Family Worker inLiverpool inLiverpool PUBLISHED MON 25 NOV 2024

GOOD SALARY
CASELOAD FAMILY

WithYou rExv17I

Meaningful Impact, Family Workers have the opportunity to make a significant difference in the lives of families by providing support and interventions that promote health and wellbeing.

Diverse Responsibilities, The role includes a variety of tasks such as assessments, creating recovery plans, and making referrals, which keeps the work engaging and dynamic.

Collaboration, Working with other agencies and specialists fosters a collaborative environment, enhancing professional relationships and broadening the support network for families.

Autonomy, Family Workers have the flexibility to plan and manage their own caseload, allowing them to tailor their approach to meet the unique needs of each family.

Skill Development, The role encourages the development of various skills, such as assessment, risk management, and communication, which are valuable in the social and healthcare sectors.

Community Engagement, Family Workers play a key role in publicising services and resources, strengthening community ties and fostering a sense of community support.

Job Satisfaction, Helping families achieve their goals and watching them overcome challenges can lead to high levels of job satisfaction and personal fulfillment.

The role of a Family Worker at With You in Liverpool involves managing a caseload of family clients, providing interventions focused on psychosocial support and medication management in line with organisational guidelines. Responsibilities include conducting comprehensive family assessments, creating and reviewing recovery plans with set goals, making referrals to specialized agencies, and ensuring a safe environment through risk assessment. The Family Worker will also utilize influencing skills to promote the organisation's services internally and externally, delivering relevant information and support related to substance misuse and parenting in both group and individual settings.

Main Role Responsibilities

Manage an active caseload of Family clients, providing family interventions and/or other psychosocial and pharmacotherapy interventions in compliance with With You’s guidelines and the local contract
Assess parents , carrying out a full family assessment and devise, monitor and review recovery/care plans within and between services to ensure clients’s needs are met using SMART goals
Make appropriate onward referrals to specialist agencies
Assess risk to ensure a safe, appropriate environment for all through the prevention and management
Make autonomous decisions as appropriate, to plan and arrange own work to ensure family focussed interventions and support is provided
Disseminate substance misuse and parenting information whilst offering interventions relating to health and social wellbeing, in both group and one to one/family settings
Use influencing skills to ensure the Family offer is appropriately publicised, both internally and externally

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