Outreach Family Support Worker

As a lead professional, you will coordinate support with multi-agency partners, ensuring a whole-family approach to addressing needs and bringing about positive change for children and young people.

• Monday to Friday 9 to 5
• 35 Hours per week
• Initial 3 month contract with the possibility of extension

Responsibilities:

• Conduct early help assessments with families to identify needs and areas for support.
• Develop and implement support plans tailored to the family's needs.
• Chair Team Around the Family (TAF) meetings to review progress and ensure continued support.
• Work directly with children and young people, gaining insights into their views and worries.
• Collaborate with multi-agency partners to provide comprehensive support.
• Use a whole-family approach to ensure holistic and effective interventions.
• Ensure interventions positively impact children and young people's long-term outcomes.

Requirements:

• Experience working with children, young people, and families, particularly in early help or social care settings.
• Strong understanding of early help assessments, support planning, and multi-agency working.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to engage effectively with families, professionals, and young people.
• Ability to chair meetings, review progress, and adapt plans to changing family needs.
• A commitment to safeguarding and improving the well-being of children and young people.

Apply Now

If you are interested, please call Lisa McVinnie on 01772 208964 or email me your CV - lisa.mcvinnie@servicecare.org.uk

If this role isn't right for you, but you know someone who would fit perfectly to our engaged and devoted team and you refer them, you will receive a referral bonus of £250.

The benefits of working with SCS:

• A specialist dedicated Social Work consultant offering single point of contact.
• Exceptional referral bonuses - £250 per referral placed in to work!
• An extensive & exclusive range of Social Work vacancies across the UK
• Nationwide provider Social Work staff to over 200 local authorities.
• Annual training budget of up to £250 and continued online CPD training.
• Excellent Annual Loyalty schemes / bonuses.
• DBS disclosures provided via fast-track online services free of charge.