Service: Isle of Man Family Support
Salary: starting at £32,567 FTE per annum, rising to £35,436 FTE per annum
Location: Douglas, IM1, Isle of Man
Hours: Full-time (37 hours per week)
We offer flexible working arrangements - please see below for more details.
Contract: Permanent
Family Action & the Role's Impact:At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis.
It's what we've done for over 150 years.
We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.
We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK and the Isle of Man today.
This is an exciting opportunity to improve outcomes for children and families across all areas of the Isle of Man; through working directly with families who need early help and support and those with more complex needs.
Main Responsibilities:Continuously assess the needs of children, young people, and their parents; supporting a multi-agency approach to assessment and planning.Work in a variety of settings, in particular the home environment, to develop realistic and achievable action plans, in consultation with children, young people and their parents, which are based on their assessed needs and written in a way that is easy for them to understand.Agree targets, in consultation with parents and children, and monitor, evaluate and measure progress against them.
Capture evidence of the distance travelled in terms of positive changes, using the Family Star (outcomes measurement tool).Main Requirements:Interest in improving outcomes for children and families across all areas of the Isle of Man.Experience relevant for your effectiveness in the role would need to have been gained from working with children and families in their own home, or in an educational setting.Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service – Children's Barred List.Benefits:An annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days, rising each April by one day, subject to a maximum of 30 working days plus bank holidays.Up to 6% matched-pension contributions.Flexible working arrangements and new starters have the right to make flexible working requests from day one of employment.Enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions.Eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers.Cycle to work scheme.Investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities.We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement.
We are a people-focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.
To Apply:Complete the digital application.Closing Date: 3rd January 2025 at 23:59 (midnight).For direct queries or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or flexible working requests, please email: ******
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview.
We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action.
We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support.
We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role, and will reimburse your travel cost if you attend an interview.
*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.
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