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About the role:
The Family Support Worker will carry a caseload of children and young people, they will manage their own workload. The Family support worker will ensure that the family have an Early Help Assessment and regular Team Around the Family meetings, with a clear Plan of work which shall be reviewed on a 6 - 8 weekly basis. The Family Support Worker will be the Lead Practitioner for the family, will plan and Chair family meetings. The purpose of the intervention is to prevent escalation and families reaching crisis,
which would require a more formal statutory responses..
About you:
1. Family Support Workers will assist in ensuring that the Local Authority meets their statutory obligations under current legislation and will have a
knowledge/awareness about policies and procedures in relation to safeguarding and the statutory framework in Wales.
2. Family Support Workers will provide support and assistance to stabilise and improve the current living arrangements for the child or young person.
3. Deliver a range of evidence -based interventions to improve family functioning and enhance the lived experience of the child or young person.
What you will do:
To build positive working relationship with children, young people and their
families and work from a child-centred, rights based approach.
To work with children, young people and their families and/or carers with
complex situations, to include those who have experience trauma and abuse. To support children, young people and families using a trauma informed knowledge / practice to develop a support plan.
To support families in crisis with the aim of maintaining the family unit and
keeping families together. Utilising appropriate models and methods to support practice and promote effective and sustained changes
To undertake direct work with children, young people and their families or carers, by using a variety of evidence- based models, methods and tools.
To undertake Life Story, and Social Story Work with children and young people.
To facilitate a range of group work, to children, young people and families for
example, evidence based Parenting Courses for parents who need some extra help, or group work with young people in relation to independence skills and participation work.
If you have any questions about the role, please contact:
recruitment@powys.gov.uk

This position has a requirement for an Enhanced DBS Check

Service: Corporate Performance and Policy

Salary: Grade 7 Point 15 to Point 19 £29,093 to £31,067 per annum £15.07 to £16.10 per hour

What we offer

• We will train you and develop your skills
• Flexible Working
• Guaranteed defined benefit Pension Scheme
• Learning and Development
• Lease Car Scheme
• Competitive Pay
• A Great Place to Live
• Powys County Council Reward Scheme
• Health and Well Being
• Salary Sacrifice Benefits