Knowsley Family Support Team Leader

Who we are

Safe Families is a Christian, community based charity that seeks to empower local volunteers, predominately from the church, to engage with those most at need. We exist to create relationship and connection, offering support, hope and belonging to improve the lives of those in our communities, because everyone deserves to belong.

Working hand-in-hand with Children’s Services and local authorities, we link children, young people and families with local volunteers who can offer help and support. Working with a large volunteer base Safe Families assists families in crisis by offering remote support, respite care to children and befriending to struggling parents and carers.

Role Overview

The Family Support Team Leader is a key leadership role taking end-end operational oversight of families and facilitating support from volunteers recruited from the local church and community.

You would work as part of the North West team which includes Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cumbria, Merseyside and Lancashire, and you will need to be able to travel and work predominantly across Knowsley. As well as travelling to line manage colleagues in Cumbria and Lancashire.

The Family Support Team Leader will have line management responsibility for the Family Support Managers in the area.  The Family Support Team are involved from initial referral from school or Local Authority, through to official completion of Safe Families’ support, including risk assessment of a family situation, identifying goals, matching and introducing volunteers, providing on-going mentoring and support to volunteers and assessing when outcomes have been achieved.

The objective is to help support families navigating challenging circumstances through connecting them into local volunteer based, sustainable support. In addition to providing oversight for all family support within the team the Team Leader will also hold a small number of families.

The role requires experience of working with children, families or other vulnerable groups, and knowledge and application of safeguarding principles and processes.  It is an incredibly exciting role where you would have the privilege of seeing how the simplest of actions, often from dedicated volunteers, really can bring hope and transformation to families and care leavers.

The successful applicant will also qualify for enrolment onto Safe Families’ bespoke leadership training and development programme.

How to Apply

If you are interested in this role then we would love to hear from you!

For more information and to apply go to https://safefamilies.uk/vacancies/. 

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