Family Worker

3 weeks ago

Blandford Forum, United Kingdom Dorset Councils Full time

Organisation
- Dorset Council
- Location
- Blandford Forum, North Dorset
- Reference
- 61052674A
- Occupational group
- Health and Social Care - Children's
- Salary details
- £12,248 - £14,185
- Job term
- Part Time
- Appointment type
- Fixed Term
- Contact
- Helen Shorrocks
- Contact telephone
- 01258 474140
- Closing Date
- 17 September 2023

**Family Worker - EEH (Fixed term until 31**st** March 2024)**

**18.50 hours**

**£12,248 - £14,185**

**North Locality**

You will be supported by a wider Early Help team in North and East localities, your experience a robust induction and ongoing workforce development opportunities alongside caring and passionate practitioners who, like you, are eager to make a difference for our Dorset residents. You will benefit from working in a demanding but supportive environment with opportunities to work as part of a multi-agency team. If you are considering a career in social work, family support or education, this is an exciting opportunity to expand and test your skills.

**What you can expect to be doing**:

- You will be supported by a wider Early Help team in North and East localities, your experience a robust induction and ongoing workforce development opportunities alongside caring and passionate practitioners who, like you, are eager to make a difference for our Dorset residents. You will benefit from working in a demanding but supportive environment with opportunities to work as part of a multi-agency team. If you are considering a career in social work, family support or education, this is an exciting opportunity to expand and test your skills.
- The postholder will undertake welfare checks as part of our duties to provide support to adults and children arriving from Ukraine, to ensure they are safe and well in their host families and are connected to the communities they live in (e.g., GP registration, early years provision, school places, positive activities)
- Welfare checks will be undertaken for both adults and adults travelling with children
- The postholder may identify need of ongoing early help and will create an early help plan with the family to ensure they receive the right help at the right time
- Guests may experience housing moves and will require continued support

The postholder may also:

- Undertake 1:1, group, and outreach work
- Deliver direct work with children, young people, parents and families in the family home and other community locations
- Undertake whole family assessments and develop, deliver and monitor plans in partnership with families and other partners to improve outcomes for children
- Convene and attend team around the family meetings and reviews
- Use relevant case management systems, databases and business intelligence tools as directed by the Team Manager
- Act as a link officer for schools or settings to enable early conversations about those who may benefit from help and support
- Deliver evidence informed group work
- Facilitate access to positive activities
- Provide information, advice and guidance to children, young people and families
- Develop an understanding of the range of services and assets in the locality and share these with colleagues, partners, children, young people and families
- Take a proactive approach to the delivery of early help and support
- Co-work cases with other professionals including social workers
- Act as the lead professional for families, drawing on the skills and expertise of colleagues in the locality

**About you**:
You will need to be a caring and considerate person who wants the very best for children, young people and their families. You will be an excellent communicator, be able to organise your time well and willing to work around the needs of families.

Required by law, and/or essential to the performance of the role:
GSCE Maths and English or relevant equivalent qualification.

Please refer to the Job Description and Context Statement and ensure you meet the essential criteria.

This post requires significant travel. You must have a vehicle (or transport we deem suitable) available for use as needed.

See our policy on safeguarding children and young people.

See our adult safeguarding policy.

**Dorset Council: A great place to work**

We’re passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.

At Dorset Council we:

- provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
- have ambitious aspirations
- are excited about our future
- care about Dorset and all the people who live here
- know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success

You will:

- have access to a range of employee benefits
- be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
- have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a

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