Family Intervention Worker

2 months ago


Dacorum District, United Kingdom Hertfordshire CC Full time

**Advert Information** Job Title**: Family Intervention Worker
**Location**:St Albans and Dacorum
**Starting Salary**:£30,151 with the opportunity to progress to a maximum of £32,909
**Hours**: 37 per week
**Contract**: Fixed Term for 12 months

**Diversity**:We are an inclusive employer and value a diverse workforce

Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, supporting vulnerable children and families to achieve sustainable change and having an impact on local communities?

The Intensive Families Support Team’s deliver early help support to families, utilising partnerships with key local agencies to prevent further escalation of needs and minimising intervention from statutory services.

The Family Intervention Worker role includes responsibilities for managing a caseload of families, delivering direct work, creating supportive professional networks and identifying and reducing safeguarding concerns.

In addition to this, the Intensive Family Support Teams pride themselves on their developing offer of group work and there will be expectations that participants will support this offer.

You will be working within family homes, schools and the local community as well as having use of an office base.

The role does require a confidence and above average ability to operate in house computer systems and ensure frequent and consistent recording of interactions with families and other professionals.

This is fast-paced environment, that is high pressured and requires the individual to be able to move quickly between different priorities for different families. Paperwork can be considerable at times, and you’ll need to be able to work under pressure and be extremely well organised, taking a pro-active approach to your workload.

You will find that every day is different, and never boring The role is incredibly varied and Family Intervention Workers will feel that they are making a genuine impact on the lives of local families.

There is a vast offer of training and development opportunities available to successful applicants and the teams pride themselves on continually adapting and responding to local needs.

**Requirements**:

- Clear transferable skills around working with vulnerable children and/or families
- Sound knowledge of safeguarding responsibilities and child development.
- Interpersonal skills are key as the role will require you to engage with family members from a diverse backgrounds and age groups.
- Confident and competent in IT skills to meet the reporting and recording demands of the role

You can help to empower families to establish and maintain changes to their lives that benefit them and their local communities for years to come. If this sounds like the opportunity for you, would love to hear from you

**Interviews will be arranged on an ad hoc basis**

**Additional Information**
**Benefits of working for us**:

- Flexible Working Arrangements (depending on the role)
- Excellent Career Development
- Salary Exchange for Additional Benefits
- Excellent Pension Scheme with Employer Contributions
- Shopping Discounts
- Support Groups & Wellbeing Schemes

**English Fluency**:The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.

**Safeguarding**: Safeguarding children and adults is of utmost importance to Hertfordshire County Council. The Council requires employees to abide by legislation and best practice to enable Hertfordshire to achieve this. This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check. For more information Click Here

Job Reference: HCC21148


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