Family Support Worker

Job Description

Family Support Worker

Are you a passionate Family Support Worker looking for your next role? 4Recruitment Services are currently recruiting for a Family Support Worker to work within a service based in Worcestershire.

Pay Rates: £15.98 – £20.73 Umbrella Rate

Information n the Role: Successful candidates will be offered 37.5hours per week for 3 months initially.

What you will be doing:

• To carry out direct work and support children, including pre-school children, their parents and/or other relatives/carers as part of an assessment, plan or review.

• To encourage and empower parents/carers to take responsibility for meeting needs of their children.

• To develop better understanding of child development and needs within parents and carers.  

• To help support the care of children and within their families through the provision of parenting support

• To work with families where there is high risk of family breakdown.

• To help keep children safe through assessment and planning processes.

• To work in partnership with other agencies as part of the ‘team around the family’.

• To work flexibly based on the needs of children and families.

• To undertake work outside of normal office hours and at weekends.

• Work closely with Children and Families Social Workers as part of agreed plans for children.

• To comply with Worcestershire Children First Safeguarding policies and procedures and keep written records and produce reports.

Skills & Professional Characteristics needed:

• Working knowledge of Child Development
• High level assessment skills and the ability to use specific assessment tools in supporting children and families.

• Ability to apply mediation techniques to support conflict resolution in a family setting.

• Good observational skills.

• Ability to work in challenging situations in a range of settings which includes lone working in family homes.
• Ability to work on own initiative.

• Ability to work flexibly.

• Ability to write reports and letters of a high quality.

• Ability to manage the responsibility for own Health & Safety with regards to lone working/out of hours work.

• Information technology skills.

Essential Requirements:

• Significant experience of working with children and their families as part of a team or with Partner Agencies.

• Experience working to improve outcomes for children and families through delivering family support activities.

• Experience of delivering parenting support/skills with adults and their children.

What we offer:

• 24 hour one on one specialist consultant based within your geographical area
• 4Recruitment Services Employee Benefits Programme
• Our own dedicated payroll support ensuring you get the full benefits of your payment

Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. 4Recruitment Services is an equal opportunities employer.

To discuss this vacancy in further detail or any other vacancies, please contact out Team on 0808 178 4445 or email careteam@4recruitmentservices.com.