Family Support Worker
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Family Support Worker
Romford
The primary purpose of this role is to work with
children and families alongside workers within Prevention &
Intervention and other agencies to:
Provide a broad range of
services with the aim of supporting families by improving family
relationships, improving parenting and breaking negative cycles.
Promoting positive and healthy outcomes for children &
young people.
Ensuring safeguarding at all
times.
Key Accountabilities
Provides a service to children and families which
will improve outcomes for all children.
Contributes to
planning, delivering and evaluating work with children and parents,
both in groups and individually, providing a stimulating and caring
environment which enhances and promotes the child's all round
developmental needs.
Provide practical parenting support to
families through home visiting and outreach work and undertake direct
work with children and families around issues identified by agencies
in response to a variety of situations that may arise, using a
recognised parenting programme.
Work in partnership with
parents/families and other professionals to support and encourage
parents to identify ways in which difficulties may be overcome,
including signposting parents to a range of services and using safe
care and home safety.
Hold a caseload of complex and
non-complex cases and attend Court to give information on specific
cases as required dependent on competence/experience.
Experience
Experience of working with
children and families from a variety of backgrounds and developing and
delivering effective provision in either the public or voluntary
sector.
Experience of effective partnership or cross
sector, multi - agency work.
Experience of working with
families on practical parenting tasks and delivering parenting
programmes.
Experience of preparing reports and assessments
in respect of children this may include presenting to Court.
Family Support Worker
AKTON Resourcing Ltd
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