Family support worker
Warwickshire County Council
Office base in Coventry, Working across the whole of Warwickshire
04.2024 - Current
- Based within the social services fostering and adoption team
- I use an holistic and restorative approach to build trusting relationships with both the young person and their careers
- Agreed and planned a young person focused action plan
- Planned, organised, escorted and supervised family time visits between biological parents and their children
- Carried out home and placement visits, to ensure a clean, safe and trusting environment was being provided
- Advocated on behalf of young people and careers, within team or multi agency meetings
- Offered advice on budget and benefit management or application
- Maintained detailed and secure case notes, using the council selected online app. These would be consulted upon in the decision making processes
- Provided emotional support for improved family dynamics, relationships and personal growth of young person
- Followed safeguarding working guidelines at all times
- Managed identified and referred caseload of young people until agreed action plan of support is completed
- Work in the 'duty room' each month dealing with emergency incidents as they happen