Connect2Dudley
We are seeking experienced family support practitioners to join our Family Help teams as Lead Family Help Practitioners, to lead assessment and planning for allocated families, and work as part of our multi-disciplinary teams to progress interventions and support to children, parents and carers.
Dudley's practice model is Restorative Practice, and to strengthen this we introduced the Family Safeguarding model into our Social Work teams in 2023. We are using Restorative Practice and Family Safeguarding as the basis of our Family Help arrangements, and are now expanding our Family Help teams to include alternatively qualified lead family help practitioners, recognising the value of diversity in our workforce and the experience and skills they bring to change work with families.
We are recruiting practitioners to work during a standard working day, and also a team of practitioners to work flexibly between 5 and 10pm on weekdays and 5pm-8pm at the weekend to provide support and intervention to families at the times they need. Family Help Practitioners will be supported by an Advanced Social Work practitioner and the wider multi-disciplinary Family Help service.
prioritising the needs of complex families, often with multiple interrelated problems, who are in need of support and intervention and are at risk of or receiving statutory intervention
Experience needed:
Need to have experience working with children and families.
Preferable experience supporting social workers in the above environments.
Location:
The posts are based at our office at Waterfront West Brierley Hill.
Connect2Dudleyis a trading style of Dudley & Kent Commercial Services LTD – A joint venture between Dudley Metropolitan Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Dudley is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.
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