Job Description
3-Month Contract with a Local Authority
Summary
* This role involves working directly with families, children, and young people aged 0-18 to support their development and well-being. The position requires collaboration with professionals and agencies to ensure positive outcomes and life opportunities for children and young people in Worcestershire. Responsibilities include assessing, planning, and reviewing family needs to provide timely support for their current and future requirements.
Responsibilities
* Conduct direct work and support for children, including pre-schoolers, and their families as part of assessments, plans, or reviews.
* Encourage and empower parents/carers to take responsibility for meeting their children's needs.
* Enhance parents' and carers' understanding of child development and needs.
* Support the care of children within their families through parenting support.
* Work with families at high risk of breakdown.
* Ensure child safety through assessment and planning processes.
Essential Experience
* Significant experience in a similar service area, working with children or families needing additional support.
* Experience collaborating with families and networks to help individuals achieve their goals.
* Practical skills in working directly with children, young people, and families to advise, support, and engage them.
* Experience in developing positive relationships with children and young people and multi-agency partnership working.
* Ability to work with young people with social and emotional difficulties and complex behaviors, supporting the entire family.
Essential Qualifications
* Education level equivalent to NVQ 3 in a relevant field (Childcare, Early Years, Social Care, or similar) or equivalent experience.
* Knowledge of family support services and activities offered by various organizations and agencies.
Additional Information
* Working hours: 35 hours per week
* We work on Bi-weekly payments
* DBS required
The role closes soon, apply ASAP.
Requirements
The role is to work directly with, and to support, families with children and young people aged 0-18. The role requires working in partnership with relevant professionals and agencies, to ensure good outcomes and life chances for children and young people in Worcestershire. You will be required to assess, plan, and review in a timely way the needs of families, in order to ensure that support is in place to meet their current and future needs.