Lead Family Support Specialist (Multi-Agency)

Oldham; Oldham; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

LGPS pension scheme

Discounted gym membership

Staff discount scheme

Cycle to Work

Wellbeing support

Staff recognition

Job summary

Oldham Council's Family Help service is seeking an experienced Senior Family Worker to manage an allocated caseload of families with complex needs and to lead multi-agency meetings coordinating development and delivery of joint support plans to address risks and needs.

You will employ strength-based approaches to build trusting relationships, support resilience and improve outcomes for children and families, while conducting holistic assessments in partnership with families to draft bespoke

Qualifications

• Substantial experience of assessing and analysing the needs of children and families and implementing programmes of support to address these.
• Extensive experience of working within a service delivering support to families who have complex lives including mental health, offending, substance misuse, domestic abuse and may resist service involvement.
• Ability to communicate effectively and work in partnership with multiple partner organisations to support children and families to be in control of their lives.

Responsibilities

• To be responsible for an allocated caseload of families with multiple and complex needs, including acting as lead professional, chairing multi-agency meetings and coordinating development and delivery of multi-agency support plans addressing assessed needs and risks.
• Utilise strengths-based, creative approaches to build trusting relationships with families, enabling challenge and support to improve resilience, self-reliance and children’s outcomes.
• Carry out holistic assessments with family involvement to identify strengths, assets, risks and challenges, and translate this into bespoke, collaborative work plans.

Job description

Oldham Council's Family Help service is seeking an experienced Senior Family Worker to manage an allocated caseload of families with complex needs and to lead multi-agency meetings coordinating development and delivery of joint support plans to address risks and needs.

You will employ strength-based approaches to build trusting relationships, support resilience and improve outcomes for children and families, while conducting holistic assessments in partnership with families to draft bespoke