Early Help Case Manager

(Job Reference: FUT05).

At Futures we lead by example. People are at the heart of everything that we do, and we’re determined to help the people we work with be the best they can be. We put people first when it comes to our workforce; a happy and motivated team is vital to us and most of our people have been with us for years – so we like to think we’re pretty good at taking care of them.

It’s good for you, it’s great for us, and even better for the people we support.

The Role:

We have a number of exciting “Early Help Case Manager” opportunities within the Family Service, with positions available in all three locality teams - North (Newark and Sherwood, Bassetlaw), South (Broxtowe, Gedling and Rushcliffe) and West (Mansfield and Ashfield).

As an Early Help Case Manager, you will act as a lead professional for children and families who are in need of whole family support at Level 3 of the Nottinghamshire Pathway to Provision. You will complete a holistic child and family assessment, devise a family action plan to meet identified needs, and lead a multi-agency team around the family (including chairing multi-agency meetings).

The families you will be working with will be experiencing two or more of the following “Supporting Families” issues:

- Staying Safe in the Community - Parents or children involved in crime or anti-social behaviour
- Getting a good education and skills for life - Children who have not been attending school regularly
- Improving Children’s Life Chances - Children of all ages who are in need of  Early Help
- Improving Living Standards - Adults out of work or at risk of financial exclusion or young people at risk of worklessness
- Staying safe in relationships - Families affected by domestic violence and abuse
- Living well, improving physical mental health and well-being – Parents or children with physical health or mental health concerns
- Requirements: Successful applicants will have a qualification at Level 4 or above in a relevant field (for example -Health and Social Care or Early Years Studies) and will have at least three years of experience of working with children and families.

What we can offer:

- Work life balance with sociable hours Monday to Friday (9 to 5).
- Continual training and upskilling (including IEP and other courses).
- Working with a great team and caring organisation.
- Pay scales offering increase in salary based on performance.
- Opportunity to develop and make a career in the employment sector.

Benefits:

- Pension Plus Plan: Automatic enrolment into the People’s Pension scheme with 5% employer contribution and 3% employee contribution.
- Holidays: 25 days Annual leave + 8 Bank Holidays during first year of service increasing to 30 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10.
- Westfield Health insurance covering optical and dental appointments and 24/7 counselling and advice.
- Westfield Rewards: Access to special offers on goods and services from 450 leading online and high street retailers
- Holiday Plus: Opportunity to buy additional leave after a year’s service.
- Protection of Loss of No Claims Bonus/Excess Insurance Scheme: Designed to provide a measure of compensation for Loss of Bonus or payment of Excess,
- Travel Schemes: Schemes with Nottingham City Transport and Tram network to provide discounted rates for regular bus and tram travel.

To apply please submit your CV and a supporting statement which matches your skills to our Person Specification which you can find on our Job Description to recruitment@the-futures-group.com,

Your supporting statement will be used for shortlisting so please ensure to attach this to your application!

Please also note that the entire recruitment process will be conducted digitally given the current restrictions arising from the COVID-19 situation.

Closing date: 27th May 2022.

Disability Confident:

As a Disability Confident employer, we undertake to interview disabled people who meet the minimum essential criteria as detailed on the person specification. If you have a disability, please make this known in your application.

*Futures is supportive of job share working arrangements wherever possible. If this were something you are interested in, we would encourage you to discuss this during the selection process.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks prior and during employment.