Outreach Family Support Worker
Outreach Family Support Worker
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Job Description
We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Liverpool to assist with the appointment of an Outreach Family Support Worker on a 2month contract likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.
Rate of Pay: 14.21 17.90 per hour
Responsibilities:
- Offer support on cases that become more complex and reach level 4. Support is continued on these cases to allow a smooth transition between early help and social care.
- Provide intensive and targeted support to vulnerable children and young people. This includes bespoke packages and programmes. This also includes supporting adolescents with complex emotional and mental health problems.
- Assess risk and need through early help assessments on cases that step down from Careline. Where appropriate adopt the role of Lead Professional to use common processes for children and families who require more support than universal services including the Early Help Assessment Tool (EHAT) Team Around the Family (TAF) and Lead Professional (LP) role.
- Formulate Team Around the Family plans that reduce risk and need. Take the lead for the coordination of professionals and services to implement the plan and take the lead for reviewing the plan at the required timescales.
- Use deescalation methods to reduce challenging behaviour from adults and children and young people in families.
Qualification:
- NVQ Level 3 in child care and education NND Health and Social Care qualification.
- Experience of direct work with children young people and their families
- Experience of effective collaborative and multiagency working to support children and families.
- Experience of delivering outreach and home based support to children and families to address areas of identified need
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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Employment Type
Full Time
