Overview

Position Title: Family Support Worker

Company: City Of Gloucester

Location: Gloucester, England, UK

Job Description:

We are looking for someone with experience of working with children, young people, families and communities to deliver a wide range of interventions. Experience of working with multi-agency assessments and plans is also a must.

Responsibilities:

  • Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities.
  • Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.
  • It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Requirements:

  • Working as a Family Support Worker is an exciting, interesting, and rewarding role.
  • Your aim will be to deliver targeted support to vulnerable children and their families to achieve better outcomes and reduce the need for higher level support and long-term demand for services.
  • You will undertake early help assessments and co-ordinate and deliver interventions using a solution focussed approach.
  • By building supportive and empowering relationships with families, you will engage parents through creative and innovative strategies, in line with partner agencies and organisations.