Family Support Worker - Cardiff
| Job Title: | Family Support Worker - Cardiff |
| Contract Type: | Temporary |
| Location: | Wales |
| Industry: | |
| REF: | 1078556 |
| Job Published: | 24 days ago |
Job Description
Cardiff
3 months initially
Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm, 37 hrs/week
Our client are seeking a Family Support Worker to join their Interventions Hub and Support for Families Team based in Cardiff.
- Deliver services that enable parents with children who are identified to be in need, to build on their capacity and enhance and promote their child's health and development
- Carry out direct work, group work, and family work, based in the family homes or in the community
- Contribute towards core assessments in partnership with other service areas and agencies to identify children’s strengths and needs
- Participate in a multi-agency approach in identifying those children who are in need of protection or at risk of significant harm
- Coordinate, plan, record and review individual service plans for children
- Develop programmes of intervention with families on specific problems or behaviours that effect change
- Transportation of children and families where necessary
- Facilitate the delivery of documents to families
- Be a point of contact with professionals and appropriately manage telephone, emails and other methods of communication
- Keep and maintain accurate records and reports
- Attend meetings, reviews and conferences where necessary
- Full UK Driving Licence, access to a vehicle, business insurance
- Experience of working with vulnerable children, young people and their families
- Committed to working with families to enhance parenting capacity and improve the life chances of children and young people
- Knowledge of observation, planning and assessment processes
- Knowledge and understanding of the 1989 Children Act and the Social Services and Well-being Act (Wales) 2014
- Self-motivated, well organised and able to work as part of a team as well as independently
- Enhanced DBS registered to the update service
Please email all CVs to Sammy Davis or call 02085149110 mobile 07570 819 831
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