social worker Weston-super-Mare, England
Job description
We are excited to be launching a brand-new team within the Family Wellbeing Service in Early Help, who will be working with Families needing intensive family support.
About the role
The Strengthening Family Connections team will work with a focus on relationships, enabling and supporting change for families openly and collaboratively using individualised interventions. The work will be covering the hours of 7am -8pm on a shift basis and will have flexible hybrid working opportunities.
The role of the Family Support Worker will be:
- To work with families and children 0-18 years and 25 SEND to complete assessments, plan and deliver short term direct work focused on the need of the family.
- To establish and maintain excellent working relationships with partner agencies within the statutory and non-statutory services to ensure a cohesive approach to preventing family breakdowns
- To complete all required information on to our recording systems
- To attend monthly supervisions and weekly team check in’s as well as monthly team meetings.
The vision and commitment of Children’s Service in North Somerset ensures that a high quality and child centred approach, and clear model of practise based on building effective relationships - ensuring the right help at the right time.
Every Child should grow up in a safe and loving home, where they can feel supported to navigate through challenges that life presents. We are committed to help children, young people and their families who are at risk of entering care or at risk of and provide mediation, reconnections, or support in transition.
We work to the 6 fundamentals:
- Relationship matters
- Seeing hearing the child or young person’s voice relating to their lived experience
- Understanding the child’s or young persons lived experience
- Responding to child’s voice or young peoples voice to improve their lived experience
- Outcome focused practise
- Language that cares
This position is exempt under the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions) Order 1975 and is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Valid driving licence and own transport, or be able to provide alternative, suitable method of travel is an essential condition for this role.
About you
To be successful you will:
- Be qualified at Level three or above in the relevant field
- Have experience with working with children, young people and families
- Have strong organisational and planning skills
- Be confident in the delivery of 1-1 and group intervention
- Have excellent time management skills
- Have a flexible work approach
- Have good interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships
- Work well within a team and one you own initiative
- Be curious in your approach
- And work in a way which is considerate to anti discriminatory practise
Want to know more and apply?
For an informal discussion, please contact Laura Mitchell-Miles, Family Wellbeing Locality Team Manager on 07469406057.
Anticipated interview date: Friday 21 July 2023
North Somerset Council is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all sections of our community regardless of age, disability, sex, race, religion, belief or sexual orientation. North Somerset Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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