Connect2Kent
Early Help Worker
Full time,
TEMPORARY
Dartford

£10.25 to £10.96 per hour

We are currently seeking to recruit a Early Help Support Worker to be based at Dartford Youth Hub. To operate as an early help worker within and Early Help Unit operating across this district of Kent, delivering early help interventions and targeted support to vulnerable children, young people and their families.

Manage a caseload, providing a high quality, effective and responsive service for children, young people and their families, targeting support as required and at critical times and stages of development.Work closely with colleagues in the unit to deliver interventions and programmes with children, young people and their families in various settings including school, college, family home, youth clubs, children centres and other relevant community facilities.

The candidate must hold a Level 3 diploma (or equivalent) in childcare, Health, Social care, Youth Justice, Education, Youth Work or a relevant field with experience in a relevant role or evidence of relevant experience. The position is subject to an enhanced DBS at a cost of £54, and 3 years worth of referencing.


Skills and Abilities
- Ability to build rapport and relationships with children, young people and their families
- Ability to deal with difficult/sensitive situations
- Ability to Develop effective relationships with local agencies, partners and Early Help commissioned Services to ensure seamless provision of services across the district.
- Ability to coordinate a multi-agency group to provide an effective service to children, young people and their families These interventions and support will be designed to avoid the need to engage more intensive (statutory) interventions from Specialist Children's Services, as well as support children and young people who have been stepped down from specialist support.

- Ability to appropriately handle confidential information
- Organisational abilities and accurate record keeping
- Able to travel on a regular basis between sites

Knowledge:
- Understanding of child and adolescent development and knowledge of parenting skills
- Sound knowledge of KCC safeguarding procedures and threshold criteria
- Knowledge of Early Help and Prevention and understanding of legislative and policy frameworks
- Knowledge and understanding of policy and practice developments relevant to children and young people
- Knowledge of relevant Inspection Frameworks
- Understanding of equality and diversity principles

Must have a commitment to work flexibly across the 0-25 age range and, on occasions, at evenings and weekends. Please note you will need to be able to be car driver with your own transport as the job entails working across the entire Dartford District.

Please apply for this position online as we have a high volume of applicants.

Connect2Kent is an agency acting as an employment business and as an equal opportunity agency.
www.connect2kent.co.uk