SSAFA – Personal and Family support worker- Cranwell

About the role

We are recruiting for a full time Personal and Family Support Worker (PFSW) based at RAFC Cranwell to join our team.

• The PFSW will provide direct and impactful welfare support to our service users which include RAF personnel and their immediate families.
• PFSW intervention with serving personnel and families, is provided with consent on a non-statutory basis.
• There will be opportunities to develop and add to existing skills and knowledge base in the Social Care field.
• You will be required to conduct need assessments for our service users to plan and create appropriate interventions.
• You will be required to deliver SSAFA briefings/presentations to the RAF Community on a regular basis.
• You will be working closely with Station Personal Support and Community teams, relevant Local Authorities, Health, other civilian agencies as well as other military organisations and charities.
• Find out more about the 30+ year history of the Personal Support & Social Work Service and hear from a team member at RAF St Mawgan on our careers page

About the Team

The Personal Support & Social Work Service (PS & SWS) is a non-statutory, confidential service, for the Royal Air Force community, with a presence on RAF stations and MOD locations across the UK.

This role is located at RAFC Cranwell, part of the friendly and supportive East Region.  We are a hard-working team, from diverse professional backgrounds, dispersed across the East of England.  Although we all have our own area of responsibility, we support each other in delivering the best possible service to the military community.

About you

To carry out this role successfully you will have:

• Demonstrable experience of working in the field of Health and Social care or equivalent alternative experience.
• Experience of carrying out assessments, preparing plans, monitoring, and reviewing outcomes.
• Excellent skills in prioritisation and organisation of caseload.
• Comprehensive IT skills including MS Office and case management systems.
• It is essential that you have access to a vehicle and have a full driving licence and be able to travel as required.

About SSAFA

SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity is a trusted source of practical, emotional, and financial support for serving personnel, veterans and their families in their time of need. In 2021 our trained teams of volunteers and employees helped more than 66,000 people, from Second World War veterans to those who have served in more recent conflicts, or currently serving (both regulars and reserves), and their families.

SSAFA understands that behind every uniform is a person. And we are here for that person and their family, any time they need us and in any way they need us.

Diversity and Inclusion at SSAFA

SSAFA exists to support a diverse range of beneficiaries within the armed forces community, and we believe diversity within our teams is key to ensuring we can deliver our services effectively. We thrive on differences and believe it is critical to our success as a worldwide charity. SSAFA is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We therefore encourage applications from all genders, races, religions, ages and sexual orientations, as well as parents, veterans, people living with disabilities, and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to our business.

SSAFA is committed to using the Disclosure & Barring Service to ensure we, as an employer, safeguard those we serve.

Further information about the role

View the full job description here.

View the benefits that SSAFA has to offer here.

If you have any queries or would like to speak to someone about this role, please contact Sara Warren on 07387253437 for an informal discussion.

No agencies please. Any unsolicited submissions from agencies will be accepted as a direct application from the candidate and no fees will be payable.

How to apply

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If you need any adjustments to support you with the application process, please contact recruitment@ssafa.org.uk .

Closing date: Midnight on Sunday 25 June 23.  SSAFA reserves the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Interviews – This is a two-stage process.  Successful short-listed candidates will be invited to an initial online interview on Thursday 06 July / Friday 07th July, this is likely to take 30 minutes.  After further shortlisting, successful candidates will be invited to a second formal in-person interview, which will be held on Wednesday 12 July 23 at RAFC Cranwell.  For this interview you will be required to provide a ten-minute presentation on a subject that will be given to you ahead of the interview.