Outreach Family Support Worker – Early Help Specialist

We Do Social Work; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

We Do Social Work is seeking an Outreach Family Support Worker in Liverpool to provide targeted, home-based Early Help support using a whole-family approach. The role aims to prevent escalation to statutory services and help families access universal and community services.

The post supports children aged 0–25 and their families, with enhanced DBS required and reporting to the Early Help Consultant Social Worker. The role involves direct family work, home visits and multi-agency collaboration.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children, young people and families in an Early Help or family support setting.
• Experience of managing complex cases and assessing risk and need.
• Experience delivering intensive, targeted and home-based support.
• Ability to coordinate multi-agency professionals around families.

Responsibilities

• Hold complex Level 3 cases stepped down from Children’s Social Care.
• Complete Early Help Assessments and coordinate Team Around the Family (TAF) meetings.
• Act as Lead Professional coordinating services and monitoring progress against family plans.
• Provide intensive, targeted and bespoke support to vulnerable children, young people and families.
• Support adolescents experiencing complex emotional and mental health difficulties.
• Assess risk and need and develop plans to reduce identified risks.
• Work with families using Signs of Safety, solution-focused approaches and the Family Outcomes Star.
• Develop practical parenting strategies and strengthen parent/carer-child relationships.
• Carry out home visits and provide direct support within the family environment.
• Use de-escalation techniques when working with challenging behaviour.
• Support supervised contact where required.
• Maintain accurate case records, assessments, chronologies, plans and progress notes.
• Promote safeguarding and equality while working in partnership with children, young people, families and professionals.
• Attend supervision, reviews, planning meetings and relevant multi-agency forums.
• Contribute to service development, professional learning and continuous improvement.

Skills

Working with families

Risk assessment

Home-based support

Multi-agency coordination

Safeguarding

Parenting support

Solution-focused approaches

Engaging difficult families

Job description

We Do Social Work is seeking an Outreach Family Support Worker in Liverpool to provide targeted, home-based Early Help support using a whole-family approach. The role aims to prevent escalation to statutory services and help families access universal and community services.

The post supports children aged 0–25 and their families, with enhanced DBS required and reporting to the Early Help Consultant Social Worker. The role involves direct family work, home visits and multi-agency collaboration.