information on our Terms and Conditions here. 

Already a Norfolk County Council employee? please apply using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email. 

Closing date: 24 March 2024

About Us

We have miles of beautiful coastline and our unique Broads, thriving market towns and a city with a proud cultural heritage.  Our economy is growing and driven by innovation in a number of sectors, including energy and food.  We also have ambitious plans for new housing and a building programme for schools across Norfolk.  Our county a great place to live, work and visit, and is an excellent environment for businesses to start, grow and innovate.

We are the main local authority for Norfolk providing services countywide to more than 850,000 Norfolk residents. We take the lead in critical policy areas, working with 84 elected Members responsible for the strategic local government services in the county.
We provide a high quality service through involving people who use our services to shape and comment on them and by promoting efficiency and innovation.
We work in partnership with local businesses, voluntary organisations and other local authorities such as District and Parish Councils to provide the people of Norfolk with excellent services.