Family Support Worker

Family Support Worker
Redbridge
�21/hr
Full time: 36/hrs a week
Start date: ASAP

AKTON Recruitment is working closely with the local authorities and we are looking for a Family Support Worker in the Redbridge area.
The role is to assist the Families Together Team to deliver outreach and support services to referred families, ensuring an efficient and cost-effective service.
Work within the Families Together Team and alongside partner agencies within Children and Families to plan interventions that will improve outcomes for children and young people.
Work directly with parents and children to deliver the interventions, offering advice, support and guidance and promoting positive parenting.
Major duties and responsibilities

• The Family Support Worker is expected to work in partnership with the Senior Family Support Worker and Managers using effective communication skills to ensure that the team is able to deliver effective, efficient services.
• To work alongside staff delivering a range of services to Families and young children including developing "Team Around the Child" and be responsible for holding an individual case load.
• As a member of the Families Together Hub provide cover for absent colleagues to ensure a seamless service for the client.
• Children and their Families /Carers
• Create and contribute to family care plans.
• Maintain good standards of practice ensuring the safeguarding of children.
• Make referrals to partner agencies as appropriate, on behalf of families.
• To prepare and present reports for a wide variety of audiences and Case conferences, Core group meetings and Court and to support and assist staff to ensure that work in this area is completed to the required professional high standard and within time scales.
• To participate in referral meetings, reviews, case discussions, threshold meetings, care plan meetings and any other relevant professional meeting. Organising, chairing and taking minutes in Team around the Child meetings. Ensuring service users fully understand the process.
• To complete case recordings to a high standard, working with other staff to ensure this is done in line with departmental procedures.
• To work in partnership with families, monitoring their needs through accurate record keeping, care planning and case recording and gaining consent to share information when appropriate.
• To work in partnership with other professionals.

Education and Qualifications:
1. Recognised relevant qualification (i.e. NNEB, NVQ 3 or approved equivalent).
Experience:
1. Experience of working with children and families.
2. Experience of working with child protection issues.
3. Experience of working one to one with families in their home.
4. Experience of dealing with difficult situations in a professional manner.
5. Experience of joint working with parents and other professionals.
6. Experience of writing, concisely and accurately, case notes, reports etc.
7. Experience of undertaking group work.
8. Understanding of parenting classes.