Halton Borough Council
Location
Chichester, West Sussex | United Kingdom
Job description
Job Category : Social Care – Unqualified
Location : Rutland House, Runcorn, WA7 2GW, Halton Borough Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £13.21
We need a support worker to assist us in supporting families. They must have experience in parenting support, family communication and some level of assessing families capability to change. The support worker will also need to supervsise contacts to support the social workers.
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB:
To contribute to the creation, implementation and review of individual care plans for children, young people and their families to meet their assessed need.
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Act as key worker to a number of children and families, working in partnership with them and any other relevant persons to identify needs and co-ordinate/implement the individual care plans.
Devise, monitor and review individual care plans to the standards identified in the service specification.
Ensure that the personal care needs of the children and young people are met.
Liaise and communicate with other agencies, parents and professional staff so that appropriate resources may be identified and mobilised for the benefit of children, young people and their families.
Maintain effective record systems to enable the preparation of necessary reports to contribute to the care planning process.
Participate in the corporate administration of the service both within the Team/Centre and in the community.
Where appropriate, participate as a working supervisor of lower graded staff, to ensure the effective and efficient organisation of the service.
Be aware of and comply with the statutory requirements, group policies, equal opportunities and other regulations and procedures.
Identify problems and service deficiencies by the continuous review of the service user needs, by this and make recommendations for improvement so as to contribute to the achievement of the overall service objectives.
To be available to work out of hours to meet the demands of the service.
To contribute to the development of equal opportunities practices within the Team.
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