Early Help Family Keyworker

Job description

·  Location
Croydon, Surrey
·  Salary
£16.81/Hour
·  Category
Public Sector - Social Care
·  Job type
Temporary
·  Industry
Public Sector
·  External Reference
JO-001

Adecco are currently recruiting for a Family Keyworker to work for a Local Authority in CROYDON

FAMILY KEYWORKER

CROYDON

FULL TIME - 36 HOURS PER WEEK

TEMPORARY ROLE - LASTING A MINIMUM OF 3 MONTHS - EXTENSION HIGHLY LIKELY

£16.81 PER HOUR

Responsible for:

The Post holder will deliver an intensive, targeted and high
quality whole family service for Croydon families who are
identified as having children and young people who are at risk
of poor outcomes and/ or at risk of escalating statutory services

Specifically the role will undertake:

 To contribute to the delivery of a service for families who are
identified as having children and young people who are at
risk of poor outcomes and /or at risk of escalating to high
need intervention

 Work in an integrated and partnership focused way with
families and other agencies through the delivery of a defined
practice model in order that families increase their capacity
to function in the community without the need for intensive support.

 Support to families with multiple and complex needs where
intensive support is required.

 Engage and sustain families in the programme to ensure
improvements in their resilience and autonomy,
improving outcomes and preventing escalation of their
issues.

 To take the Lead Professional role and maintain a
caseload of families, ensuring timely and effective
intervention to maintain progress.

 To work as part of a team consisting of practitioners with
multi-agency experience in order to support identified
children, young people and families to access learning
and services within their local community.

 To use the Strengthening families approach as a
framework to support families, babies, children and
young people to access services in their community
including early learning and schools.

Training and Qualifications

 Significant experience and qualification in a relevant field which may include
Social work, Teaching, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Youth Work, Counselling, Probation, Health professions, Education, Early Years.

Essential knowledge:

 Knowledge and understanding of recent research and evidence based practice in relation to working with families.

 Knowledge of evidence based approaches to direct and intensive work with families with babies, children and Young People with multiple and complex needs.

 Knowledge of research and evidence base of factors that affect babies, children, young people and their families who are experiencing difficulties.

 Knowledge of tools and practice in relation tomulti-agency team working including the use ofmulti-agency assessment tools such as the Early Help Assessment.

 Understanding of factors when assessing needs, risk and vulnerability and an understanding safeguarding risks when case needs to be stepped up or down.

 Knowledge of effective strategies and support packages that are evidenced to have improved the outcomes for families.

 Experience of making a significant contribution to the development of new services or ways of working, breaking down barriers where there is resistance and being solution focused.

 Experience of developing and delivering parenting support and intervention programmes.

 Experience of working in diverse settings.

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