Independent family support worker - united kingdom, london

has anyone ever told you how good you are at working with children and their families?

do you thrive on helping parents learn skills to care for their children safely?

if you do, we would love to hear from you - we 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.

this role is community based across london and surrounding areas.

the 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.

we offer a range of services, from 1-hour welfare visits, to 4 to 6-hour family support sessions, to 24/7 safeguarding observation in the family home.

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 programmes to parents of toddlers to teens.

family support workers are required to provide factual, concise session reports about 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.

we welcome applications for this role from candidates with skills or experience in the following areas: children's social care, contact supervisor, children's centre worker, positive parenting facilitator, foster carer, registered child minder, level 3 health and social care.

benefitstravel allowanceflexible hours with no minimum committmentyou choose the days and shifts that suit your availability and personal commitments24/7 out of hours worker supportessential skillsminimum level 3 health and social care or equivalentat least 12 months family support worker experience with parents, children, or young people in their homes or communitiesexcellent timekeepingability to type reports using ms word (or similar)about companyas 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 18 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.

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