Support Worker - Family Time and Support Service North

Essex County Council; United States; Remote; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Essex County Council seeks a Child and Family Support Worker within the Family Time and Support Service to ensure safe, meaningful Family Time for children in care. You will work with Qualified Social Workers to deliver bespoke interventions in line with care plans, primarily in the community.

You will build strong relationships with service users and partners, participate in meetings and court hearings, and contribute to safeguarding and reporting.

Qualifications

• Educated to Level 3 or NVQ/BTEC Level 3 or equivalent in social care.
• Current, unrestricted right to work in the UK. Visa sponsorship not available.
• Evidence of continuing professional development in social care.

Responsibilities

• Support children and young people in care to have safe, meaningful family time.
• Support social workers to implement and monitor care plans and write reports.
• Build relationships with service users and partners to improve outcomes.
• Attend meetings, case conferences, and court hearings as needed.
• Assist with safeguarding and reporting as required.

Skills

Communication with children andfamil

Education

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent

Job description

Child and Family Support Workers work within the Family Time and Support Service, ensuring that children and young people in care have safe and meaningful Family Time with their family members, as well as working alongside the frontline teams in conjunction with Qualified Social Workers to deliver bespoke, targeted intervention work, in accordance with the care plans, to vulnerable children and families. This work will normally be time limited, with measurable impact and meet the assessed needs.

• Responsible for supporting children and young people in care to have safe and meaningful family time with their family members, in accordance with their care plans.
• Responsible for supporting social workers to implement and monitor care plans, and write reports where required, which deliver interventions for children and families.
• Responsible for maintaining high standards of professional practice which contribute to continuous improvement across the service.
• Responsible for highlighting issues and implementing plans to safeguard a child.
• Building strong, effective relationships with the service users, providing practical advice and support, where necessary and deemed appropriate, enabling children and families to sustain change and function effectively within the community.
• Work collaboratively across the service, with internal and external professional partner agencies, to ensure improved outcomes for children and families.
• Provide information and advice in relation to involvement/accessing of third party agencies relevant to the needs of the service user (e.g., benefits agencies, immigration, and housing).
• Participate in meetings, reviews, case conferences, and court hearings to provide information, insight, and evidence.
• Writing effective reports which could be used in professional meetings, forums, and court.
• Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework. Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this role. Applicants must have a current, unrestricted right to work in the UK., Educated to Level 3 or with activity based alternative experience, in a social care setting, you will be passionate about engaging with and providing direct support in the community, building strong working relationships with partners to jointly deliver improved services., Educated to NVQ/BTEC Level 3 or equivalent experience.
• Evidence of continuing professional development and in-depth knowledge in relevant professional area.
• Experience of building strong, effective relationships with children and families in times of challenge and crisis.
• Experience of observing, facilitiating, and reporting on Family Time.
• Experience of undertaking direct, activity based work with children and families where required.
• Knowledge and understanding of the issues impacting children, young people, and families, leading them to require support.
• Knowledge of legislative and policy guidance applicable within Social Care settings.
• Proven track record of working with partners and external agencies.
• A certificate in First Aid and/or knowledge of Sign Language is desirable in this role.
• The role requires you to be mobile throughout a wider operational area including travelling around the county of Essex and beyond, transporting service users and their belongings and to be able to do so in an emergency. Driving licence and car or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means is essential.