Location: Cable Plaza, Brierly Hill, Dudley, DY5 1LW
Grade: 9 and 10 posts available
Our developing Family Help service aims to provide targeted support and help to families so that children and families can thrive and more families are able to stay together. We recognise that providing the right type of support at the right time for families is key to working effectively and that lasting relationships with professionals is central to working alongside families and their networks. Working alongside families using our Restorative Model of practice, we use family‑led decision‑making strategies and Motivational Interviewing skills to help families access creative and targeted support packages that will help to develop meaningful and lasting change for families. This includes increased capacity to manage complex parenting challenges and reducing risks within family networks and across our community.
Our Family Help service is delivered through the ‘Family Safeguarding model’ which delivers a whole‑family approach to support. Social workers and Family Help practitioners will co‑ordinate the support offered to families drawing on the knowledge and skillset of experienced practitioners from child, drug & alcohol, probation, domestic abuse, and mental health fields. The Family Safeguarding programme informs direct work with families and the model of supervision is reflective group supervision involving those practitioners involved in supporting a family.
Our ambition is for more families to receive the support that they need from within their local community through our model of early support. Some concerns about children and families arise quickly and can be significant, particularly child protection concerns. The Family Help service therefore includes an assessment service using a single assessment process and statutory child protection procedures to work alongside families in assessing their needs and identifying the right plan of support. Referrals come directly to the team from integrated children’s front door and link closely with Family Help and locality partners. The Assessment Team will work closely with Multi‑Agency Child Protection Team (MACPT) to assess and plan for children requiring child protection intervention.
Contact: Karen Johnson (Principal Service Lead) – karen.g.Johnson@dudley.gov.uk
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