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Early Help Family Support Worker

Service Care Solutions - Social Work
Posted a day ago, valid for 24 days
Location

London, Greater London EC1R 0WX

Contract type

Full Time

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  • Lewisham Council is seeking an Early Help Family Support Worker for an initial 3-month role within their MASH Team.
  • The position offers a pay rate of £28 umbrella per hour or £21 PAYE per hour, with a commitment of 35 hours per week.
  • Key responsibilities include providing training to professionals, coordinating multi-agency support, and reviewing Family Action Review Plans (FARPs).
  • Candidates must have experience as a Family Practitioner in an early help service and hold an NVQ level 4 related to children or families.
  • An understanding of early help services and the ability to guide families to appropriate resources is also required.
Early Help Family Support WorkerDuration: Initially 3 monthsHours: 35 hours per weekRate: £28 umbrella an hour (£21 PAYE an hour)Lewisham Council are looking for an Early Help Coordinator to join their MASH Team. This role is a non-case holding role.Responsibilities:
  • Provide training and scaffolding support to professionals across the partnership.
  • To develop, facilitate and coordinate working relationships and partnerships with a range of front-line staff and managers
  • Coordinate multi agency support across services to meet the needs of vulnerable children, young people and families by providing information advice and guidance to professionals
  • Use negotiating and influencing skills to identify and enable different agencies to undertake lead professional responsibilities
  • Undertake reviews of FARPs to ensure that progress is occurring to plan and timescales
  • Deliver and design training and support to local practitioners
Requirements:
  • An understanding of the spectrum of early help services and be able to guide/match the family to appropriate services based on information presented by referrer/family
  • Experience working as a Family Practitioner within an early help service
  • NVQ level 4 gained in a setting associated with children or young people and families or substantial professional experience

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.