Parenting Worker

Parenting Workers are part of Cornwall Council’s Early Help team and form part of the Family Hub offer to children, young people and families (aged minus nine months to nineteen years) The Early Help team is made up of Family Workers, Youth Workers and Parenting Workers and aims to identify a problem at an early stage and provide purposeful and effective help to avoid escalation of need and risk.

Parenting Workers deliver a range of evidence based parenting programmes and approaches for example Incredible Years 0-12, Passionate About series, Take 3, Living with Parents and will promote these amongst partner agencies including education, health, and voluntary and community sector. Parenting Workers play a key role in increasing the engagement of vulnerable and target groups and will work with parents/carers in a group or 1-2-1 in a variety of settings or in the family home.

We currently have a Vacancy in West Cornwall based in the Penwith team (Penzance, Hayle and St Ives areas) for 4 days a week

All roles involve travelling so having access to a vehicle is essential.

For any queries regarding the role, please contact:

Velichka Colman, Family Hub Coordinator - velichka.colman@cornwall.gov.uk or 07483 166 569

OR

Helen Salmon, Early Help Locality Service Manager - helen.salmon@cornwall.gov.uk or 07581 064 503

This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.

Please view the role profile here, your application will need to demonstrate how you meet the required criteria. Please ensure you answer all of the pre-screening questions in full, within the application form. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process. Please do not upload any additional documentation in support of this application. Applications will be considered based on the screening questions and qualifications and experience details provided within the application form only. Any further attachments will not be considered when the recruiting managers are shortlisting for interview.

Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g. race, disability, sex, gender, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.

Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.

Whilst the location/work-base for this role has been specified our evolving ways of working means that the role may require you to also work remotely (e.g. from home/other locations). We will discuss this with you during the recruitment process.

This position will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.

More information about working for Cornwall Council is available here.

We are happy to talk about flexible working options.