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Family Support Worker

Job Title: Family Support Worker
Location: Thurrock
Job Type: Full time/Contract
Pay Rate: £21

The role:

To work as a member of the Prevention and Support Service to provide support to children, young people and their families.
To work as a Lead Professional as part of a 'team around the family'.
To support the development, delivery and co-ordination of an agreed plan

KEY SERVICE RELATED ACCOUNTABILITIES

To provide practical assistance, support and guidance to parents to enable them to care and protect their children successfully.
To support families to establish good local community networks and support mechanisms to promote their self-help skills and resilience
To encourage parents to keep medical and other appointments linked to their families' development, which may include transporting them to appointments and meetings.
To liaise as appropriate with other professionals and key people, e.g. Foster Carer, Health Visitors, Schools, Housing and Education Departments

The Candidate:

To be able to quickly establish effective working relationships with service users, partner agencies and other professionals.
To be able to work directly with children and young people using a variety of methods and interventions.
Ability to plan and organise workload
To work with own initiative and as a team member
Ability to communicate and liaise with colleagues from other agencies in the statutory, community/voluntary sector.