Family Support Worker Job at 360 Resourcing Solutions (Slough)

Job Description

Do you have experience of intensive one to one work and group work with parents, children, and young people from complex families? If so, then now is an exciting time to join Slough Children First as we look to recruit Family Support Workers to our Targeted Early Help service. As a Family Support Worker, you’ll act as the dedicated Lead Professional at all stages of support, ensuring parents and children engage and comply with the family’s action plan, as well as conducting comprehensive whole family assessments and producing appropriate written reports detailing family assessments. You’ll benefit from working in a team that provides supervision, support and development opportunities and you will be a part of our journey to improve the lives of children and families in Slough.

Job Responsibility

To conduct comprehensive whole family assessments as required and produce appropriate written reports detailing family assessment and ensuring that these are recorded on the ICS system
Deliver brief and short term interventions when this is sufficient to meet family needs, and long term interventions using the Dundee Model of family support
To act as dedicated Lead Professional at all stages of support from pre-assessment through to exit strategy, using support and challenge measures to ensure that parents and children engage and comply with the family’s action plan
Coordinate support from external agencies and lead the Team Around the Family (TAF) approach
To work with families at various times including early morning, evening and weekends, delivering services where they are required such as the family home and community settings
To maintain effective records of family interventions and use the outcomes-based Family Star assessment tool to evidence the achievement of outcomes and enable evaluation recording these on the ICS system
To promote and contribute to early intervention processes using step up and step down approaches, supporting Social Care where appropriate and understanding when statutory interventions are required
To ensure all interventions are conducted within an anti-discriminatory framework, and take into account issues such as race, gender, sexuality, disability etc., and deliver appropriate services to the diverse communities of Slough
The post holder will be expected to take on additional duties and changes to the job description as required by your line manager commensurate with the post

Requirements

At least two years experience of intensive one to one work and group work with parents, children and young people from complex families
At least one year’s experience of acting as lead professional delivering family-focused interventions
Experience of monitoring, reviewing and evaluating work
Proven track record of working with families with multiple complex needs
Thorough understanding of how complex families with entrenched negative behaviours interact
Knowledge of Child Protection policies and procedures and Safeguarding
Understanding of and commitment to the need for sensitivity and confidentiality
Educated to A level or NVQ3 in Child Development, Youth Support, Health or Social Care, and/or a relevant professional qualification in these areas
Be able to demonstrate continuous professional development in related disciplines
Be able to travel around Slough
Ability to work flexibly (including early morning, evening and weekends) and communicate with a range of organisations and service providers within the Slough area, including the ability to co-ordinate a multi-agency intervention
Ability to assess complex family needs and work with families and agencies to form a comprehensive plan of action
Ability to organise and prioritise own work and self motivation in order to obtain objectives
Ability to work on a one to one basis and monitor and evaluate outcomes, including having good recording skills and keeping accurate client records
Ability to work as a member of a team
Ability to develop and apply equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
Computer literate (Microsoft Word and Excel)

Nice to have

Experience of working with statutory and voluntary organisations, including co-ordination of multi-agency Interventions
Qualification in a specialist area e.g. Emotional Health

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