Reading Borough Council | Children In Need | Family Worker

🔎 About the Role:

We are looking for a dedicated Family Worker to join the Children In Need Team in Reading Borough Council.

Contracted Hours: 37 hours per week (Full-Time)

 

💼 Key Responsibilities:

  • To deliver evidence-based interventions with families including direct work with children and
    young people
  • To adopt a key worker/lead Professional approach in order to develop, coordinate and deliver
    outcome focussed plans.
  • Organising, chairing and/or attending multi-agency Team Around the Child/family
    meetings in order to ensure a partnership approach to engaging and supporting
    families.
  • Reviewing action plans and ensure these are timely and plans are SMART
  • To work with families who exhibit a range of challenges and who may resist engagement –
    there may be a requirement to work intensively over a period with some families. This will
    include families stepping down from CSC statutory services, via children single point of access
    (CSPoA) and some joint work with Children social care (CSC).
  •  To apply a challenge and support approach to working with families.
  • Liaise effectively and work with universal, targeted and statutory services and partners where
    appropriate for example: schools, children’s Social Care, voluntary orgs etc.
  • Ensure that the voice and views of the child are sought, heard and represented appropriately
    and evidenced throughout the plan and work.
  • To be outcome focussed – ensure that assessments and plans demonstrate the long, medium-
    and short-term outcomes that the family and team around the child look to achieve.
  • To review progress and the plan regularly with families and other professionals.
  • To work in partnership with colleagues across the Council, Health, schools, settings, police and
    other services in order to overcome barriers and achieve the best outcomes for children and
    their families.
  • Maintain accurate, comprehensive and up to date records of work undertaken with family i.e.
    case notes, chronologies, assessments, reviews and closure documents. To record on case files
    data systems e.g. Mosaic.
  • To contribute to performance and quality assurance processes in an accurate and timely
    manner.
  • To maintain standards of service in line with RBC policies and procedures.
  • To develop and maintain professional working relationships with staff from internal and
    external agencies/organisations.
  • Maintain a range of strategies and resources to effectively engage children, families, partners
    and communities.
  • To appropriately and consistently assess risk and safeguarding concerns with children, young
    people and families and to raise these issues with Manager and/or make referrals if
    appropriate to protect children, young people and adults from harm.
  • Actively participate in case supervision with line manager – to keep records accordingly.
  • Undertake Health & Safety processes re visits and meetings eg risk assessments, use of
    Reliance badges etc.
  • A commitment to inclusive practice & confidence to embed anti discriminatory practice into
    daily work.
  • To undertake out of office hours/weekend duty cover in accordance with service
    requirements.
  • To ensure practice is in accordance with legislation and the Council’s policies and procedures
    with reference to Health & Safety, Child Protection and safeguarding children.
  • To take responsibility for own ongoing professional development.
  • To deliver evidence-based family support interventions with a group of parents/carers.
  • To work with complex families approaching statutory thresholds.
  • To support partner agencies to undertake assessments and interventions with families.
  • Coordinate communication to parents regarding the early education entitlement and facilitate
    the take up of places in settings.
  • To plan, coordinate and deliver activity sessions under family learning.

✅ Requirements:

  • Qualified Social Worker
  • Registered with Social Work England
  • Eligible to work in the UK

 

📞 Interested?

For more information on this role or to apply, get in touch with our vendor department who will arrange for a specialist consultant to get in contact with you:

📧 jobs@onlysocialcare.com

📞 0203 906 8670

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