Senior Early Help Practitioner

Duration: Initially 3 monthsHours: 36 hours a weekRate: £30 umbrella an hour (£23 PAYE an hour)

Southwark Council are looking for a Senior Early Help Practitioner to join their Under 11 Family Early Help Service

Responsibilities:

• Focus on supporting families working closely with partner agencies to deliver high quality early intervention to families in collaboration with primary schools
• Engage families in recognizing the need for change in order to improve outcomes for their children
• Conduct whole family assessments that consider risk factors such as poor school attendance, physical and mental health issues, substance misuse, worklessness etc.
• Create a whole family plan with families that includes the voice of children and has SMART objectives
• Review progress of family plans regularly and plan exit strategies to sustain progress

Requirements

• Experience and working knowledge of an early intervention setting and statutory work with children and families with a demonstrable track record in family work and leading professional collaborations
• Must hold a recognized and relevant academic and/or professional qualification at level5/Degree level or higher in direct work with families or have significant experience in complex whole family work
• Significant experience of complex whole family direct work with children and their families within an early help context
• Experience of supervising, training and managing staff undertaking whole family work