Belmont Recruitment are currently looking for experienced Family Support Workers to work with a Staffordshire-based Local Authority on a temporary basis. This is a full-time role working 37 hours per week (Mon – Fri).
Main Duties:
* Underpinned by our restorative practice model work with children and families to support children to remain within or return to their families or to stabilise placements with foster families.
* Developing, facilitating and organising family and professionals’ meetings, events and groups.
* As a member of the district team, be a key worker for children and families, leading on early help assessments and plans; and work collaboratively with social workers to support children in need, children on child protection plans and children in care.
* Working with children and families including contributing to parenting assessments, support mediation, crisis prevention, conflict resolution and Life Story Work.
* Carry out work outlined within assessment and planning on specific topics with children, families and carers (including but not limited to) staying safe, loss and grief, behaviour management, attachment and criminal exploitation.
* To undertake flexible, creative and imaginative approaches to offering support to children, young people their families and carers.
* To support the completion of accurate documentation, reports and records relating to work undertaken with children, young people and their families.
* To be available outside of traditional working patterns including evening and weekends to provide support to children, families and carers when it is needed.
Essential Criteria:
* Minimum standard of NVQ Level 3 in respect of working with children and families or equivalent.
* Experience of direct work with children, their families and carers in a statutory or voluntary agency which provides services to vulnerable children and their families.
* Experience in the use of IT including Microsoft packages (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.)
* An understanding of child development and the effect of stress and trauma on child development.
* Knowledge of mental health, substance misuse, domestic abuse, poverty and other vulnerabilities and how these impact on families.
* An understanding of the key pieces of policy, guidance and legislation which govern children’s social care.
* Knowledge and ability to undertake assessments and make appropriate decisions, in line with professional accountability.
* Ability to effectively communicate with children, their families and carers.
If this is of interest to you, please apply with your updated CV
