This is a wonderful opportunity to join our North Locality Family Help Team. We are looking for a Grade 8 Family Worker to join the team on a permanent basis. You will be joining an established, cheerful, highly motivated, and skilled team of Family Workers working across the North Dorset area. The team has a wealth of skills, knowledge, and experience but is always open to learning from others. We work closely with our social care colleagues, schools, education settings, health, and other agencies to support the families we work alongside. If successful, you will be working with a highly experienced team to support the development of our new Family Help offer.
We need an enthusiastic, energetic individual to join the existing team as a Family Worker. You will be supporting the work of the whole team, including direct work with children and their families; creating, supporting, and contributing to multi-agency plans and interventions to improve outcomes and life chances for children and young people in Dorset.
What You Will Be Doing
This role will be responsible for the delivery of support to children, young people, and families in localities, taking a whole family approach.
At Grade 8 The Post Holder Will
undertake 1:1 group and family work deliver direct work with children, young people, parents, and families in the family home and other community locations convene and attend Team Around the Family (TAF) meetings and reviews use relevant case management systems, databases, and business intelligence tools as directed by the team manager provide information, advice, and guidance to children, young people, and families co-work cases with other professionals including social workers. Case hold some Child in Need cases. assess parenting skills and help to build physical and emotional caring abilities through a range of practical activities. deliver parenting and behaviour management support to children and families keep up to date with knowledge of local service provision coach, mentor, and motivate families to make and sustain change support families during crisis situations support schools in the local area by being their link worker between early help and schools.
About You
you will have experience of working with and supporting children and or families you will be dedicated to improving outcomes for Dorset's children and young people you will be self-motivated, enthusiastic and used to working in a fast-paced environment you will demonstrate and role model Responsibility, Respect, Recognition, and Collaboration, in line with Dorset's behaviours and values you will be able to work as part of a team and use your own initiative.
(Blandford/Sturminster Newton or Shaftesbury based and essential to hold a driving licence and have access to a car) #J-18808-Ljbffr
We need an enthusiastic, energetic individual to join the existing team as a Family Worker. You will be supporting the work of the whole team, including direct work with children and their families; creating, supporting, and contributing to multi-agency plans and interventions to improve outcomes and life chances for children and young people in Dorset.
What You Will Be Doing
This role will be responsible for the delivery of support to children, young people, and families in localities, taking a whole family approach.
At Grade 8 The Post Holder Will
undertake 1:1 group and family work deliver direct work with children, young people, parents, and families in the family home and other community locations convene and attend Team Around the Family (TAF) meetings and reviews use relevant case management systems, databases, and business intelligence tools as directed by the team manager provide information, advice, and guidance to children, young people, and families co-work cases with other professionals including social workers. Case hold some Child in Need cases. assess parenting skills and help to build physical and emotional caring abilities through a range of practical activities. deliver parenting and behaviour management support to children and families keep up to date with knowledge of local service provision coach, mentor, and motivate families to make and sustain change support families during crisis situations support schools in the local area by being their link worker between early help and schools.
About You
you will have experience of working with and supporting children and or families you will be dedicated to improving outcomes for Dorset's children and young people you will be self-motivated, enthusiastic and used to working in a fast-paced environment you will demonstrate and role model Responsibility, Respect, Recognition, and Collaboration, in line with Dorset's behaviours and values you will be able to work as part of a team and use your own initiative.
(Blandford/Sturminster Newton or Shaftesbury based and essential to hold a driving licence and have access to a car) #J-18808-Ljbffr
