Family Support Worker
Warrington Council are looking for a Family Support Worker to join their team. The successful candidate will be working 37 hours a week over flexible working between the hours of 9 and 6, to support children and families to have supervised family time.
Responsibilities:
1. Assigned to a family and remain with them for the duration of their session.
2. Record the interactions, provide advice if requested and only intervene if necessary to ensure a child/young person's safety.
3. Observe, monitor and factually record the Family Time sessions of the children/young people, with their parent/carer - ensuring that the children and families feel supported to enjoy quality time together.
4. Follow safeguarding protocols to ensure the situation is swiftly responded to, to ensure the safety of children and young people.
5. Ensure any safeguarding concerns are immediately reported to a senior colleague as per protocol.
6. Liaise with other professionals as it may be necessary to enable decisions to be made to ensure the child/young person's safety moving forward.
7. Provide advice and guidance to parents/carers to support their care and interactions with the children/young people during the session.
8. Review information about the families' circumstances to ensure they are aware of the needs, risks, level of supervision and support they need to provi...