Early Help Professional

2 weeks ago

ChesterleStreet, Durham, United Kingdom Bracknell Forest Council Full time
The Early Help Service consists of a multi-disciplinary team that works with children, young people and families.

We work closely with a range of partners including Children's Social Care, schools, housing and health providers and other community services.

Here in Bracknell Forest, everything we do is about changing families lives for the better.

You will be supported to help children and families to achieve their potential, ensure their voices are heard and that they are safe and protected.

As part of the Early Help service, you will be given responsibility right from the start, alongside which you will be given the support to utilise your skills and experiences to ensure families and young people receive the best possible support, because we are Bracknell Forest.

What it's like working in our team


You will be part of the council's Early Help service with experience working with families, young people and children with a range of needs.

As a team you will contribute to our 'can do' approach by being flexible and responsive to the unique needs of each family, child and young person you are supporting.

You will need to combine the ability to work both independently and collaboratuively, supporting team colleagues and representing the service where this is required.

You will be supported to carry out the following duties and responsibilities....

  • To manage a caseload of families who may have complex and unique needs and linking them to a range of universal and targeted services, taking into account their individual and cultural experiences.
  • To undertake and oversee comprehensive family assessments and develop supportive interventions that reflect the needs identified, taking into account your duty to safeguard vulnerable adults and children.
  • To establish and maintain effective and collaborative working relationships with statutory and voluntary agencies to ensure a consistent and high standard of service for families in the borough.
  • To deliver programmes and group work where appropriate and coordinate a Team Around the Family approach that enables children, young people and families to be resilient and make positive life choices.
  • To work closely and creatively with the local communities, voluntary organisations, childcare and education provisions (019 years), and partner agencies to establish and connect to appropriate services for care and support.
  • To work within established procedures for handling and assessing information, notably confidentiality, safeguarding and health and safety, undertaking risk assessments where appropriate and ensuring appropriate and timely support packages.
The benefits you will experience are

  • An inclusive and social working environment
  • Flexible working opportunities including a flexitime scheme
  • Generous annual leave entitlement
  • Regular opportunities for development with internal and external training courses
  • A great office location next to travel links and the regenerated town centre
  • Internal sports and social club opportunities
  • Discounted leisure centre and gym membership
  • Supermarket discount
  • An interest free loan for a rail season ticket
What we're looking for

The role includes, although is not limited to:

  • Creating positive and engaging relationships with families, children and young people
  • Responding to identified needs and seeking additional advice and support from professional and community networks where specialist knowledge or experience as required.
  • Operating with a high level of care across all relevant agencies and services to ensure that children's and adults safeguarding thresholds are adhered to, with particular regard to criminal exploitation, domestic abuse.
  • Good knowledge of local support groups within the borough to enable community integration and settlement support.
  • Maintaining accurate and comprehensive case records and deliver and review individual and family support plans in line with service standards and case recording protocols and GDPR requirements.

Key relationships


Proven experience of building collaborative, sustainable and effective relationships with relevant professional networks including schools, housing, adult services, health services, children's social care, third sector, other council services that have touch points with early help.


Behaviours

  • Ability to think creatively to solve problems and inspire others, by example, to be innovative.
  • Ability to prioritise your workload that places service users and their voice at the centre of decision making.
  • Ability to challenge practice and where necessary implement support mechanisms that enable practitioners to flourish and develop.
  • Ability to provide concise, accurate and informative written reports and verbal updates.
  • Ability to lead by example and respond confidently to situations to deliver high quality services.
  • Ability to both work as a selfmotivated individual and a team player, creating an inclusive worki

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