Job Summary
Senior Early Help Family Worker – full time permanent position for the 0-4 age range.
Hours of Work
37 hours per week.
Responsibilities
1. Promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people, and families.
2. Undertake early help whole family assessments and provide targeted family support for a diverse caseload, including families below the social care threshold or transitioned from the statutory system.
3. Provide targeted family support for families with vulnerabilities such as non/low school attendance, neglect, risk of youth offending, vulnerable pregnancy, family conflict, anti-social behaviour, domestic abuse, substance misuse, mental health issues, poverty, access to welfare/benefits, SEND, risk of homelessness, poor housing, and others as identified.
4. Lead and supervise the coordination of "team around the family" responses and plans with other professionals and agencies, including oversight from social care colleagues.
5. Develop and coordinate the delivery and ongoing review of early help family support plans with professionals and agencies within agreed timescales.
6. Carry out home visits and outreach work targeting the most disadvantaged, vulnerable and complex families, including those in the social care system, working flexibly and hands-on.
7. Pro-actively engage and build effective working relationships with a range of agencies to support vulnerable families, build resilience and deliver sustainable change.
8. Work with families to identify and develop support networks across their wider family and friends network.
9. Undertake individual and group supervision for Family Support Workers and other relevant staff across the Early Help Hubs, ensuring caseloads are well managed and case files up to date, and provide cover for the Team Manager as required.
10. Contribute to the development of effective communication and development systems across the Early Help Hubs through supervision, team meetings and self-evaluation activities.
11. Coordinate and provide a high-quality advocacy service and family group conferencing representing the views of children, young people, families and carers.
12. Deliver relevant training and development opportunities for families and/or professionals such as targeted parenting support programmes.
13. Share information within the Data Sharing Protocols with appropriate agencies to address issues such as anti-social behaviour, drug and alcohol misuse or domestic violence, and to share under relevant legislation where safeguarding or criminal activity is suspected.
14. Facilitate or attend core group/review meetings and statutory meetings to support parents and safeguard children and young people.
15. Maintain confidential records, write reports and letters, undertake evaluations to develop evidence of best practice, and disseminate the Priority Families programme.
16. Lead ongoing active monitoring and evaluation of early help services to ensure outcomes are achieved, and contribute to the Self Evaluation (SEF).
17. Act as a witness in legal proceedings concerning children and young people under supervision.
18. Maintain up-to-date knowledge of child protection, safeguarding, and vulnerable adult policies and practices, and pursue continuous professional development.
19. Adhere to Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and Council’s Corporate HS policy, recognising personal responsibility for own health and safety.
Compensation
Salary: £32,597.00 – £35,412.00.
Benefits
* A competitive salary.
* Excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme.
* Initially 23 days annual leave (dependent on length of service) plus eight public holidays and three additional days off (one in May/August and one during the Christmas/New year period).
* Career development and learning opportunities through a range of training courses.
* Supportive and forward-thinking culture.
Equal Opportunity Statement
We are committed to increasing diversity, equality and inclusion within our workforce to represent the people we serve and build an environment in which everyone can feel like they belong. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.
We adopt a name blind approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.
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