As a Senior Early Help Worker within the Children’s Help and Advice Team, you will play a pivotal role in managing the transition of cases between Children in Need (CIN), Child Protection (CP), and Early Help services. Your primary focus will be to ensure that Early Help Plans are promptly initiated, followed up, and supported by relevant services. This role is integral in ensuring that families receive timely, coordinated support to prevent issues from escalating. 

Main Duties: 

• Case Transfer Management: Facilitate smooth transitions between CIN, CP, and Early Help services, ensuring continuity of care for families. 

• Early Help Plans: Initiate and monitor Early Help Plans, ensuring active involvement of families and professionals. 

• Identifying Lead Professionals: Work with multi-agency teams to identify and support Lead Professionals for each family. 

• Service Coordination and Signposting: Maintain a thorough understanding of available services and ensure families are referred to appropriate support. 

• Step Across Weekly Meetings: Lead and coordinate weekly meetings to review transitioning cases. 

• Partnership Working: Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external partners. 

• Safeguarding and Risk Management: Identify and escalate safeguarding concerns, ensuring timely interventions. 

• Monitoring and Reporting: Maintain accurate case records and contribute to data analysis to monitor outcomes. 

If you are committed to making a positive difference and have the skills and experience required for this role, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our dedicated team and help us provide the best possible support to families in Sefton. 

We reserve the right to close this advert early if the demand is met. 

Equal Opportunities

Sefton Council strives to ensure that our workforce is inclusive and representative of our communities. A diverse workforce is important to us, our staff bring with them a wide range of experiences, views, ideas, and innovations, and we are committed to providing an environment that recognises, respects, and values everybody’s identity, where individual differences are strengths and where everyone can thrive and maximise their potential. We are always open to learning and growing as an organisation, and we welcome new ideas and initiatives that promote equality, diversity and inclusion.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer; all candidates will receive equal treatment. Our decision to appoint will be based upon whether an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities make them the most suitable candidate for the role.

GUARANTEED INTERVIEW SCHEME

Please note that all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for these jobs (as given in the Person Specification) and who want to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme will be invited to interview.

If you are currently in care or have previously been in care, we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for care experienced people if you meet the essential requirements for the role.