16 Oct
Lancashire County Council
Morecambe
Salary £25,979 - £29,777 Per Annum | Fixed Term Until August 2025, Full Time 37 Hours Per Week | Lancaster, Morecambe & Surrounding Areas |
Pay Award Pending
International Sponsorship – this role is not open to international sponsorship
Family Support Worker
LCC has a fantastic opportunity to join our Family Intensive Support Team, on a temporary basis, until August 2025.
We have two full time posts as Family support workers, this is an excellent opportunity for any experienced support worker who has knowledge and working experience of working 1:1 with families providing Family intensive support, early help, and targeted support.
Family Support Workers are operational frontline delivery staff in our 'Family Intensive Support' (FIS) team and work in Lancaster, Morecambe, Heysham, Carnforth and surrounding areas.
The successful candidates will carry a caseload of children, young people, and their families with unmet needs up to the thresholds for statutory services, with more focus on intensive support (Level 3 CON). As case holders, they will undertake appropriate assessments of their needs in line with Lancashire Early Help Assessment and progress appropriate planned responses.
Family Support Workers will undertake the 'Lead Professional' role where appropriate in cases which require multi-agency support for families/CYP, coordinating support and informing the plan. FSWs are responsible for developing and delivering SMART action plans designed to address identified unmet needs and use agreed tools to measure the progress made by families/individuals towards substantial and sustained change.
They will record their work fully and appropriately within agreed management information systems and will be line managed by a Senior Family Support Worker-FiS.
Flexible working is required, and some evening, early mornings and weekend delivery may be required to meet the needs of families.
In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.
For more information, please contact Sarah Livingstone Team Manager FiS via telephone - 01772 530714 - or email ***************@lancashire.gov.uk.
Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for the role. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence.
The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013).
If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Further information can be found on the 'Our Recruitment Process' tab.
We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.
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