Senior Child and Family Support Worker

6 months ago

Southwark, United Kingdom Southwark Diocesan Welcare Full time

**Job Description: Senior Child and Family Support Worker**

**Location**:
**South London**

**Hours: Full Time**

**Salary: £36,648**

**AIM**

To deliver a responsive and impactful practical and emotional support service to enhance the life chances of children by delivering one-to-one and group work programmes for children and parents who have experienced disadvantage; and a broad-based preventative support service to families with children up to the age of 13 years working in partnership with local schools, health services, churches, local authorities and other agencies.

**ACCOUNTABILITY**

The post holder is accountable to and line managed by the Head of Practice and ultimately to the Chief Executive of Welcare who is responsible to the Trustees of Southwark Diocesan Welcare for the professional delivery of the service and the performance of the agreed duties.

**SPECIFIC CONDITIONS**

The nature of the post will require hybrid working. To work flexibly as the work demands including delivering a groupwork programme in the evening. Time off in lieu will be given.

**GENERAL DUTIES**

1. In consultation with the Head of Practice, to promote the programmes of work and manage the external and internal referral process including the assessment of need, risk and safeguarding concerns.

2. Hold a caseload of up to 12 families delivering “whole family” or targeted interventions.

3. Lead and facilitate community group work programmes including the #CapeAbility in Schools programme which aims to build resilience and self-esteem for children in school years 3-5

4. Lead and facilitate groupwork programmes for parents such as Caring Dad’s, Children Overcoming Domestic Abuse and Strengthening Families Strengthening Communities.

5. Safeguard the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults you work with directly and take appropriate action if escalation is necessary while keeping the Head of Practice informed.

6. To provide practical and emotional support to families or advocacy and signposting to specialist and universal services where appropriate.

7. Ensuring that the voices and views of children and young people are sought, heard and represented appropriately.

8. Attend designated meetings with multi-agency professionals and act as lead professional where appropriate to support the Team Around the Child/Family or Early Help Assessment (EHA).

9. Maintain electronic case notes on Lamplight in line with Welcare’s case recording policy

10. Promote strength-based interventions that improve the life chances of children and families using the Outcome Star model and evaluate action plans regularly reflecting their progress towards the specific goals of the intervention.

11. Maintain a positive profile for Welcare with external agencies and ensure that appropriate referrals are made to Welcare.

12. Attend family homes or schools for assessment visits and direct work with service users.

13. Develop a good working knowledge of local resources for families and enable families to access them as appropriate to their needs; develop networks with statutory and voluntary agencies in the locality to enhance the service offered for the benefit of service users.

14. Comply with Welcare’s policies, procedures and Staff Handbook, and in particular, the Safeguarding, Health & Safety and Data Protection Policies to protect the health, safety and welfare of yourself and others.

15. Work flexibly as required by the service and take part in Welcare and other organisations’ meetings to support children and their families.

16. Assist preparation of Welcare communications including social media posts and make sure the information and case studies on the website reflect current services.

**ADMINISTRATION**

1. Provide case studies where appropriate for monitoring, publicity and fundraising in line with guidance from Welcare’s Central Office team.

2. Assist the Head of Practice in the preparation of regular reports for funders on the progress and outcomes of the work undertaken.

**TEAMWORK AND LIAISON**

1. Develop effective relationships with staff in local statutory, voluntary, education and health services, etc.

2. Participate in regular team meetings as required and full staff meetings.

**SUPERVISION, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT**

1. Make constructive use of group/individual and reflective supervision from the Head of Practice.

2. Take responsibility for identifying personal and professional training needs including group work training as agreed with the Head of Practice.

3. Maintain a high standard of professional practice both within Welcare and in the wider multi-agency environment, including keeping up to date with standards of good practice and local developments for service provision.

4. Participate in and contribute to training programmes to increase knowledge, understanding and skills, making full use of local authority training opportunities.

**BENEFITS OF WORKING FOR WELCARE**

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