Senior Family Support Worker - Birmingham
Position: Senior Family Support Worker
Location: Birmingham
Duration: 09/12/2024 – 3 months initially
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8.45am – 5.15pm, 36.5 hrs/week – Hybrid (support to children and families is face to face)
Our client is seeking a Higher-Level Family Support Worker to join a team in the NWC Assessment and Short Term Intervention space.
1. Manage a workload between 12-15 families.
2. Establish a high standard of practice that provides a timely response to children, young people, and their families, achieving family outcomes.
3. Act as a champion in a specific practice area such as domestic abuse, parental conflict, mental health, or substance misuse, supporting the delivery of workshops and providing advice and support where relevant.
4. Use a common assessment to identify and, where appropriate, be the lead practitioner to coordinate the implementation of a multi-agency plan of intervention.
5. Deliver evidenced-based interventions to positively affect changes that safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people.
6. Provide a timely response to the identified needs of children and young people.
7. Work closely with colleagues who will take on a crucial role with families and support social care colleagues in delivering targeted interventions and evidencing practice on a child’s record.
8. Work with colleagues in a range of disciplines, sharing knowledge and providing support and advice to deliver the best possible outcomes for local children and their families.
9. Report writing and record keeping, accounting for decisions taken and interventions provided.
10. Attend meetings, reviews, and conferences where necessary.
Requirements:
1. NVQ Level 4 or equivalent qualification.
2. Experience of working in early help and prevention.
3. Experience of working in a multi-agency forum.
4. Experience working under pressure and dealing with conflicting demands whilst adhering to strict deadlines.
5. Excellent communication skills.
6. Enhanced Child and Adult DBS registered to the update service.
Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. 4Recruitment Services is an equal opportunities employer.
Please email all CVs to Sammy Davis or call (phone number removed).
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