Senior Family Support Homes for Ukraine #OR6229

Job Description

Please be aware this is a Long Term Temporary post to start ASAP.

Purpose of the job:

• Assist Homes for Ukraine/Family Help2 to deliver outreach and support services to referred families, ensuring an efficient and cost-effective service. 

• Work within Homes for Ukraine/Family help and alongside partner agencies within Children and Families to plan interventions that will improve outcomes for children and young people. 

• Work directly with parents and children to deliver the interventions, offering advice, support and guidance and promoting positive parenting. 

Major duties and responsibilities

Specific function and task: 

• The Senior Family Support Worker is expected to work in partnership with other Family Support Workers and Managers using effective communication skills to ensure that the team is able to deliver effective, efficient services. 

• To work alongside staff delivering a range of services to Families and young children including developing “Team Around the Child” and be responsible for holding an individual case load.

• As a member of Homes for Ukraine/Family Help2 provide cover for absent colleagues to ensure a seamless service for the client.

Children and their Families /Carers

• Create and contribute to family care plans.

• Maintain good standards of practice ensuring the safeguarding of children.

• Make referrals to partner agencies as appropriate, on behalf of families.

• To prepare and present reports for a wide variety of audiences and Case conferences, Core group meetings and to support and assist staff to ensure that work in this area is completed to the required professional high standard and within time scales.

• To participate in referral meetings, reviews, case discussions, threshold meetings, care plan meetings and any other relevant professional meeting. Organising, chairing and taking minutes in Team around the Child meetings. Ensuring service users fully understand the process.

• To complete case recordings to a high standard, working with other staff to ensure this is done in line with departmental procedures.

• To work in partnership with families, monitoring their needs through accurate record keeping, care planning and case recording and gaining consent to share information when appropriate.

• To work in partnership with other professionals.

• To be a good role model by demonstrating how to approach sensitive and personal issues with parents/ carers in a professional manner.

General:

• To keep up to date and implement any legislation or procedures in relation to service delivery, disseminating as necessary to other staff.

• To work within HFU/Family Help2 to ensure that the organisation and development of services comply with Ofsted required minimum standards.

• To actively promote and encourage diversity and a multi-cultural ethos through every aspect of the service.

• To ensure health and safety procedures are followed within own areas of responsibility, ensuring that health and safety requirements are met including lone working procedures.

• Any other duties required by the post.

Please be aware this is a Long Term Temporary post to start ASAP.

Benefits of working with Semester.co.uk:

• Free on-going training opportunities upon registering as part of our commitment to you.

• Competitive Rates of pay

• In house payroll, providing weekly payments and support

• Enhanced DBS completed.

• Support and expert advice from an approachable, dedicated and friendly team

• An assigned dedicated & experienced consultant

• Various employment opportunities in your preferred geographical area

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