Children and Family Support Worker

We are looking a Children and Family Support Worker for a Independent Domestic Violence Advocate for a charity run organisation.

Main Purpose of role: To provide support, advice and assistance to women & children who have or may have experienced domestic abuse

This oragnisation provides domestic abuse refuges for women and children experiencing domestic violence abuse.

Alongside Floating Support teams to support people living in teh community who are at high risk of domestic abuse.

Develop positive relationships with women and their child(ren) in order to enable them to work towards and achieve their goals.

• Contribute positively towards the five key themes with Every Child Matters:

• - Being healthy

• - Staying safe

• -Enjoy and achieve

• - Making a positive contribution

• - Achieve economic wellbeing

• To motivate and empower service users and their child(ren) in all aspects of daily living.

• To support Service users and their child(ren) using a support plan system. To formulate, implement and review support plans with the participation of service users and external agencies. Taking into account that support plans are age appropriate.

• To advocate on behalf of families, and where appropriate accompanying them to relevant agencies.

• To provide play sessions for both pre-school and school aged children with educational, recreational and interactive opportunities.

• To plan and provide play schemes and activities during holiday periods.

• To assist mothers with parenting skills and signpost them to external agencies if required.

• Support families with issues and concerns surrounding domestic abuse.

• Empower families to improve their quality of life by promoting and maintaining independent living.

• Ensuring that confidentiality is kept at all times.

• To establish close working relationships with statutory and voluntary organisations.

***Please note this is not a Hybrid role and female applicants only as this is a domestic abuse service***