Family Support Worker, Islington Children Services

Family Support Worker, Islington Children Services  
Pay rate -  £28.70  
Early Help Family Support is a universal offer of help, providing a rapid response to families and wrapping around universal services to manage emerging needs as early as possible, as well as offering case holding interventions which are flexible to support families with multiple complex needs. New River College comprises of three pupil referral units in Islington (primary, secondary and medical), for pupils with social, emotional and mental health challenges (SEMH). We teach children and young people aged five to sixteen years old who have been permanently excluded or participate in our preventative programmes to address their behaviour, and children and young people with complex SEMH or medical needs. The New River College Family Support Practitioner provides direct family support to families of children attending New River College (NRC) Pupil Referral Units and universal services, ensuring that an integrated approach and key multi-agency relationships are established to support transition of children to/from mainstream schools to NRC. Family Support Practitioners provide direct family support, holding responsibility for a caseload of families with a range of multiple and complex needs. Collaborating with families and partners to complete whole family early help assessments and plans that strengthen family resilience, reduce family stressors and improve family outcomes.

  
Please get in touch for more information. 
 
This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:  

• A Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to 

• An easy registration process (all done online) 

• Referral schemes and incentives  

• Ongoing compliance managed for you 

• Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more. 

Please contact Helen on 07901286967 or helen.omara@pprsocialcare.co.uk for more information.   
  
We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this is not the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO (Independence Reviewing Officer), BIA (Best Interest Assessor), MASH, LAC, Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager.