Family Support Worker

Job Title: Family Support Worker
Location: Durham
Pay Rate: £15 Umbrella P/H
Job Type: Full Time/Contract

The Role

Some families in County Durham experience a range of factors which place outcomes for their children at risk, these include poverty, parental substance misuse, domestic abuse, crime and/or anti-social behaviour, poor school attendance and worklessness.

The aim of the Family Support Worker is to provide practical help at the earliest opportunity to enable these families to make significant and sustainable changes that will impact positively upon themselves and their children. To do this the Family Support Worker will provide practical help to families that is agreed as necessary between the family and their Social Worker.

The Candidate

• Level 3 qualification in a relevant children's services field
• Level 3 qualification in a relevant children's services field
• Experience of delivering planned interventions using evidence-based practice leading to improved outcomes

How to apply

Please submit your application via the contact details provided and you'll be contacted with further information about this opportunity or email your CV to me directly' or call me on