Job title: Family worker Salary: 14,950
Employer: Chiltern & South Bucks PCT (NHS) - Community Health Visiting Team Location: Chesham, Buckinghamshire
Duties
The Family Worker project is a pilot home support service, set up to provide short-term, preventative practical support to vulnerable families in Chesham.
My role is to support families by helping them access community services. I work in collaboration with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), speech and language therapists, social services, schools and nurseries, educational welfare officers and local support groups.
When a health visitor or school nurse refers a family to me, we do a joint visit to explain the service and to plan a programme of care with them. I then visit daily, weekly or fortnightly for a period of six weeks (or six sessions) at the family's own home, at the surgery or by accompanying them to local support groups or hospital visits.
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