Family Worker - Family

We are seeking Grade 8 / Level 1 Family Workers in the Purbeck Locality teams, based in Wareham.

We offer support to local children and families and need enthusiastic family workers to join us. We support children with a range of needs from Early Help through to Child Protection, you could be supporting at any stage of their journey either as lead practitioner or supporting the work of Social Workers at Child Protection. This will involve direct working with children and families;

creating, supporting and contributing to multi agency plans and interventions to improve outcomes and life chances for children and young people in Dorset.

Key skills for the role are experience working with children (and preferably families), resilience, passion to make a difference and strong ICT and record keeping skills.

• undertake 1:1, group, and outreach work
• deliver direct work with children, young people, parents and families in the family home and other community locations
• convene and attend team around the family meetings and reviews
• use relevant case management systems, databases and business intelligence tools as directed by the Team Manager
• provide information, advice and guidance to children, young people and families
• co-work cases with other professionals including social workers
• assess parenting skills and help people to build physical and emotional caring abilities through a range of practical activities
• deliver parenting and behaviour management support to children and families
• support families during statutory child protection processes
• keep up to date with knowledge of local service provision
• coach, mentor and motivate families to make and sustain changes