Family Support Workers

Our transformed Family Early Help Service provides Early Help through a whole family approach based on collaboration with families and with partners from schools, health, children's services and the community. We have vacancies for Family Support Workers within our workforce to further enhance our sense of purpose and our growing expertise. These are exciting opportunities of progression for dynamic and experienced 'family-centred' practitioners who hold relevant academic or professional qualification at level 3 or higher to play a significant role within the delivery of our Family Early Help Service. Our transformed Family Early Help Service provides early help through a whole family approach based on collaboration with families and with partners from schools, health, children's services and the community.

• Enthusiastic candidates who have significant experience and working knowledge of an early intervention setting and statutory work with children and families.
• Reflective practitioners who have a track record of working holistically with children, young people and families within a whole family model.
• Highly skilled practitioner who will demonstrate your extensive capability in engagement, undertaking comprehensive whole family assessments which create clear goals, and support your use of evidenced informed practice. We especially invite applications from workers with experience of working with children with additional needs and their families.
• someone who can demonstrate their skill set to act as a 'lead professional' and the importance of working purposefully and collaboratively with all family members and other agencies to achieve best outcomes for children.
• An awareness of SEND, education issues and understanding of how to work with schools and families to drive engagement of children and families in educational attendance and ambition., This post is covered by the Government's Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The post holder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.
  
  Here at Walsall, we want to attract the best talent. That's why - as well as a satisfying and rewarding job - we offer a range of attractive benefits. Working arrangements in most jobs are flexible (you may work flexitime, full or part time and job sharing is usually available) and you can expect generous holiday entitlements, a first class pension scheme and plenty of opportunities for training and personal development., Part of the Black Country, famous for its enterprising and industrial past, Walsall is reinventing itself to become a progressive modern community. The borough is centred around the major town of Walsall, but also includes five smaller and distinctive district centres (Bloxwich, Aldridge, Willenhall, Darlaston and Brownhills), together with numerous villages.
Find out more about Living in Walsall. Walsall Council is committed to Safer Recruitment. To achieve our commitment, we will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust recruitment processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. Social Work Matters - Children's Social Worker Recruitment