Family Support Worker

at  Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Job description
Directorate: Children and Young People Services
Permanent, Full time, 37 hours per week
About the opportunities:
Post 1: Permanent, Full Time (37 hours) Winterhill Locality
Post 2 :Permanent, Full Time (37 hours) ,Wath and Swinton Locality

• Management of a caseload of children and families; carry out detailed and comprehensive Early Help Assessments and multi-agency plans created with the child and family that lead to positive, long terms sustainable change.
• To employ evidence-based approaches such as Restorative Practice and Signs of Safety (Rotherham Family Approach) and co-facilitation of evidence based parenting programmes to support children and families in a range of environments.
• Coordinate and chair Team Around the Family Meetings and attend other relevant forums that support children and families. This includes being a proactive, ‘can-do’ professional that holds the child and family needs at the heart of practice.
• To create and maintain strong multi agency partnerships that promotes effective joint working and appropriate step up and step-down arrangements for families.
• Contribute to data collection to highlight the impact of Early Help intervention for children and families