Family Support Worker

Barnsley Council Children's services are seeking to recruit a family support worker to join their team. The role is hybrid working with a mixture of home working, visits in the community with service users and office based work. As such, there is a requirement for the successful candidate to be a car driver as you will be providing face-to-face support to families where applicable.

Duties of the role will include:

• Collaborate with social workers and other team members to support vulnerable families
• Deliver all aspects of parenting work designed to empower and assist parents
• Facilitate and supervise family contact sessions, ensuring safety and positive interaction
• Support and facilitate transport arrangements for children and families
• Monitor and report on family progress, maintaining detailed records
• Promote and uphold safeguarding standards at all times
• Assist in creating care plans tailored to family needs
• Offer emotional support and practical advice to families and children

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience of working with young people and their families
• Full UK driving license
• Enhanced DBS check
• Be able to work upon own initiative and within a team

The role is a temporary, full time position for an initial period of 3 months with a view to this being extended on a rolling basis and is offering a pay rate of £18.35 per hour. 

The benefits of working with Eilidh at Service Care Solutions:

• You will receive a dedicated and personal consultant with a vast knowledge of social work
• We are a nationwide supplier of Social Work staff to over 200 local authorities which means we have a wide variety of exclusive roles based all over the country
• We provide frequent updates of new opportunities via text and email
• We have an expert payroll service which is processed twice a week

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply now. Don't miss your chance to become a Family Support Worker with Barnsley Council! To apply for this role, or to refer someone else, then please do not hesitate to contact Eilidh at Service Care Solutions on 01772208964 or eilidh.nicol@servicecare.org.uk.

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