New Beginnings Worker

The Family Group Conference and New Beginnings team in Early Intervention have an exciting opportunity for a part-time New Beginnings Worker as a one-year fixed term post.

Your next role

We are looking to appoint a New Beginnings Worker as a one-year fixed term post to add to our established team. We will offer you a detailed induction package and training to support and develop you in this role.

Swindon Borough Council’s New Beginnings Service is an innovative programme, which will provide support to a woman (and their partners) who have lost a child through Care Proceedings. The aim of the programme is to work with couples/women to resolve the issues that resulted in their child(ren) being removed.

In the event of an unplanned pregnancy, the New Beginnings Programme will provide guidance on effective parenting while also trying to address the issues that resulted in previous children being removed.  The post holder will work with the mother rather than the children.

The role of the New Beginnings Worker will act as a single point of contact between the woman/couple and other agencies, ensuring that the agreed individually tailored plan is implemented. You may also be required to provide an assessment of the progress a women/couple has made and could be involved in the delivery of bespoke group work programmes for women/couples.

Our work involves close liaison and joint work with other service providers as part of an integrated team for children and their families. You will be responsible for networking with other agencies and will be pivotal in updating them with the progress of The New Beginnings Programme.

The post holder will offer practical and emotional support to women/couples; empowering them to access and utilise the support on offer. This will require a degree of tenacity and determination in some cases. Recognised qualification in a relevant field i.e. family work, social care, housing, youth and community or an ability to demonstrate recent, relevant and substantial experience.

We are a passionate team who are forward thinking and who strive for continuous improvement. If you share these values and behaviours and have the necessary skills then we look forward to hearing from you.

You must be fluent in the English language (as a requirement of Part 7 of the Immigration Act “for the effective performance of a customer-facing role”).

Your next package

Please see our Rewards and Benefits offer for more details.

As an employee, you will receive a diverse and exciting environment in which to work, encouraging creativity and innovation whilst recognising the need to support ongoing personal development and a flexible work life balance.

For Swindon to thrive in the future, we need to lay the foundations now. It’s why our regeneration and transformation programmes are already underway. So, you’ll be joining us at an exciting time on our journey. We’ll look to you to share your knowledge, influence decisions and drive real, positive change. With your contributions, we’ll achieve our vision of a prosperous, re-vitalised Swindon together. And you’ll be proud to say it was made better with you.

Please see our Vision and Values page for more details.

Your next steps

As an inclusive employer, we welcome applications from a diverse range of communities, and in particular disabled people and people from ethnic minorities. Read our statement of commitment to equality & inclusion.

Read the role profile and select the Apply button where you will be redirected to the Swindon Borough Council website to complete our online application process. Clicking the ‘Apply’ button on this job website is not an application, you must register on the Swindon Borough Council website in order to be considered for the role.

Potential applicants are sometimes put off if they don’t meet 100% of the requirements. We think individual experience, skills and passion make all the difference, so if you meet the majority of the criteria, then we would love to hear from you.

For further information about the role please contact Lisa McNally, Family Group and New Beginnings Manager at lmcnally@swindon.gov.uk

If you are experiencing technical issues submitting your application please email resourcing@swindon.gov.uk