Family Intervention Key Worker - Halifax, United Kingdom - Calderdale Council

Calderdale Council

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Halifax, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Application closing date
02/07/202- Location
Halifax

Salary

Scale - SO1, £ £32020 per annum

Package

37 hours per week, fixed term until March 202- Job category/type
Council

Job description
Post Ref: CC614
This is an exciting opportunity to join Calderdale's Family Intervention Team, which sits within Children and Family Services. The Family Intervention Team has a key focus on working with families that have multiple and complex needs such as families that are suffering child poverty, at risk of eviction due to antisocial behaviour, those in financial hardship as well as working with the following additional groups, families of prolific and persistent adult offenders, families involved in substance misuse and families surviving domestic violence.
The key worker will work persistently and intensively, with targeted families who face particularly complex and multiple issues, using a holistic 'think family' approach and provide support to a complex child and family workload, which includes Child Protection, Children with Disabilities, Looked after Children and Care Leavers in accordance with procedures, with the support of Children's Social Care. They will also take a lead role with Child in Need cases where allocated.
Experienced in working with 'hard to reach' children and families who present challenging behaviour, using an 'outcomes focussed' approach, you should have proven assessment, analytical and reflective skills as well as experience of being a Lead Professional. You will also bring the ability to work within a framework of 'support and challenge'.
Due to the Covid Pandemic, key workers are now working in a hybrid way; key workers currently spend 2 days in an office environment, the rest of the week the workers are based from home, completing visits from their home as a base.
For an informal discussion about this post please contact Joanna Dunkley-Pritchard on

Closing Date:
Sunday 2nd July 2023

Interview date: Monday 19th July 2023
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. Applicants to posts that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act will require a DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service before the appointment is confirmed.
We may utilise digital interview methods. On 30 January 2019, the Council declared a climate emergency in a bold move to step up its action to tackle climate change. We reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the advertised closing date, an early submission is advised