| Salary £25,979-£29,777 Per annum | Permanent, Part Time, 29.6 hours per week |
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An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Children and Family Wellbeing Service Family Intensive Support Team in Rossendale. Post holders will work in partnership with other Family Partners across their team to provide a personalised, whole family focussed, casework response to meeting the unmet needs of identified children, young people and families.
Holders will undertake direct work with service users, holding an individual caseload of children and young people within their families. They will assess undertake early help assessments of the family's needs. They will co-produce with families, smart action plans focussed on improving outcomes for the children and improving their welfare and implement these alongside other key partner agencies through a Team around the Family approach. Their casework will respond to needs at both a universal+ and intensive support level, with a leaning towards more complex cases.
Their workload will be identified through a range of service pathways including cases;
• Referred for an early help response through the multi-agency safeguarding hub (MASH)
• De-escalated and stepped down from specialist/statutory level
• Where more complex family needs have been identified through the universal school setting as part of service 'Team around the School' arrangements
• Requests for support with more complex family needs, originated by other agencies.
Post holders will work cooperatively across service delivery teams and themes to ensure that service users experience continuity and receive a seamless service. Post holders will secure the consent of service users and apply creativity to maintain positive engagement with family members throughout the duration of interventions. They will have responsibility for planning their work and choosing suitable evidence-based methodologies for responding to identified needs which achieve positive results. They will be able to use judgment to re-shape their responses to deal with new emerging needs and unforeseen issues, seeking guidance from Lead Practitioners and making practical decisions within closely defined policies and procedural guidance.
For an informal discussion please contact Family Intensive Support Team Manager Kathryn Bancroft -
kathryn.bancroft@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.
This position is part time, please note the salary quoted is full time equivalent, the salary received will be paid on a pro–rata basis.
You will be required to provide a car for use in connection with the duties of this post and must be insured for business use. However, we may consider you if you cannot drive because of a disability.
In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.
We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.