Location
London Borough of Hounslow

Hours
Full Time (hours not specified)

Salary
£42,060 per annum

About the Role
To work with children and families to address multiple and complex needs, improving family functioning and resilience, reducing the need for statutory interventions. To develop, deliver and evaluate creative, robust and outcomes-led packages of intervention and support for children, young people and their families, based on whole family assessment. To provide an integrated response to meeting the needs of parents, children and young people through collaborative working with colleagues, partner agencies, young people and their families/carers. To contribute to the success of Hounslow’s Families First Programme by working competently with families who meet the national Troubled Families criteria.

About the Team You’ll Be Working In
Our Family Help Team provides targeted and statutory support to families with children and young people aged 0–18 (up to 25 with additional needs). We work with families facing a range of challenges, including parenting, wellbeing and school-related issues, using Child in Need (CIN) and Team Around the Family (TAF) plans. The team brings together Social Workers and Family Support Practitioners to deliver coordinated support that helps improve outcomes and prevent problems from escalating.

About Us at Hounslow
We are an outstanding council serving an outstanding borough, with visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture. We have built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of all our work, best articulated in “Harness the Mix.” We serve a diverse community, have a diverse workforce and are committed to being an inclusive employer. We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, support thriving employee network groups and provide learning and development programmes that promote ways of working to eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias. As a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate candidates.

Our Benefits
If you join us, you’ll have access to a range of employee benefits.

Experience
Substantial experience working with children, young people and their families.

About You
- Strong relationship building and direct work skills.
- Enthusiasm and passion for the safeguarding of children and young people.
- Ability to deliver high quality assessments, care plans and reports.
- Excellent communication and organisation skills.

Qualifications
Substantial experience of working with children of school age is required.
Enhanced DBS check (3 years) with children barred list check is essential for the role.