Family Support Worker

Seven Resourcing are currently seeking a Family Support Worker to work within Rotherham Council. This is a part time (10 hours a week) hybrid position, and we are paying £17.12 per hour for this role. 

The role:

The post holder will operate from a locality based Early Help & Family Engagement Team and will have the skills and experience to work with children and their families with additional needs that may be either within a statutory arena (i.e. co-worked with Children’s Social Care) or without coordinated support are at risk of escalation into high level statutory services.  The potholder will have experience in holding a caseload of children and families and able to effect positive change with the family to reduce risk and need.

Key Responsibilities:

• Management of a caseload of children and families using engagement, assessment and planning skills to understand need and ascertain the right level of support required with the family.
• To employ evidence based approaches such as Restorative Practice and Signs of Safety Rotherham Family Approach) and co-facilitation of evidence based parenting programmes to support children and families in a range of environments (e.g. home, school, community, residential placements.)
• To carry out detailed and comprehensive Early Help Assessments and multi-agency plans created with the child and family that lead to positive, long terms sustainable change.
• To coordinate and chair Team Around the Family Meetings and attend other relevant forums that support children and families. This includes being a proactive, ‘can-do’ professional that holds the child and family needs at the heart of practice.
• To make use of IT, chronology, genogram and recording keeping skills, ensuring that  records for children and families are thorough, accurate and stored safely, proportionately and legally; this includes the accurate writing up of contacts within 24 hours of the contact taking place, or sooner where possible.
• To employ effective skills in case coordination to ensure that vulnerable children and families have their needs met and that non-delivery by agencies is challenged and/or escalated to senior colleagues appropriately.   
• To inform effective supervision through appropriate preparation and reflective skills.
• To create and maintain strong multi agency partnerships that promotes effective joint working and appropriate step up and step down arrangements for families.

Applicant Requirements:

• Qualifications: GCSEs A-C or equivalent including at least English and Maths.

  Educated to A Level standard or equivalent experience

• Experience: 2+ years working within a similar role. 
• Compliance: Current Standard DBS check. 
• Travel: Clean UK driving license with the ability to commute to and from work independently.
• Hours: 37 hours p/w.

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