Family Reunification Specialist – Child & Parent Support

Somerset County Council; Bridgwater; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days' annual leave

LGPS pension

Hybrid working

Health and wellbeing support

Paid volunteering opportunities

Job summary

Somerset County Council is recruiting a Family Intervention Worker to support reunification efforts for children and families across West Somerset, Taunton and Bridgwater. The role involves intensive direct work with children and carers, collaborative planning with advanced practitioners and other workers, and delivering specialist interventions to promote safe home environments.

We value flexible, hybrid working arrangements, a strong safeguarding focus and commitment to safeguarding children

Qualifications

• Experience with Children Looked After and Care Leavers.
• Ability to engage, assess and plan to support the needs of children, young people and their families.
• Experience in multi-agency working to safeguard children and young people.
• Ability to work as part of a team as well as autonomously.
• Strong organisational skills to ensure interventions, reviews and plans are completed within timescales.
• Excellent communication skills and a broad range of IT skills with GCSEs in Maths and English.

Responsibilities

• Intensive direct work with children and their parent/carer alongside another Family Intervention Worker, supported by an Advanced Practitioner, working towards reunification and helping this to be successful.
• Delivering specific interventions to children and their parents/carers, depending on the need identified, and offering advice and support, such as parenting and behaviour support.
• Supporting multi-agency teams around families, working alongside statutory and non-statutory partner agencies to ensure improved and sustainable outcomes for children and young people.
• Contribute to regular reviews of progress and further needs which will inform further planning.

Skills

Child protection experience

Multi-agency working

Team player with autonomy

Organisational skills

Communication skills

IT skills & GCSEs

Education

GCSE Maths & English

Job description

Somerset County Council is recruiting a Family Intervention Worker to support reunification efforts for children and families across West Somerset, Taunton and Bridgwater. The role involves intensive direct work with children and carers, collaborative planning with advanced practitioners and other workers, and delivering specialist interventions to promote safe home environments.

We value flexible, hybrid working arrangements, a strong safeguarding focus and commitment to safeguarding children