Knowsley Family First is one of the key resources delivering interventions to families with complex needs, supporting families to thrive in line with the expectations set out in the Early Help and Prevention Strategy and aligned to the expectations of the national Supporting Families programme.
The core offer of the service is the coordination and delivery of multi-agency interventions based on whole-family Early Help Assessment and action planning with families to help them achieve positive outcomes for themselves while reducing the likelihood of escalation to high-cost, statutory, crisis intervention services such as Children’s Social Care.
Families engaging with the service can expect a wide range of support delivered directly by Family First Case Managers through a coordinated partnership approach. Worker will need to be able to
- have excellent safeguarding experience
- Have experience with working with children with SEND
- complete Early Help Assessments - organise Team Around the Family Meetings
- be able to complete SMART plans with families and then review
- be able to work within timescales
- complete home visits
- complete direct work with children and young people
- have good written and verbal skills
Previous Family Support/ Work in Family services is Essential