Family Help Lead

Gloucestershire County Council; Cam; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible and agile working

25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5

Option to purchase 10 days of extra-le

Job summary

Gloucestershire County Council is recruiting a Family Help Lead within Gloucestershire Children's Services. You will join a multidisciplinary Family Help workforce delivering targeted early help and, where appropriate, work with children in need to provide continuity of support from a trusted lead practitioner.

You will assess families, coordinate multi‑agency support and deliver interventions that build resilience, reduce risk and improve outcomes, working through a progression from early help

Responsibilities

• Undertake Family Help assessments.
• Coordinate multi‑agency support to families.
• Deliver evidence‑informed interventions to build resilience and reduce risk.
• Maintain positive, purposeful relationships with children, young people and families.
• Support continuity of relationships across the Family Help teams.

Job description

If you are passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of children and families and achieving lasting outcomes, we would love to hear from you. Make a real difference to Children and Families We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Gloucestershire Children's Services as a Family Help Lead as we continue to expand and strengthen our Family Help workforce across the county. This is an important time for the service as we implement the Department for Education's Families First Partnership Programme (FFPP) reforms, bringing together early help, social work and partner agencies to provide more joined-up support for children, young people and families in our new Family Help teams. As part of this innovative multidisciplinary model, Family Help Leads will work across both targeted early help and, where appropriate, child in need services, helping ensure families experience continuity of support from a trusted lead practitioner rather than unnecessary changes in workers as needs change. They will work alongside Family Help Social Workers, Parenting Practitioners, Intensive Family Support Workers, Family Group Decision Making Practitioners, SEND support practitioners and multi-agency partners such as employment advisors, mental health practitioners, IDVAs and our local network of children's centres and family hubs, to provide response, flexible relational support to families in need of support. As a Family Help Lead, you will build positive and purposeful relationships with children, young people and their families, undertaking Family Help assessments, coordinating multi-agency support and delivering evidence-informed interventions that build resilience, reduce risk and improve outcomes. As part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will play a key role in helping children remain safely within their families wherever possible. This is a career grade role offering progression from Family Help Lead (Grade 7) to Senior Family Help Lead (Grade 8) as you develop your knowledge, skills and experience. Practitioners at Grade 7 will primarily work with families at Targeted Early Help level, whilst Senior Family Help Leads will undertake more complex work across both Targeted Early Help and Child in Need thresholds, as well as supporting colleagues and contributing to service development. If successful, you will be supported through a comprehensive workforce development programme run by Gloucestershire's Academy, including Families First training, reflective supervision and opportunities to develop specialist expertise in Family Help practice such as training opportunities in parenting programmes, safer relationships domestic abuse programmes, and systemic practice. Caseloads are allocated in line with practitioner experience, skills and the needs of children and families.

Gloucestershire Children's Services is committed to working in partnership with families and communities to ensure every child has the best chance at a happy and fulfilling life. Guided by the principle of "right child, right support, right time, every time," the service is built on values of kindness, respect and fairness. Children are actively seen and heard in decision-making, and those who cannot live safely at home are given compassionate support The workforce is skilled, collaborative and courageous-delivering evidence-based help and advocating boldly for children's futures. With a clear mission and ambitious vision, the service empowers children to shape their own lives, families and communities. We have been working hard on our recent improvement journey and excited to share our recent news that Ofsted have rated us 'Good' with elements of 'Oustanding'. County council Children's Services judged Good with Outstanding elements by Ofsted During the inspection, which took place from June 9 to 20 this year, the inspection team found the council's Children's Services to be Good in its overall effectiveness, with judgements of Outstanding in two of four categories, and good in the remaining two categories. Services showed significant improvement since the last full inspection when they were judged to require improvement in 2022. Ofsted found that 'children in care experience exceptional care and support' and that those who need help and protection 'benefit from high-quality, effective early help services'.

• between £34,237 - £42,123 per annum subject to experience
• flexible and agile working opportunities
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
• option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year