Coventry is passionate about creating something special.
Here in Coventry, we listen to you, and we absolutely mean what we say.
Coventry Children’s Services are embarking on an exciting journey to deliver support to families and children differently.
Coventry have secured a £4m grant from the Government’s Strengthening Families, Protecting Children (SFPC) programme which will allow a focus on working with families through building better relationships with families and children.
What Is The Family Valued Programme?
Family Valued Strengthening Families is designed to spread restorative practice across children’s services.
A key element is the focus on Strengthening Families through Relationship Based Practice. There is a desire to empower and enable families to find solutions, to build their own networks and for families to make changes, build resilience and most of all to remain together.
Why Coventry Children’s Services?
Coventry is passionate about creating something special, where families are valued, where risks are managed with the family, and where families are empowered and enabled to do it differently.
We believe that families are the experts into their own lives, and we want to embrace this and create change through this; by taking the lead in their plans, in their support package and in decision making.
Leaving children services having to only intervene where there are no other options.
Coventry Children’s Services is on a journey to do better and is committed to achieving this.
Working with Leeds Local Authority will enhance the pace of change and further achieve the best possible outcomes for children, young people and families in the city.
We want to pride ourselves on building relationships with families and partners and hold respectful, non-discriminatory, unbiased and non-judgemental practice at the centre of all we do.
Children’s services have acquired some excellent feedback and compliments from families about the services they receive, but we know we can do even better!
Building a service based on relationship and restorative based practice in line with our Signs of Safety methodology and the family valued model enables children services to only intervene when it has to, enabling the opportunity for the family to have more control.
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£43,857 – £49,449
The role is key to embedding the new strengthening family’s approach and will develop and embed restorative practice across the service.
You will manage the co-ordination and implementation of the Family Valued Programme delivery plan establishing formal monitoring and reporting arrangements
Experience of managing a social work team and knowledge of restorative practice approaches within the context of children, young people and families is essential.
You should hold a Professional Social Work Qualification (e.g. Degree, DipSW, CQSW as relevant) with a relevant experience practising as a social worker/practitioner.
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£43,857 – £49,449
We are seeking Team Managers who will have responsibility for managing the Family Group Conference teams within the service and who are as excited as us about the opportunity ahead to strengthen family involvement and relational ways of workings, to safely achieve best outcomes for children in Coventry.
You will need a Dip in SW, CQSW or a Social Work England validated equivalent from another country – Registered with SWE, in -epth knowledge and understanding of principles and processes of Family Group Conferences and significant work experience with children and families within statutory or voluntary sectors; managing and/or delivering Family Group Conferences.
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£37,890 – £44,863
We are looking for Restorative Practice Leads who are committed to making a difference to children through supporting the workforce and other professionals to work restoratively with children and families, this includes a real re-focusing on relationship-based practice WITH children and families in line with the Signs of Safety methodology.
We are looking for practitioners who are acutely aware of their own value base in their work with families, practitioners who are motivated to support families achieve success in the best interests of children and a practitioner who is driven and motivated to influence the culture shift which Coventry Children’s Services is driving forward.
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£32,234 – £38,890
This is an exciting opportunity to support families in making safe decisions and plans for their children within the context of a Family Group Conference.
As a Family Group Conference Coordinator, you will facilitate the Family Group Conference, bringing together children’s support networks of family members and friends to find safe solutions.
You will liaise with and establish effective working relationships with other agencies, departments, the independent sector and providers, in order to engage the best support for families.
You will need a professional relevant qualification and proven experience working with children and families in the field of social work, childcare, education, or child health, educated to first-degree level and /or relevant qualification in relevant field and sound knowledge and understanding of the principles and processes of Family Group Conferencing.
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£32,234 – £38890
The Connected Persons Assessment Team has responsibility for the assessment of Connected Persons who are either being assessed to be foster carers or Special Guardians.
The successful candidate will be responsible for undertaking a range of these assessments. They will also provide supervision and support to Connected Persons foster carers who they are assessing.
The team is committed to providing high levels of support to Connected Persons Foster Carers and Special Guardians and to promoting timely permanence for children in their care.
You should have experience of working with Foster Carers either as a children’s social worker or as a fostering social worker.
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£22,183 – £27,741
We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic Children and Families Worker to work within the Through Care service. This service works with looked-after children and care leavers from 12-25.
You will be focused on strengthening relationships between looked-after children and their families.
You will need to enjoy working with teenagers and have the opportunity to form relationships with children and their families.
You will believe in providing a high-quality service that ensures that the child is at the heart of everything we do.
The future is looking brighter for Coventry and its residents – and we’re proud to be at the heart of it all.