Stronger Families Key Worker

Hillingdon Council: Putting our Residents first.

About The Role

You will join our stronger families service as a key worker, delivering and coordinating, multi-agency, evidenced based interventions to help and support children and families within one of our 3 localities.

The role will provide you with opportunities to work with children, young people and families, in their communities in partnership with a range of other professionals and agencies.

You will manage a caseload of families with complex and varying needs, including parenting support, family violence, mental health, substance misuse, early identification of special needs, disengagement of education and risk of poverty and criminality.

You will be working within a dedicated and experienced team, finding family strengths and building on them, as well as engaging with the local community.

About You

You will be a compassionate and motivated practitioner, with experience of working with vulnerable families and a good understanding of social care, education and health services. You will also have a good knowledge of safeguarding and an understanding of hpw positve change can happen with families facing a range of challenges.

We are looking for people to join us whom our families and young people will welcome and want to work with in partnership to build effective relationships that will create positive change for them.

What we offer

We offer a range of Company benefits. These vary according to the business area and role but may include:

• local government average salary pension scheme
• free parking (4 days a week) if based at the Civic Centre
• a 36-hour week for all full-time staff
• generous holiday entitlement: a minimum 25 days a year (plus bank holidays), rising to 28 days after five years’ service. For more senior positions holiday entitlements can rise to a maximum of 36 days
• career breaks
• flexible working hours
• season ticket loan
• access to a Credit Union
• access to a wide range of training and courses
• discount on a variety of Adult Education courses run by the Council
• payment of professional fees where these are required
• discounts at council-owned leisure centres and swimming pools at Hillingdon (Uxbridge), Queensmead (South Ruislip), Highgrove (Ruislip) and Botwell Green (Hayes)
• cycle purchase scheme
• car sharing scheme
• 30% discount on green fees at council-owned golf courses

Additional information

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Applicants should be aware that the post will only be offered to successful candidates subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances.