Specialist Family Support Worker

4 days ago

Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom NESSie IN ED CIC Full time

**Title of job**:Specialist Family Support Worker (Self-harm)

**Salary**:£18,000 - £24,000 per annum (pro rata), dependent on experience
**Location**:Hybrid working from home and across Cambridgeshire
**Hours**: 20 hours per week (job share options available)
- You may have to work early mornings, evenings and weekends to accommodate the family's needs and commitments, such as work and school hours._

**Contract**:2-year fixed term in the first instance (due to funding)
**Reports to**:Clinical Lead and Supervisor

**Company information**:
NESSIE IN ED CIC aims to support for children and young people's emotional and mental health by providing a range of therapeutic services; being based in educational settings; supporting families; supporting staff and linking closely with other services and the national agenda.

We are a people first, not for profit organisation who values diversity.

**Job purpose**

This is a 2 year project in partnership with Cambridgeshire County Council Public Health to support families of children and young people who self-harm. As a specialist family support worker, you will offer practical help, emotional and mental health support and hold workshops for families of children and young people who self-harm. Based from home and across
Cambridgeshire where there has been increasing concern about children and young people’s
(CYP) mental health as a result of the pandemic. This role is ideal for anyone hoping to make a positive impact on the lives of children, young people and their families.

**Main duties and responsibilities**

Your role will vary depending on the needs of the family you're helping, with the focus of your role being to:

- Support parents’ wellbeing and mental health
- Reduce stigma to parents who have children who self-harm
- Reduce parental anxiety
- Provide telephone advice and signposting
- Provide regular training workshops
- Provide face to face advice
- Provide support while on the waiting list for CAMHS

Helping children and young people thrive
NESSie IN ED CIC. Company registered in England & Wales number: 11719406
- Support parents on how to manage CYP who self-harm, with a goal to reduce the incidence of self-harm

Your duties will include:

- Completing initial assessments of families' needs so that you can identify and plan the support needed
- Undertaking regular caseload review meetings with individuals and families during home and community visits to ensure they're fully supported to progress and achieve desired outcomes
- Evaluating caseload needs and monitoring the progress that has been made
- Sharing advice, training and parenting skills in regular forums
- Enhancing parents' understanding of different strategies
- Coaching, mentoring and motivating families to understand the benefits of relevant activities
- Working in partnership with local commissioned and voluntary sector services, colleagues, and other health and social care professionals and multi-agency networks
- Managing your own workload, administration and diary commitments
- Maintaining accurate and up-to-date administration and caseload records, including reports of all interactions
- Adhering to professional practice standards and legislation, including confidentiality, safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion policies
- Ensuring you're up-to-date on your knowledge of local service provision for appropriate signposting and referrals.

General:

- To contribute to the development of best practice within the service.
- To maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and procedures in relation to Mental Health and Primary Care Services.
- All employees have a duty and responsibility for their own health and safety and the health of safety of colleagues, patients and the general public.
- All employees have a responsibility and a legal obligation to ensure that information processed for both patients and staff is kept accurate, confidential, secure and in line with the Data Protection Act (1998) and Security and Confidentiality Policies.
- It is the responsibility of all staff that they do not abuse their official position for personal gain, to seek advantage of further private business or other interests in the course of their official duties.
- It will be the duty of every employee while at work to take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and of other people who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work

**What to expect from this role**
- Your work will usually be split between the office, home working, attending meetings, organising your workload, typing reports and updating caseload activities, and the family's home.
- The role can be emotionally draining as you could be dealing with sensitive and traumatic issues. In some cases, the family may not be ready to engage with you, and therefore not all interactions will have a positive outcome. However, enabling families to overcome wide
- ranging challenges and diff

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