Family Support Worker | Early Help | Lancaster & Morecambe | Full time
Family Support Worker | Early Help | Lancaster & Morecambe | Full time
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Job Description
Salary 27269 - 31067 Per Annum Permanent Full time 37 hours per week
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Family Support worker (Family Intensive Support)
The Early Help Service sits within Education and Skills as part of the Education and Childrens Services Directorate.
The redesign of the Early Help Service reflects the priorities for Education and Skills in supporting the vision for the Directorate. Specifically these are:
- To strengthen the focus on outcomes for vulnerable children young people and their families by adopting a needs-led approach.
- To adopt a warranted variation approach that is determined by the specific nature of demand within a locality.
- To support a joined-up approach across Inclusion Education and the CFW service by adopting a locality-based model.
- To align the CFW service offer with educational provision on a locality basis recognising that most children access childcare and attend school.
The Early Help Service enables children and families to access appropriate support as early as possible helping them maintain their quality of life prevent problems from escalating and reduce the demand for specialist support services.
Role OverviewAs case holders Family Support Workers will:
- Undertake appropriate assessments of the needs of their allocated client group in line with the agreed Early Help Assessment Framework.
- Progress appropriate responses using the Team Around the Family methodology.
- Act as the Lead Professional where multi-agency support is required.
- Develop and deliver SMART action plans to address identified needs.
- Use agreed tools (e.g. Radars) to measure progress toward substantial and sustained change.
They will carry a caseload of children and young people in families with unmet needs up to the thresholds for statutory services with a focus on intensive support (Level 3).
Family Support Workers will:
- Record their work fully and appropriately within agreed systems.
- Be line-managed by the appropriate Senior Family Support Workers.
- Normally work 37 hours per week.
- Occasionally work early mornings evenings or weekends to meet the needs of families.
- Minimum Level 3 or above professional and/or relevant academic qualification in Childcare Social Care Family Support Youth Work Advice & Guidance.
- Vocational experience in a relevant operational field.
- High-functioning ICT skills are essential.
(pro rata for part-time)
Additional Details: Evening and weekend working (contractual)
Contact InformationThe post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a disclosure. Further information can be found on the Our Recruitment Process tab.
In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.
We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early before the closing date if we receive sufficient applications.
Job Description & Person Specification
Employment Type
Full-Time
