Outreach Family Support Worker (Grade 6) - Social Care Non-Qualified

| OUTREACH FAMILY SUPPORT WORKER

Directorate: Children & Young People’s Services
Division: Early Help
Job Title: Outreach Family Support Worker
Grade: 5
Salary: £23,836 – £27,905
Location: Liverpool
DBS: Enhanced DBS
Reports to: Early Help Consultant Social Worker

Job Purpose

To provide high-quality, targeted outreach and home-based Early Help support to children, young people and families using a whole-family approach .

The role will support children and young people aged 0–25 * and their families, helping to prevent escalation to statutory services and ensuring families can access appropriate universal and community services.

*Ages 19–25 applies where the SEND Code of Practice is applicable.

Key Responsibilities

• Hold complex Level 3 cases stepped down from Children’s Social Care.
• Complete Early Help Assessments and coordinate Team Around the Family (TAF) meetings.
• Act as Lead Professional , coordinating services and monitoring progress against family plans.
• Provide intensive, targeted and bespoke support to vulnerable children, young people and families.
• Support adolescents experiencing complex emotional and mental health difficulties.
• Assess risk and need and develop plans to reduce identified risks.
• Work with families using Signs of Safety , solution-focused approaches and the Family Outcomes Star .
• Develop practical parenting strategies and strengthen parent/carer-child relationships.
• Carry out home visits and provide direct support within the family environment.
• Use de-escalation techniques when working with challenging behaviour.
• Support supervised contact where required.
• Maintain accurate case records, assessments, chronologies, plans and progress notes.
• Promote safeguarding and equality while working in partnership with children, young people, families and professionals.
• Attend supervision, reviews, planning meetings and relevant multi-agency forums.
• Contribute to service development, professional learning and continuous improvement.

Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate will have experience of:

• Working with children, young people and families in an Early Help or family support setting.
• Managing complex cases and assessing risk and need .
• Delivering intensive, targeted and home-based support .
• Coordinating multi-agency professionals around families.
• Developing and reviewing family support plans.
• Safeguarding children and young people.
• Supporting positive parenting and family relationships.
• Engaging families using a strengths-based, solution-focused approach .

Enhanced DBS required. </p

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