Directorate: Children & Young People Services
Permanent, Full time, 37 hours per week
Come and join our fabulous Integrated Working Team in the Early Help & Family Engagement Service at Rotherham Council.
Why work for Rotherham Children and Young People’s Services?
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You will be joining an authority Ofsted rate as Outstanding.
- You will receive strong management support and oversight, and approachable and supportive senior managers.
- You will receive regular reflective supervision.
- We provide excellent professional learning and development opportunities underpinned by the Rotherham Family Approach which incorporates ‘Signs of Safety’, ‘Restorative Approaches’, and ‘Social Pedagogy’ as our methodological approach and framework to supporting children and families.
- You will experience a positive learning environment to enhance your career and access to a bespoke Learning Academy which supports practitioners across CYPS.
- You will have the opportunity to make a real difference to the children and families in the Borough.
We want excellent practitioners to help transform Rotherham by generating a movement where outstanding practice is the norm, resulting in consistently better outcomes for all our children. These are in accordance with our ambition to become a leading children’s services authority.
About the opportunity:
Rotherham's Integrated Working Team is responsible for embedding the uptake of the Family Assessment of Need (FAN's) across all partners, and ensuring effective support is provided to children and families through this process. This includes:
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Support and giving oversight for families where a FAN has been requested from a partner agency.
- Support and guidance for partners through the process of completing the FAN, plan and undertaking the role of Lead Practitioner (LP).
- Providing information and advice to LP about services that could support or contribute to the support package for a child and family.
- Reflective discussions for families who are ‘experiencing difficulties in moving forward’ and to offer support to help drive change.
- Developing strong multi-agency relationships with local partners in order to ensure high quality support to children and families to address need and prevent problems becoming worse.
- Support in link worker meetings/action for education (attendance) meetings as and when required.
The Early Help Strategy is clear that the commitment is for families requiring support to have one worker and one plan and that this is a partnership endeavour from which families will benefit.
The postholders will operate from locality-based Family Help Services and will work across the Borough, providing support and oversight to partners acting as lead practitioners who are undertaking the Family Assessment of Need (FAN).
The postholders will work with a range of partners to embed the use of the FAN across the Borough, providing robust oversight and challenge to ensure effective support for children and families.
About You:
The successful candidate will love working with children and families and will be committed to improving children’s outcomes. Your skills and experience should help you to:
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Work independently as part of a specialist team, managing a case load undertaking assessment of need, negotiate care packages and undertake reviews with consideration of budgeting constraints and in accordance with legislation and council policies.
- Carry out the role of support, challenge and coaching to partners, providing assistance and guidance in areas such as restorative practice, signs of safety, personal care, daily living, health, social integration and emotional support.
- Ensure implementation of care plans, support plans, risk assessments and monitor effectiveness of these plans and take appropriate follow up action in conjunction with the service user, carers and other professionals as appropriate.
- Work in partnership with others to ensure a consistent and planned care package is delivered.
- Ensure that parents, carers and service users receive appropriate information and are aware of their rights under appropriate legislation so they can make informed decisions.
- Encourage choice in daily life and promote self-advocacy and/or advocate on behalf of the service user.
- Assist service users to deal with behavioural difficulties and other vulnerabilities.
- Produce and maintain up to date accurate records to an appropriate standard as required by policy and good practice by using appropriate IT equipment and other methods.
- Provide support in a variety of environments i.e. community outreach; residential; school etc.
- Develop strong working relationships with services, agencies and providers to contribute to effective multi agency working.
The Rotherham values of caring, honest and proud are embedded in the Early Help Service and as part of our team you will be supported to seek opportunities for learning and development and be part of a skilled and dynamic workforce committed to providing outstanding services to Rotherham’s children and families.
If you are interested in working with us and would like an informal discussion or further information, please contact, Ben Osifo (07557832874).
Interview date: W/C 14/09/2026
Please note, Rotherham Council uses a standardised job profile for posts across the council and as such, elements of the attached profile may not be specific to this role.
The posts involve working with children and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check.
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website.
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