Family Support Worker | Part Time | Early Service | Hyndburn & Ribble Valley

Family Support Worker | Part Time | Early Help Service | Hyndburn & Ribble Valley

Salary: £28,142 – £32,062 per annum, pro‑rata.
Employment:
Permanent, Part Time, 22.2 hours per week.

Location:

Hyndburn & Ribble Valley.

Children and Family Wellbeing Service (CFW) is part of Lancashire County Council's Education and Children's Services. It offers early help and support to children, young people aged 0‑19 years (25 years for young people with special educational needs and disabilities) and their families across Lancashire. The service is committed to minimising the impact of any disadvantage for Lancashire children by working with them, their families, and communities as early as possible, enabling them to get the right support, in the right way, at the right time.

The service responds as early as possible when a child, young person, or family needs support and this helps to prevent concerns escalating. By working together with the child and family we can provide an enhanced level of practical support to address needs directly. Sometimes our workers meet with individuals or families on a one‑to‑one basis, and sometimes they bring children, young people, and families together in groups.

We focus on strengths and protective factors and build a positive relationship with children and family members where their voice is heard, and they feel listened to.

Our core aim is to work better together with our multi‑agency early help partners across all areas in Lancashire, to ensure that children, young people, and their families are safe, healthy and achieve their full potential. Early Help is fundamental to achieving this vision.

• Undertake appropriate assessment of the needs of children, young people, and their families in line with the Early Help Assessment Framework and ‘Team around the Family’ methodology.
• Deliver identified interventions as part of an agreed action plan to achieve positive outcomes.
• Carry a caseload of children and young people in families with unmet needs, many of which will be complex and enduring.
• Record appropriately within the agreed Case Management IT system and in line with the Service's Professional Recording Standards.
• Work closely with multi‑agency early help partners to provide comprehensive support.

For further information please contact:
Helen Hull, Team Manager, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Family Intensive Support Team –

Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for this role. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence.

The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful, you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a ‘disclosure’. Further information can be found on the ‘Our Recruitment Process’ tab.

This position is part‑time and term‑time only; the salary quoted is full‑time equivalent, the salary received will be paid on a pro‑rata basis. In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits which can be found on the LCC Vacancies website.

We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.