Job Title: Family Support Worker
Location: Thurrock
Job Type: Full time/Contract
Pay Rate: £21
The role:
- To work as a member of the Prevention and Support Service to provide support to children, young people and their families.
- To work as a Lead Professional as part of a 'team around the family'.
- To support the development, delivery and co-ordination of an agreed plan
KEY SERVICE RELATED ACCOUNTABILITIES
- To provide practical assistance, support and guidance to parents to enable them to care and protect their children successfully.
- To support families to establish good local community networks and support mechanisms to promote their self-help skills and resilience
- To encourage parents to keep medical and other appointments linked to their families' development, which may include transporting them to appointments and meetings.
- To liaise as appropriate with other professionals and key people, e.g. Foster Carer, Health Visitors, Schools, Housing and Education Departments
The Candidate:
- To be able to quickly establish effective working relationships with service users, partner agencies and other professionals.
- To be able to work directly with children and young people using a variety of methods and interventions.
- Ability to plan and organise workload
- To work with own initiative and as a team member
- Ability to communicate and liaise with colleagues from other agencies in the statutory, community/voluntary sector.
For more information please call Sam on or email