2 months contract with a local authority Job Summary: Family Solutions (Edge of Care) is a service designed for young people between the ages of 11 and 17 years old and their families where the young person is considered by the local authority to be in crisis and consequently on the cusp of a reactive care episode.
A team of dedicated and sed practitioners work alongside the allocated social worker and the family with the aim of identifying workable solutions to help improve the relationships they share with each other.
Key Duties/Accountabilities: The Family Solutions Service works with the whole family utilising strengths based and solution focused odology to support them in developing and implementing sustainable long term desired change.
Intervention is intensive and time limited and as a consequence caseloads are comparatively small and offer the opportunity for direct and frequent engagement at the heart of families.
The Edge of Care Family Solutions Practitioner will work as the lead professional working closely with families and partners to ensure family members needs are met using the whole family and strengthsbased practice.
To ess the needs and risks for children and identify actions appropriate to meet need and address risk in collaboration with referring social workers.
They will work alongside allocated Social Workers Essential Experience Required: Experience of acting as a lead professional for families with multiple or complex needs and working directly with families to deliver positive outcomes for them.
Experience collaborating with social workers education police and voluntary sector colleagues and other professionals as the lead professional in multiagency setting.
Essential Qualifications Required: A recognised qualification in work with children or young people.
Recognised disciplines include social work teaching youth work health work police and probation work.
Additional information to note: 35 Hours per week 09:00am 17:00pm The closing date for this position is ASAP Experience of acting as a lead professional for families with multiple or complex needs and working directly with families to deliver positive outcomes for them.
Experience collaborating with social workers, education, police and voluntary sector colleagues and other professionals, as the lead professional, in multi-agency setting.