Family Support Worker

Job Description

Come join us in helping children live safe and happy lives!Do you thrive on helping parents learn skills to care for their children safelyWe are looking for experienced Family Support Workers to work with our service helping parents develop their parenting skills and children to live safe and happy lives.We currently have 12 hour daytime shifts available as well as shorter Family Support sessions and welfare visits across London and surrounding areas.Our Family Support Workers work with families who are experiencing challenges parenting their children at home and in the community. You will use your skills and experience to deliver safe baby care guidance to new parents and positive parenting programmesto parents of toddlers to teens.We welcome applications from candidates with skills or experience in the following areas: Family Support, Childrens Social Care, Level 3 Health and Social Care, positive parenting facilitator, foster carer, or registered child minder.Benefits·Flexible hours with no minimum commitment·You choose the days and shifts that suit your availability and personal commitments·24/7 out of hours support·Travel allowance·1 hour welfare visits·4-6 hour family support sessionsThis Independent Family Support Worker role will give you fantastic opportunities to work with caring and dedicated child protection professionals, supporting parents to improve their ability to care for their children safely at home.Essential Skills:·Minimum Level 3 Health and Social Care or equivalent·At least 12-months Family Support Worker experience with parents, children, or young people in their homes or communities·Excellent timekeeping·Ability to type reports using MS Word (or similar) and send by email·Ability to use MS Teams for video sessionsFamily Support Workers are required to provide factual, concise session reports about a parents care of their children and family functioning.You will work independently as well as a member of a team of Family Support Workers and social workers.Our service provides family support to children and young people who are in crisis, on the edge of care, on the edge of gang involvement, or require reunification to their family.Additional Information:Work is assignment based and availability of hours varies from week to week. This is not an employed role - Independent Family Support Workers must be registered as a limited company, or with a UK based umbrella company (we cannot work with sole traders).About Company:As a social work owned and operated company, we place the needs and safety of children and their families at the centre of everything we do.WillisPalmer is an independent social work and family support provider. We have been established for 19 years and have become the UK’s leading provider of multi-disciplinary family assessments, independent social work, forensic risk, psychological assessments,and Family Support services to local authorities.To help us develop our family support service, we are seeking experienced and skilled Family Support Workers to work in family homes, in and around London.www.willispalmer.comRequired skills

• Child Development
• Child Protection
• Child Welfare
• Contact Centre
• Local Authorities
• Safeguarding
• Social Work
• Family Care
• Fostering
• Parenting