Family Support Worker | Early Help | Preston
Salary: £27,269 - £31,067 Per Annum | Positions: Permanent, Full Time & Part Time | Location: Preston
International Sponsorship: This role is not open to international sponsorship.
About the Role:
The Early Help Team in Preston currently has two exciting opportunities for Family Support Workers:
1. 1 x Fulltime Position - 37 hours per week
2. 1 x Part Time Position - 29.6 hours per week
The 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 and young people aged 0-19 years (25 years for young people with special educational needs and disabilities) and their families across Lancashire.
The service is committed to minimizing the impact of any disadvantage for Lancashire children by working with them, their families, and communities as early as possible. This enables 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, helping to prevent concerns from escalating.
As a Family Support Worker, you will undertake appropriate assessments of the needs of children, young people, and their families in line with the agreed Early Help Assessment Framework and 'Team around the family' methodology. You will be expected to deliver identified interventions with children, young people, and their families as part of an agreed action plan to achieve positive outcomes.
You will carry a caseload of children and young people in families with unmet needs. Some of this work will be complex and challenging in nature, focusing on intensive support (Lancashire Continuum of Need Level 3).
Key Responsibilities:
1. Record case notes appropriately within the agreed Case Management IT system and in line with the Service's Professional Recording Standards.
2. Work collaboratively with multi-agency early help partners to ensure that children, young people, and their families are safe, healthy, and achieve their full potential.
Interview Dates: 12th & 13th May 2025
For Further Information:
Team Manager (Family Intensive Support)
Preston District
Children & Family Wellbeing Service (Early Help)
Requirements:
1. Car User: Desirable – requirement to travel across the District of Preston.
2. DBS: Yes
3. DCCR (Disqualification for caring for children): Yes
Application Process:
Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for this role. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence.
The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful, you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Further information can be found on the 'Our Recruitment Process' tab.
In return, Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, found on our website.
We do not hold a sponsorship licence and can only consider applications from candidates who are legally entitled to work in the UK. If you do not have the right to work in the UK, your application will not progress.
We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.
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