Senior Family Support Worker (maternity cover)

The Springfield Project seeks to hire a Senior Family Support Worker who is passionate about supporting individuals and families.

The role will support the Family Support Manager to lead and supervise Families Support Workers within the allocated district to provide targeted support to vulnerable and complex families 0-5 within the 0-19 model with flexibility for 5-19 and a “whole family approach” Including pre-birth, to provide Early Help interventions to meet identified needs of families both in their home on a one-to-one basis and in other settings, using group work.

To act as a Designated Safeguarding Lead The ideal candidate for this role should have extensive experience working in family and child support environments, providing individual support for people with disability, domestic abuse, drug and alcohol dependency or mental health. 

The Senior Family Support Worker should have sound working knowledge of the Early help process, GCP2,  Safeguarding and child protection procedures.

QUALIFICATION:

· GCSE Maths and English at Grade C or above

· NVQ 3 Health & Social Care or Working with Parents or equivalent

This post is subject to DBS check.

No CVs accepted