Children's Support Worker

Belmont Recruitment are currently looking for a Children’s Support Worker to join Sheffield Council’s Children’s Services Department on an initial 3 month temporary contract. This is a full-time role working 37 hours per week.

The Role:

We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic candidates to work in our statutory area fieldwork and children with disability teams to work alongside Social Workers to provide advice and practical support to children and young people who are deemed “in need” under the Children Act 1989 or identified as in need of support.

Key Duties:

* You will facilitate support groups, be part of the duty rota and will be involved in assessing and working directly with families needing support, offering parenting advice and guidance, signposting families to other services, where appropriate.

* You will promote the educational, training, employment opportunities and social skills of young people and enable them to build these skills. You will have experience of working in a social care setting or similar environment with vulnerable children and families and will have experience of completing chronologies, life story books and contact plans.

Requirements:

* You will have experience of establishing links within local communities to ensure that effective responses to children and young people’s needs are maximised

* You will have experience of working with children, young people and families at times of change in their lives and respond appropriately so you will need a high level of communication skills both verbally and written as well as an ability to identify risks.

* You will be skilled at resolving conflicts that can occur in multi-agency working and have experience of seeking best outcomes for children and young people and their families.

Please apply with an up to date CV as soon as possible if this role would be of interest