Senior Early Help Practitioner

Duration: Initially 3 months
Hours: 36 hours a week
Rate: £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