Family Support Worker
Job Category : Social Care & Health Non-Qualified (Windsor & Maidenhead)
Location : Town Hall, Achieving for Children
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 08:45
End Time : 17:15
Salary: £16.00
The Family Support Worker will work in close partnership with children and their families to assist social workers in undertaking assessments and investigations. They will undertake direct work with children, young people and their families which will include building family resilience, assisting with practical tasks and one to one work with children, including life story work. The Family Support Worker will: – work in close partnership with stakeholders and agencies to ensure the needs of children are met.
- actively promote and encourage participation by children, young people and families. This will require following best practice around safeguarding, and following agreed policies and procedures when there are concerns that need to be acted upon, having particular regard for statutory guidance on safeguarding children.
- be required to maintain comprehensive records of all casework on the recording system to evidence good practice across the child’s journey and to support relevant inspection regimes that judge the effectiveness on outcomes for children and young people. This will include providing reports and evidence as required, including potential reports for the Court in relation to proceedings to safeguard children.
About you
You should have good interpersonal skills with the ability to relate to and engage with children, parents, carers and other professionals. Experience of delivering front line statutory interventions is an advantage, but not essential, and you should be willing to attend training and learn from other professionals too. You will be resilient, flexible and a good communicator and it would be helpful to have some knowledge of legislation applicable to this role e.g. Children Act 1989. You will also need:
⦁ a full and valid driving licence and access to own transport
⦁ A good standard of written and spoken English
⦁ To be able to address specific equality and/or diversity issues within your practice with service users and/or colleagues and take action to address these
⦁ An ability to keep and maintain accurate records in a timely way
⦁ An ability to meet deadlines and work well under pressure
About our benefits
We are focused on creating a positive supportive environment, where you will have access to a really wide range of resources, as well as a competitive salary and all the perks to work remotely. In AfC you will also have access to:
⦁ A strong welcome and induction
⦁ Laptop, phone and systems so you can work remotely
⦁ Local Government salary
⦁ Flexible working options – helping to keep a good work life balance
⦁ A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, offering support for the whole family
⦁ Positive and supportive working environments
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