Family Support Worker

Role Responsibility

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

You will undertake time-limited, outcomes-focused work with Disabled Children or Young People aged 0-25 and their families and support them to continue to care for their Disabled 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 Lead Co-ordinator of the service, working in conjunction with the 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 ability to travel across a wide geographical area in a timely and flexible manner at various times of the day is essential.

The unit you will be based at is as follows:

Windchimes Shortbreaks, Herne Bay

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.

Contact Details

Please contact Natasha Pearson 07989438710 or email Natasha.pearson@kent.gov.uk if you would like to discuss the post prior to application.

About the Company

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.