Details:
- Salary: £24 - Hour
- Job Type: Contract
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Hour
- Location: Lewisham London
- Date: 1 week ago
Description:
Job Title: Family Support Worker
Location: Lewisham
Pay Rate: £24 Umbrella P/H
Job Type: Full Time/Contract
The Role
To work collaboratively with young people and their families to provide focused support to families to improve outcomes, address challenges, reduce risks to children and to enable families to make and sustain change.
To build trusting relationships with children, young people and families and extended family members/friends/communities to build sustainable change within stronger family networks, helping to alleviate their social isolation and increase capacity.
To work alongside families to prevent needs from escalating to the point where statutory services are needed and/or to reduce the risk of family breakdown and children/young people coming into care.
The Candidate
Families Act 2014, Children's Act 1989 & 2004, London Safeguarding Children Procedures, 'Working Together'; Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their families; Care Standards 2000, The Breaks for Carers of Disabled Children Regulations 2011, Equality Act 2010
Families Act 2014, Children's Act 1989 & 2004, London Safeguarding Children Procedures, 'Working Together'; Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their families; Care Standards 2000, The Breaks for Carers of Disabled Children Regulations 2011, Equality Act 2010
A sound knowledge and application of Safeguarding procedures for children and vulnerable adults
How to apply
Please submit your application via the contact details provided and you will be contacted with further information or call Sam on (phone number removed)