Family support worker community
Job Description
Job title: Family support worker community
Company: Randstad
Job description: Key job specific accountabilities
- Work with families to improve their parenting skills to meet the identified needs of individual
- children.
- Supervise and carry out tasks as ordered by the Courts under the direction of the allocated social worker.
- Work as part of a multi-agency team around the child to an agreed plan which ensures that there are appropriate services in place to meet the needs of the child. Promote multi agency and integrated ways of working.
- Transport and/or escort children or vulnerable adults sensitively and safely.
- Ensure that the voice of children and young people is heard and informs assessment and direct
- work.
- Adhere to County Council policies on confidentiality and information sharing giving due to consideration to the protection and well-being of the child as paramount.
Qualifications:
Essential: NVQ 3 or equivalent in a relevant professional area, social care, education, NNEB, child
Knowledge:
Essential:
- Knowledge of current relevant national policies, statutory guidance and legislation in respect of children and young people including child protection
- Knowledge of child development 0 – 19 inclusive and managing challenging behaviour
- Understanding of working with drug, alcohol, domestic violence and mental health issues
- Knowledge of attachment theory and behaviours
- Understanding of Equality and Diversity issues
- Knowledge of the impact of loss and trauma on children and young people
Skills:
Essential
High level of interpersonal skills
Ability to communicate at all levels with effective concise, relevant and accurate material both written and verbal, to meet the individual needs of children and young people and their families
Ability to deal with difficult, sensitive, emotional and stressful work
Ability to risk assess and respond to a range of situations
Ability to work within settings and the community independently
Must be a driver and have access to a vehicle
Registering with us is easy, all you need to do is apply – for any more information or help please contact Usman on 0191 211 1382 and press option 2!
Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.
Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.
Expected salary:
Location: Carlisle
