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Family Group Conference & Lifelong Links Practice Adviser
Key details
- Hours: 35 hours per week. Flexible requests (including less than 35 hrs) will be considered and should be specified in application form
- Salary: NJC scale PO4 – £46,142 to £49,282 (plus £3,650 if London-based, and 5% pension contribution)
- Leave: 27 days per year (increasing to 30 days) + 3 days at Christmas + bank holiday entitlement
Family Rights Group’s vision is a society in which families can thrive and all children have loving relationships to turn to throughout life.
Our mission is to ensure that the child welfare and family justice system support children to live safely and thrive within their family, while strengthening the family and community ties of those children who cannot live at home. Founded in 1974, our work combines commitment to human rights and social justice with expertise in child welfare law, policy and practice.
Family Rights Group has been at the forefront of introducing family group conferences (FGCs) in the UK since the 1990s and in their promotion. Our ambition is that FGCs become a common approach across the child welfare system to embed partnership working between families and the state to address needs and resolve safeguarding concerns in relation to a child.
In 2016 Family Rights Group collaborated with a number of local authorities and other stakeholders, including young people in care, their families, foster carers and social workers to develop Lifelong Links. The aim of Lifelong Links is to ensure that children in care have a positive support network to help them practically and emotionally during their time in care and later as young adults.
We are seeking a new practice adviser to deliver training, consultancy and support for Family Group Conference and Lifelong Links services. A skilled and motivated professional with a background in FGCs, Lifelong Links and working directly with young people and their families. You will be able to apply your expertise to the context of training and consultancy as part of an exciting and growing programme.
Benefits of working for Family Rights Group include:
- a generous pension (5% employer contribution)
- 27 days holiday allowance (rising to 30), plus 3 additional days at the end of the year
- playing a key role in a nationally-recognised and growing programme
- a wide-ranging Employee Assistance Programme for all staff and other well-being initiatives, including a cycle to work scheme
- joining a small team of committed staff in a values-driven organisation.
We welcome flexible requests including home or hybrid-working. Below is a full job description and person specification for the role. Please read it carefully before applying.
The charity is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of its work, including employment. As a member of the care leaver friendly employer charter, we welcome applicants who have care experience, or who were raised in kinship care into this role.
We are committed to being a disability confident employer. As well as providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process, we are actively seeking applicants with disabilities for our roles.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role please contact Nicola Lines, Senior FGC and Lifelong Links Practice Adviser [email protected].
The closing date for this role is Monday 14th September at 9am.
Interviews will be provisionally held online on Thursday 24th September.
To apply, kindly submit an application form and equal opportunities monitoring form to [email protected] by 14th September.
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