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Parent Support Advisor
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Sheffield City Council
We offer a wide range of employment opportunities providing so many services to the people of Sheffield. You can really build your career in something that interests you. We offer a good package of employee benefits with * Flexible hours * Full and part-time working * Career development * Generous holiday entitlements * A good final salary pension scheme We are committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the diversity of the community we serve. We aim to provide a high quality service to the people of Sheffield. If you've got the qualities to help us achieve this we'd love to hear from you. |
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| Job details: | Children and Families Service are inviting practitioners skilled and experienced in working with families to apply to work as a Parent Support Adviser. We are looking to appoint an individual with a clear commitment to improving the life chances of children, young people and families. As key member of the Multi Agency Support Team in Service Districts you will work in partnership with schools and the wider community to deliver prevention and early intervention support to parents. Building on the strengths and resilience of families you will work with parents to help improve the behaviour and attendance of their children, overcome barriers to learning and increase parental engagement in their children’s learning. Ideally, you will have experience of working within an educational, social services, welfare or voluntary sector setting. A clear understanding of the key issues facing parents and knowledge of social and emotional factors that affect children’s capacity to learn are essential to the role, together with experience of delivering individual or group based support. Experience of successfully implementing a new project or role would be desirable. We value diversity and are committed to recruiting from all sections of the community. The successful candidate will be required to complete a Criminal Records Disclosure form in line with Section 115 of The Police Act 1997. The successful candidate will be required to complete a Criminal Records Disclosure form in line with Section 115 of the Police Act 1997. Sheffield City Council is an equal opportunities employer and has publicly committed to this by signing up to the “Two Ticks – Positive About Disabled People” scheme. This ensures that all disabled applicants, able to demonstrate that they meet the minimum criteria of the job description are guaranteed an interview. It is not enough to tick that you are disabled on the monitoring form, if you are disabled and feel this applies to you, please let us know by quoting:- “I am eligible for a guaranteed interview under the two ticks scheme” on your application form at the bottom of the “Suitability for the Job” section. Please make sure this is written as a separate paragraph to make sure it does not get lost in the content of your application. Post Temporary Until: 31/03/2011 Hours: 37 per week. Strictly no agencies. |
| Degree: | Related. |
| Location: | Sheffield, South Yorkshire |
| Salary: | £19,621 - £21,519. From 1 April 2010: £22,958 - £27,052 |
| Closing date: | Closed Wed 17-Mar-2010 |
| Job ref: | GY/41069/0204 |
| Eligibility: | Applications will only be accepted from candidates who are authorised to work for any UK employer. |
This vacancy has now closed.