Job Vacancies
A part time option of 30 hours would be considered.
Passionate about listening to, and supporting families?
Vennture is seeking an additional link worker for our Family Mentoring Team. A Vennture Link Worker works alongside families who are finding things tough and need support to overcome the barriers they are facing to reach their full potential.
- You will have experience, be resilient and be passionate about wanting to making a difference to children and families.
- You may have gone through family challenges and are keen to help others?
- It is important that you understand that parenting can be difficult and challenging and are able to work with diverse family situations in a non-judgemental way.
- We will provide opportunities for training, but any knowledge and experience of parenting, special needs, mental health, domestic abuse, isolation and loneliness will be beneficial to the role.
- You will have the ability to provide concise, accurate and informative written reports and verbal updates.
- You will have the ability to both work as a self-motivated individual and a team player
- You will need to be a car driver with access to a car.
You will be fully trained in our relational approach and supported to carry out the following duties and responsibilities…
- Come alongside families and find out what support they feel they need using Vennture’s personalised journey mapping tool
- Provide practical parenting and emotional support to help all members of the family build confidence and begin the journey of achieving sustainable change.
- Liaise and work with schools and other agencies who can offer support for the family.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with statutory and voluntary agencies to ensure a high standard of service to families
- Work within established procedures for handling information, both confidentially and taking account of safeguarding and assessing risk.
- You will work within a strong supportive team of link workers and volunteers who are passionate about making a difference for families.
- You will work in our lovely riverside office, close to the city centre where there is plenty of space to work collaboratively and talk through problems over a piece of cake!
- Supported and full induction programme and robust safe working protocols
- You will automatically be enrolled into Vennture’s workplace pension NEST and be covered by our non-contributory life insurance policy
- Membership of discount buying schemes
An application form and the job description are available to download above or you can e-mail julia.over@vennture.org.uk to request this or phone the office on 0330 20 20 730.
Closing Date:- May 19th, 2024 at 5pm
Interview Date: May 29th, 2024
Vennture adheres to Safer Recruiting principles and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
Vennture is committed to the promotion of equality of opportunity and to creating and sustaining an environment that values and celebrates the diversity of its board members, its employees and volunteers and that our services are accessible, equal and fair to all.
This commitment is central to Vennture’s vision to ‘Love People Better’.