Family Support Worker

4 months ago

Durham, United Kingdom RCS RECRUITMENT LTD Full time

**The roles involves but is not exhaustive to**:

- Provide practical help and intensive interventions to families that contribute to meaningful positive change. This may include supporting families to make and attend appointments, modelling appropriate actions and behaviours and assisting the necessary day to day activities that enable families to progress and maintain positive outcomes;
- To build and maintain high quality and appropriate professional relationships with children, young people and their families to enable positive change to take place;
- work with parents to enable them to identify, acknowledge and meet their own and their children’s needs, develop life skills, make and sustain effective change and reduce vulnerability;
- To work within the Single Assessment Framework and ‘Team around the Family’ processes, to contribute to whole family assessments and care planning and liaise with other relevant partners as appropriate;
- To work with the family, the social worker and other colleagues to develop planned interventions with a clear focus on SMART outcomes; this will set out what changes in behaviour are expected and the appropriate support required.
- To work in partnership with children, young people, and their families in contributing to plans which focus upon strengths and wishes;
- Support social worker in the delivery of child protection and looked after family plans
- Monitor and review progress against agreed goals and challenge where appropriate;
- Contribute to a planned and timely exit strategy for the family including the appropriate use of Community and Voluntary organisations;
- Advocate on behalf of the family in engaging positively with and shaping the services and responses of agencies, organisations and other professionals who have a role in meeting the family’s needs;
- Work with parents and families to develop confidence to engage with services and other support from the statutory, voluntary and the independent sector;
- Plan and deliver support and evidence-based intervention packages to children, young people, parents and carers including facilitating parenting programmes to support parents to develop their parenting skills and aspirations;
- Providing opportunities for adults to participate in activities that improve their personal skills, education and employability;
- Enhancing parents’ understanding of their responsibilities for their children’s safety and well-being;
- To ensure that accurate records are maintained which reflect decision making and to prepare and present reports where appropriate;
- Ensure that children, young people, their families and carers views are at the centre of the service and promote their participation in all aspects of service delivery.
- Be accountable for and review own practice using supervision, reflective practice and other opportunities for continuous professional development;
- To work flexibly to meet the needs of children and families, including some weekend working;
The above is not exhaustive and the post holder will be expected to undertake any duties which may reasonably fall within the level of responsibility and the competence of the post as directed by the Strategic Manager.

**Experience**
- Level 4 or higher qualification in Early Years/Childcare/Education/ Social Care/Community Engagement or Health.
- Recent experience of working and supporting vulnerable children and families in the home and community settings.
- Experience of delivering planned interventions using evidence-based practice leading to improved outcomes.
- Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of partnership working to achieve desired results.
- Experience of responding effectively to safeguarding issues and concerns;
- Experience of group facilitation;
- Experience of working with a range of professionals, external partner agencies and service providers.

**Skills and Knowledge**
- A sound understanding of statutory and voluntary provision for children and families at a local level;
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of key policies affecting families and children.
- Experience of working in an outcomes focused environment;

**To apply, please send your CV in the first instance.**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Temporary contract
Contract length: 6 months

**Salary**: £11.18 per hour

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Weekend availability

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 10338

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