Early Help Family Practitioner

Seven Resourcing are looking for a temporary Early Help Family Practitioner to work in Hackney. This position is initially for a period of 6 months and is paying £20.02 (PAYE) or £23.00 (umbrella) per hour. The working hours are Monday – Friday from 9am – 5pm. 

The role:

To work as part of a team of early help Family Practitioners to deliver interventions as part of a wider multi-agency system, in order to provide intense support to families with multiple and complex needs.

To deliver child centred holistic family assessments using a range of evidence based tools to identify adverse childhood experiences and factors impacting on family functioning, in order to increase resilience, parenting capacity and promote good child and parent attachment in order to support child outcomes.

To respond resourcefully to families at risk of poor outcomes at the earliest opportunity, making full use of community resources and settings to support children to achieve a good level of development and reduce family isolation in order to sustain outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• To work as a Early Help Family Practitioner in accordance with the Hackney Family Support Practice Guidance and Multi-Agency Team protocol.
• To promote an environment that safeguards and protects children and takes responsibility for ensuring that appropriate safeguarding procedures are adhered to.
• To provide structured and individual support to children and families using the appropriate assessment tools, such as Hackney’s Early Help Assessment Form and , to create an individual plan with agreed outcomes, targets and review dates.
• To act as lead professional for individual families to coordinate and share information at MAT Meetings and to support and lead on team around the child meetings.
• To support parents/carers care of their child through targeted work in the home, group work and coordinated services and activities; and support with barriers such as housing and financial matters that impact on parenting.
• To coordinate and deliver parenting groups to support parents/ carers to develop an understanding of their child’s needs and strengthen their parenting skills.

Applicant Requirements:

Qualifications:

Minimum Level 3 qualification in childcare & education or primary education or work with parents or health or social work.

Experience: Experience of providing parenting support, delivering parenting programmes, groups or forums to vulnerable families with complex needs.

Compliance: Proof of ability to work and live in the UK. Current DBS and references covering the last 5 years. 

Hours: 36 hours p/w.

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