Senior Parent Support Advisor
Senior Parent Support Advisor
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Job Description
We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Enfield to assist with the appointment of a Senior Parent Support Advisor on a 3month contract likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.
Rate of Pay: 18.58 22.7 per hour
Summary:
- Working in partnership with families offering listening advice and guidance in order to develop and enhance parenting skills.
- Delivering evidencebased parenting programmes to a defined client group.
- Completing assessments using the Early Help Framework and Signs of Safety model to make appropriate referrals to other services.
- Taking on the role of the Lead Professional coordinating services in the Team Around the Family (TAF) acting as the single point of contact when required. To work in partnership with relevant professionals in statutory and nonstatutory organisations
- Supporting families who do not meet the thresholds that trigger the involvement of specialist services.
Responsibilities:
- To undertake whole family assessments ensuring a high standard of service to families including securing the services of other agencies.
- To review action plans regularly and coordinate activity to ensure agreed tasks are identified and goals reached in a timely manner.
- To ensure that the service provide is delivered at times that suit and meet the needs of the families e.g. early mornings late evenings
- To work in partnership with social workers in order to effectively stepdown cases to the Early Help Service thus reducing social care case loads
- To attend case conferences and Court as and when required
Experience & Knowledge:
- To have significant experience of direct work with children young people and their families in the family home or in the community.
- Experience of working effectively in cooperation and partnership with a range of communities partner agencies private sector bodies public agencies voluntary bodies and statutory agencies appropriate to the service area.
- Working as a member of a multidisciplinary team and in partnership with parents professional and voluntary sector to meet the needs of vulnerable children and families who have multiple and complex needs to achieve sustainable and positive change
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work assertively to achieve sustainable and positive change. Including negotiation and problem solving in a multidisciplinary setting. Good written skills and the ability to carry out assessments written reports and evaluating outcomes. keep accurate records organise plan and coordinate work.
- Ability to keep accurate records organise plan and coordinate work and proficient use of IT systems e.g. Outlook MS Office and electronic case management systems.
Please note:
- You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
- You should have right to work in U.K
- This role requires an enhanced DBS
Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary though assignments can be and often are extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent. Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type
Full Time
