Herts Legal Service - Hertfordshire County Council
FGC Coordinator
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FGC Coordinator
Salary: £39,481 progressing to £43,149 per annum
Location: Hertfordshire
About The Role
As an FGC coordinator, you will be coordinating and facilitating Family Group Conferences which will involve direct work with children and families.
As an FGC coordinator, you will be working alongside the Multi Agency Child Protection Teams, to ensure every family has been offered the opportunity to have an FGC. You will be an integral part of the team, promoting the benefits of bringing families together to create a plan of support for their children. This will involve offering referral discussions with practitioners and visiting families to empower them to see the benefits of having an FGC.
This role offers the opportunity to primarily work with families who are being supported under a Child Protection Plan or have entered the PLO Process / Court Proceedings.
As a coordinator you will need to be self-motivated, dynamic and organised, with an experience and passion to help empower children and families to come together and create a family plan, to support positive change.
Essential
- Experience of working in child social care or a similar setting
- Experience of and commitment to delivering high-quality work for families, children, and young people
- Direct experience of children and young people’s participation
- An understanding and ability to manage groups and meetings
- Ability to understand and manage complex family dynamics and needs of CYP
- To be able to demonstrate a commitment to the Family Group Conference model of practice, and a knowledge and commitment to a solution focused approach
- Ability to be flexible in your working hours, evenings and weekends may be required to meet the needs of this role
- This is an essential car user post. You will be required to provide a car for use in connection with the duties of this post and must be insured for business use
- Excellent communication skills with the confidence to engage with different partner agencies
- Proficient use of IT packages such as Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, MS Teams, email
- A commitment to anti-discriminatory practices in employment and service provision
- Driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes
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Desirable
- A knowledge of Family Group Conferencing would be helpful and if trained, this would be advantageous
- A knowledge of child protection procedures and the Care Proceedings process
- A social work qualification or professional equivalent qualification. You must be registered with SW England if you are Social Worker
- Experience of mediation, advocacy, and participation
How To Apply
As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.
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- We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role
- This job role is Level 10. Please locate the job profile here: Job profiles - Health and social care
- Hertfordshire County Council is undergoing Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). If you are employed by Hertfordshire County on 1 April 2028, it is expected that most roles will transfer to the newly-created unitary councils on existing terms and conditions under TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings – Protection of Employment) principles. To find out more, visit https://www.hertfordshire-lgr.co.uk/
- We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post
- This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check
- You’ll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations
- The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.
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