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2-month contract role with a local authority
Family Support Worker
- Posted 22 September 2025
- Salary 20.46
- LocationBirmingham B1 United Kingdom
- Job type Contract
- Sector Social / NGO / Health & Care
- ReferenceRQ1609971
Job description
2-month contract role with a local authority
Summary
- This is a 2-month contract role with a local authority, aimed at leveraging professional expertise in collaboration with other practitioners, children, young people, and their families. The position involves utilising a common assessment to identify needs and, when necessary, serving as the lead practitioner to coordinate a multi-agency intervention plan.
Responsibilities
- Provide timely responses to the identified needs of children and young people in line with policies and procedures.
- Serve as the lead professional for an assigned caseload of children and families.
- Promote and implement a common assessment to identify needs and lead the development of an effective multi-agency support plan under the guidance of a Practice Supervisor/Team Manager.
- Maintain a high standard of case recording that is current, including the use of a common database.
- Participate in and deliver training and initiatives in a specialist/champion area, ensuring both personal and team knowledge is up to date.
Qualification
- Educated to GCSE standard and hold an NVQ Level 4 or equivalent in a related field.
Experience
- Experience in delivering evidence-based interventions with children, young people, and their families.
- Experience in completing assessments of a child's needs that identify needs and inform intervention.
- Experience working in partnership with key statutory and non-statutory stakeholders.
- Proven track record in working with children, young people, and families in a professional capacity.
- Demonstrated ability to manage a caseload and coordinate multi-agency plans effectively.
Additional Information
- Working hours: 36.50 hours per week.
- The role requires a DBS.
- The application deadline is approaching, so apply as soon as possible.