Family Support Worker

Role Responsibility

Do you want to be part of a growing and exciting service? We are recruiting 1X Positive Behaviour Support Family Support Workers into the Strengthening Independence Service for Disabled Children and Young Adults (0-25).

You will undertake time-limited, outcomes-focused work with Disabled Children and Young People aged 0-25 and their families and support them to continue to care for their Child or Young person within the family or home. You will promote change within families and support Young People as they prepare to become adults and in their early adult life. You will work under the direction of the Provision Manager, working in conjunction with Social Workers and their Team Managers.

You will be working with Children, Young People and their families to support:

• early intervention to develop and implement PBS strategies to manage behaviours of concern.
• intensive work to prevent children and young people having to leave their family home
• supporting the development of independence skills
• time-limited outcome focused interventions

You will need to be able to work flexibly, including some evening and weekend work, to fit in with families’ availability. You will be based at one of the Overnight Short Break Units in the east of the county and receive support and training for the role, so this will give great opportunities for your own development. 

The base will be Thanet or Ashford, However, most work will be with families in the community or home working.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application to the Disclosure and Barring service:

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Please see the job description and person specification.

Contact Details

Contact Natasha Pearson - 07989438710 - Natasha.pearson@kent.gov.uk

or alternatively

Patricia Nolze – 07976837056 - Patricia.nolze@kent.gov.uk

if you would like to discuss the post prior to application.

About the Company

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county’s working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.