Family Support Worker

JOB TITLE: Family Support Worker

JOB TYPE: Temp

PRIMARY INDUSTRY: Social Care

ADDITIONAL INDUSTRIES: Education / Public Sector

PRECISE LOCATION: Walsall

DISPLAY LOCATION: Walsall

SALARY: £16.26 per hour

START DATE: ASAP

DURATION: 6-12 months

JOB DETAILS:

Working on behalf of a local authority, JO Recruitment are looking for a Family Support Worker based in Brownhills, Walsall. This will initially be for 3 months but ongoing. Full time, 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday paying £16.26 per hour PAYE which is equivalent to £ 31,284.24 or £21.38 per hour through umbrella.

We are looking for a Family Support Worker.

• 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.

• 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

• 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

Please let me know if you are interested in this position and earliest possible start date and forward updated CV for immediate consideration. The next stage will be interviews to be held after closing date 16th May