Are you looking for a flexible weekend role that allows you to have a work life balance ? We are recruiting Weekend Part Time Child Contact supervisors to work across our two contact centres in Hassocks and Haywards Heath, West Sussex and the Sussex community. Applicants must be available to work weekly on Sundays.
Our family time supervisors oversee supervised child contact sessions between a parent and child in our Haywards Heath and Hassocks Child Contact Centres and the Sussex community so it is essential that candidates are happy to travel and undertake lone working with a family in the community as well as in our centres. Travel time is paid for community based work but not when you are working in our two centres.
As a Child Contact Supervisor, you’ll play a crucial role in facilitating safe and supportive family time between children and their non-resident parents or significant others. You’ll oversee these sessions ensuring that the environment remains positive and safe for the children and writing a report. The children we work with may be living with a parent, an extended family member or foster carer.
At the present time we need people able to work Sundays but there may be the opportunity to cover other sessions due to staff leave, peak times and as more families use our service based on your general availability and our needs. Whilst the sessions are often weekly (typically around 2-3 hours per family time session) it may only be a few sessions over a weekend that we you will be supervising and lengths vary according to family need.
The nature of our work is demand driven. This is due to new families starting our services, some having less frequent sessions, and others moving on to alternative family arrangements in the long term. Therefore all roles are zero-hour bank contracts. We cannot guarantee minimum hours each week, so please ensure this would work for you before applying.
Occasionally you may also undertake some child transport from a foster placement or school to the contact centres
Essential Skills
- Evidence of prior practical experience of working with children and families
- Excellent written and spoken English as report writing is required.
- You must also be experienced and confident in working independently.
- Ability to work in high pressure environment and against tight deadlines.
- Computer owner, with access to Word for writing reports
- Good numeracy as detailed time sheet recording is required.
Additional information:
- All employees must have an Enhanced DBS check certificate covering the child workforce (less than three years old) or willingness to apply and pay for one if successful.
- Own a car and willing to get business use cover on your car insurance, if requested to undertake child contact services
This is an employed position, the salary is:
£14ph Monday to Friday
£15ph Saturday
£16ph Sunday
We also pay you for report writing, which is chargeable at £14
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: £14.00-£16.00 per hour
Application question(s):
- What town do you live in ?
- Please give a general indication to your availability each week for this role
Experience:
- working with families and children: 2 years (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- Licence to drive in UK and car owner (required)
- Enhanced DBS dated within 3 years for child workforce (preferred)
Work Location: In person
