Get2gether Worker

The Service & Team:

There are three Get2gether teams across Cornwall that have the responsibility to co-ordinate and deliver get2gether (contact) services for children, young people and their families in collaboration with key partners.

Get2gether service runs from our designated get2gether buildings, but get2gethers can also happen in other settings in the community for example Family Hubs. The teams work on an area basis and therefore travel is essential across the geographical area. 

Get2gether workers work closely with social work colleagues and other professionals to deliver a key service to support an agreed goal.  

 

The Role:

The role of the Get2gether worker is an exciting opportunity to work with a wide range of children from birth to 16 years, so good knowledge of child development is required. You will be required to support the child to have a safe, positive get2gether with their parents and significant others in a safe secure setting or out in the community depending on the family’s needs.

Position available: 

• West, Permanent & Full time (37 hours) - Camborne
• East, Permanent & Full time (37 hours) - Liskeard
• Mid, Permanent & Full time (37 hours) - Truro

 

Get2gether arrangements support children to maintain relationships with key family members when they cannot live at home. 

As a Get2gether worker, you alongside your colleagues and you will support and facilitate a range of get2gethers/contacts for children, young people and their families. You will complete detailed observations that will feed in to social work reports and interventions. 

You will work with a range of professionals towards a shared and common goal under the support and direction of the area Get2gether Co-Ordinator. 

Your role will be to observe, offer support and guidance around parenting and modelling play. Your observations will feed in to parenting assessments that can be used in the court arena. 

This role will require you to be flexible with your hours and to be able to drive to various locations and to transport some children to and from the get2gether.

This role will require an enhanced Disclosure & Barred List check.

This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.                       

This position will be subject to a enhanced criminal record disclosure check. 

 

Working Pattern:

Workers will be expected to be flexible in the working day and hours will vary depending on requests for get2gethers. You will be expected to work on a rota for Saturdays doing one in three.

 

What you’ll need to succeed:

You will need to have a level 3 qualification in a child/family related field e.g. child care, child development. You will need to evidence experience of working with children and/or their families. Demonstrate a high level of understanding of child development and the impact it has on good outcomes along with a robust knowledge and understanding of the challenges and complexities faced by children, young people and their families. 

Please provide the above information in your application. 

 

Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert

What you’ll get in return:

Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

• a competitive salary.
• a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
• a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
• A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
• Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.

 

Additional Information:

Please note, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

The full role profile is attached here 

We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.

For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact:

Suzanne Sutcliffe on 07891860597 suzanne.sutcliffe@cornwall.gov.uk 

Sue Little on 07772565591 sue.little@cornwall.gov.uk

Hollie Woodford on 07551730009 hollie.woodford@cornwall.gov.uk

 

Application Process

Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process.

Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.

Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.

Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year. Working here - Cornwall Council

  

We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - flexible working options.

 

Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender reassignment status, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.

 

Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.