Job Description

Responsibilities

• To collect and safely transport children from their placement to the contact venue and return them when the contact has concluded
• To supervise the contact between the children and their parents and ensure that contact requirements and procedures are followed
• To provide a written report on the required template on how the contact has proceeded
• To report any safeguarding concerns that arose during the contact to the Contact Manager and the allocated social worker.
• To assist with the service duty arrangements
• To use various computer applications as required.
• To ensure contact rooms are kept tidy and conform with Health and Safety requirements.
• To attend training sessions as and when required.
• To carry out any other duties that fall within the scope of the job and the grading.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to communicate with children.
• Understanding of car safety legislation when transporting children.
• Ability to form a working relationship with parents whose children are in care.
• Ability to form working relationships with foster carers, social workers and other professional.
• Ability to provide good quality written reports on the key issues that arose during the contact that has been supervised.
• Ability to work independently.
• Understanding of safeguarding issues and when these need to be reported to a more senior member of staff.
• Ability to cover contacts in and outside Birmingham.
• Ability to work flexibly.

Requirements

• Qualification in childcare/or equivalent is desirable.
• Minimum substantial work/voluntary/personal experience of direct work with children under 10 years.

• Hold a current driving licence.

• Have sole use of a car for work purposes.

• Available to work flexibly

If interested, please submit CV and call Varsha on (phone number removed) between 9am to 5pm for more details.