Early Help Practitioner

The Early Help service aims to identify families that need support at the earliest opportunity. Early Help Practitioners will support a caseload of families with children (0-19yrs) in order to build their strengths and help them overcome issues. The service is developing a more integrated model of practice that involves a 'Whole Family’ approach that will continue to utilise motivational interviewing skills and will more systematically measure progress using the Family Outcomes Star.

The purpose of the role will be to support families to build capacity, resilience and independence so that they are able to have the best start or are able to overcome issues before they become so serious that specialist or statutory services are needed. Delivery will be through integrated family hubs and from a variety of venues.

Early Help Practitioners will have the skills which will enable them to support a range of needs in a family. In addition, workers will bring with them a range of experience and backgrounds which will be utilised through appropriate allocation of cases and sharing skills across the Early Help Team.