Belmont Recruitment are currently looking for an experienced Senior Early Help Worker to join Barnsley Council’s Family Wellbeing Team on an initial 3-6 month temporary contract. This is a full-time role working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
Key Duties:
* Manage a team of early help engagement workers to promote early help services and family hubs and start for life offer
* Work with multiagency partners to build key relationships to ensure a strong early help offer is understood by the workforce including delivery or training, induction sessions for new starters, presenting reports
* Undertake data analysis to effectively understand the performance of the team and contribute to wider performance reporting systems
* Contribute to delivery groups and multiagency meetings to contribute to system wide delivery planning to promote and achieve the objectives of the service. Accurately record and maintain progression, activity, outcomes and plans
* Complete and monitor agreed assessment tools and ensure it informs early help and prevention but ensuring it compliments any other support plan in place. Assess and engage those individuals with complex needs who are not currently engaged in appropriate services
* Seek and respond to referrals from a variety of internal and external sources, pulling together intelligence and multi agency meetings as required
* Co-ordinate the development and regular review of person centred multi-agency support plans
* Support service users to engage effectively with appropriate services to meet their individual needs and aspirations
* Develop effective working relationships with key voluntary and statutory services and their staff to improve the response to people with multiple needs.
Requirements:
* Experience of successfully delivering advice or support to vulnerable children and their families aged 0-19
* Experience of providing professional advice and guidance
* Knowledge of Early Help Services
* Full UK Drivers Licence
Please apply with an up to date CV if this role would be of interest
