Outreach Worker

Job Introduction

Please note that this vacancy is not part of Surrey County Council, we are advertising this on behalf of a partnership organisation.

The starting salary for this role is £16.20 per hour based on a 32 hour working week.

About the Organisation

Surrey Care Trust is a local charity that helps people to improve their skills for life, work and learning through counselling, education, mentoring and volunteering. Our programmes support disadvantaged families in improving their chances in life. Through our programmes we are enabling people throughout Surrey to overcome the disadvantage of low skills, poor educational achievement, limited opportunities and tough financial circumstances. 

The multi-agency approach of Family Centres is at the heart of Surrey County Councils Effective Family Resilience and Early Help Strategy. Family Centres play a central role in providing Early Help, in improving outcomes for all children and young people 0-19 (25yrs with additional needs), and in reducing inequalities in outcomes between the most disadvantaged children and the rest. Family Centres provide access to high quality Early Help and targeted services, health, family support and employment related services. All services developed ensuring that the needs of children are paramount.

Each Family Centre is intended to become the first port of call for families in need or requiring additional support with the challenges that parents face every day bringing up their children.

About the Role

The main responsibilities of this role is to:

• Work in partnership with other staff to ensure all families working with the centre feel appropriately supported and receive the right help and support needed to enable them to appropriately encourage and promote the development of their child/ren’s health needs; the positive development of their social, emotional well-being and ongoing learning and developmental needs (i.e. ensuring children receive the best possible start in life).
• Provide targeted Early Help support and specialist services to families in Spelthone Borough and ensure effective and timely support is offered in line with the Surrey’s ‘Effective Family Resilience’ Framework.
• Work in close partnership with professionals, to provide co-ordinated help to identified children, young people and their families including those at risk of social exclusion and those at risk of not meeting their milestones.
• Provide appropriate outreach and family support to referred families; assessing need and subsequently reviewing the impact of support and interventions provided.

The close date for this role is 16.05.2024 with interviews planned to follow.

For an initial, informal conversation about this role please contact Janette Breese, Family Centre Manager on 07919 213905 or email janette.breese@surreycaretrust.org.uk

To apply for this role, please click HERE. The full job descriptions and application form can also be found on our website.