Senior Family Support Worker

Salary £32,020-£36,298 Per annum | Permanent, Full Time, 37 hours per week |

**Senior Family Support Worker, Family Intensive Support**

**Children and Family Wellbeing Service, **South Ribble**

**Salary - Grade 8 **£32,020**:

- **£36,298 **Per annum
Children and Family Wellbeing Service (CFW) is part of Lancashire County Council’s Education and Children’s Services. It offers early help and support to children, young people aged 0-19yrs+ (25yrs for young people with special educational needs and disabilities) and their families across Lancashire. The service is committed to minimising the impact of any disadvantage for Lancashire children by working with them, their families and communities as early as possible, enabling them to get the right support, in the right way, at the right time. The service responds as early as possible when a child, young person, or family needs support and this helps to prevent concerns escalating. By working together with the child and family we can provide an enhanced level of practical support to address needs directly. Sometimes our workers meet with individuals or families on a one-to-one basis, and sometimes they bring children, young people, and families together in groups. We focus on strengths and protective factors and build a positive relationship with children and family members where their voice is heard, and they feel listened to. Our core aim is to work better together with our multi-agency early help partners across all areas in Lancashire, to ensure that Children, young people and their families are safe, healthy and achieve their full potential. Early Help is fundamental to achieving this vision

As a Senior Family Support Worker in the Family Intensive Support Team, you will have direct line management responsibility for Family Support Workers, who are case holding staff supporting Children Young People and their families, whose needs have been identified as requiring intensive support at Level 3 on the Continuum of Need.

You will have responsibility for Management Oversight of the cases allocated to the staff in your team, including completing management checkpoints and Early Help Assessment authorisations, throughout the life of each Case. You will provide Reflective Case Supervision to your staff ensuring that staff are supported in achieving the best outcomes for children and young people and their families and that the Professional Practice and Recording Standards are met.

You will also deliver Personal Supervision to your staff, supporting continued professional development and making use of relevant HR policies and procedures as appropriate.

You be responsible for allocating cases on a duty rota as part of the pathway of referrals into the team and completing Practice Evaluations as part of the Quality Assurance Framework.

You will have a strong knowledge and recent experience of complex case work and safeguarding within Children's Services.

You will be competent in recording within the agreed Case Management IT system and in line with the Service's Professional Recording Standards.

Car User: Desirable - requirement to travel to acres the District of South Ribble

DBS: Yes

DCCR (Disqualification for caring for children): Yes

For Further Information please contact:
Jo McGrath

South Ribble

Team Manager Family Intensive Support, Children and Family Wellbeing Service

M: 07817 623290

T: 01772 539929

Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for the role. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence.

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