Family Support Worker

Job Title:
Family Support Worker

Location/hybrid working:
Wellingborough Family Hub, Penrith Drive, Wellingborough, Northants, NN8 3XL

Working structure: Flexible hybrid working, but need to be available to support, and to come in, if needed. There are set days for FSWs to be office based to be available to support.

Rate: £18ph Umbrella

Length:
Initially 3 months with potential extension

Job Information:

• To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide an integrated whole family approach to families with children/young people aged 0 - 19 who present multiple, complex needs which cannot be met by a single agency in a universal setting,
• Complete Early help Assessments with Families allocated to you.
• To assist in the delivery of robust services to children and young people who are at risk of needing specialist interventions or become Looked After by the Local Authority
• Supporting Social Workers with undertaking direct work with parents based around parenting support, budgeting, domestic abuse, healthy relationships, supporting duty and family time. Attending meetings, multi agency working, keeping accurate records
• To support to the effective safeguarding of children and young people through; contribution to multiagency plans, timely identification of risks and vulnerabilities and onward referrals to the relevant Children's Social Care Services or other agencies as appropriate.
• Work flexibly to meet the needs of children and families within the borough through evidence based/evidenced informed interventions
• Develop and deliver time limited individual or group work programmes of support.
• To support the overall vision, ethos and aims of the Children's Services and the Locality Hubs
• To carry out a range of tasks as identified and allocated by the Senior Family Support ,Team Manager or Group Manager