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Family Support Worker Course
Explore the role, skills, and challenges of a Family Support Worker. Learn to navigate legislation, solve family issues, safeguard, and build relationships.
Course Highlights
Family Support Worker are vital in providing aid and guidance to families in various contexts, including foster care, adoption agencies, and child protective services. This course will delve deeply into the critical skills and information required for effective family support work. It covers many themes, including detecting and resolving family issues, home safety, etc. Throughout the course, examples are used to improve comprehension and application.
Whether you already work as a Family Support Worker, want to be one, or are simply interested in the subject, this course will provide vital insights. Participants fully grasp the challenges and rewards of Family Support Work by working through various modules and evaluation scenarios. Join us on this enlightening journey to become a proficient Family Support Worker ready to impact the lives of children and families in need positively.
Learning outcome
- Understand the multifaceted role of a Family Support Worker, including responsibilities and ethical considerations.
- Gain knowledge of relevant legislation, policies, and guidance that govern family support work, ensuring compliance and best practices.
- Develop skills in identifying and addressing various family issues, such as conflict resolution, communication breakdowns, and parenting challenges.
- Learn effective techniques for safeguarding vulnerable families, including assessing needs and providing appropriate assistance and referrals.
- Cultivate the ability to build strong and supportive relationships with families, fostering trust, empathy, and collaboration to achieve positive outcomes.
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Why should I take this course?
- Affordable premium-quality E-learning content, you can learn at your own pace.
- You will receive a completion certificate upon completing the course.
- Internationally recognized Accredited Qualification will boost up your resume.
- You will learn the researched and proven approach adopted by successful people to transform their careers.
- You will be able to incorporate various techniques successfully and understand your customers better.
Career Path
- Family Support Worker in foster care or adoption agencies
- Case Manager in child protective services agencies
- Family Services Coordinator in community organizations
- Child and Family Advocate in non-profit advocacy groups
- Social Worker specializing in family support services
Requirements
- No formal qualifications required, anyone from any academic background can take this course.
- Access to a computer or digital device with internet connectivity.
Course Curriculum
Course Curriculum
| Module 1 - The role of family support worker | |||
| The functions, work environment, and daily activities of a family support worker | 00:15:00 | ||
| The key responsibilities of a family support worker and different specialisations | 00:15:00 | ||
| The key qualities of a family support worker and what a family support worker should expect | 00:15:00 | ||
| Duties as a family support worker | 00:15:00 | ||
| Professional development, career prospects, and anticipated salary as a family support worker | 00:05:00 | ||
| A day in the life of a family support worker | 00:15:00 | ||
| Pros and cons of being a family support worker | 00:05:00 | ||
| Work-life balance as a family support worker | 00:15:00 | ||
| Top tips for family support workers | 00:05:00 | ||
| Module 2 - Legislation, policy, and guidance | |||
| Introduction to legislation, policy, and guidance | 00:05:00 | ||
| Overview of legislation – England | 00:15:00 | ||
| The Children and Families Act 2014 | 00:30:00 | ||
| Policy and guidance – England | 00:15:00 | ||
| Overview of legislation – Scotland | 00:05:00 | ||
| Policy and guidance – Scotland | 00:15:00 | ||
| Overview of legislation – Northern Ireland | 00:05:00 | ||
| Policy and guidance – Northern Ireland | 00:05:00 | ||
| Overview of legislation – Wales | 00:05:00 | ||
| Policy and guidance – Wales | 00:05:00 | ||
| Module 3 - The family issues and solving them | |||
| Parental mental health – how to help children living with parents with mental health problems | 00:15:00 | ||
| Parental mental health – assessing the risk of mental health problems | 00:05:00 | ||
| Parental mental health – intervention and support for children and families | 00:15:00 | ||
| Parental substance misuse – how to help children living with parents who misuse alcohol and drugs | 00:05:00 | ||
| Parental substance misuse – assessing the risk of parental alcohol and drug misuse | 00:05:00 | ||
| Parental substance misuse – intervention and support for children and families | 00:05:00 | ||
| Domestic abuse – what is domestic abuse? | 00:05:00 | ||
| Separation, divorce, and parental responsibility | 00:05:00 | ||
| Separation, divorce, and contact | 00:05:00 | ||
| General advice on talking about difficult topics | 00:15:00 | ||
| Books to help talking about difficult topics | 00:15:00 | ||
| Module 4 - Safeguarding - assessing need and providing help | |||
| Introduction to safeguarding – a child-centred, coordinated approach | 00:30:00 | ||
| Early help | 00:30:00 | ||
| Access, referral, and information sharing | 00:30:00 | ||
| Disabled children, carers, youth establishments, and contextual safeguarding | 00:15:00 | ||
| Assessment purpose, protocols, principles, and parameters | 00:15:00 | ||
| Analysis, outcomes, and timeliness | 00:30:00 | ||
| Processes for managing individual Part 1 | 00:30:00 | ||
| Processes for managing individual Part 2 | 00:15:00 | ||
| Processes for managing individual Part 3 | 00:15:00 | ||
| Module 5 - Building relationships | |||
| Types of family and what makes healthy families | 00:15:00 | ||
| Why relationships are key to good social work | 00:30:00 | ||
| The importance of relationships in social work to relationships in social work | 00:30:00 | ||
| The personal qualities required for relationship building | 00:15:00 | ||
| Working on empathy to build relationships | 00:15:00 | ||
| The professional attributes required for relationship building | 00:15:00 | ||
| Self-knowledge and professional use of self in relationship building | 00:15:00 | ||
| Taking an individualised approach, involving the parents, what parents want from the relationship, sharing information, and building trust | 00:30:00 | ||
| Challenges in relationship building | 00:15:00 | ||
| The difference between getting the relationship right and getting it wrongb | 00:30:00 | ||
| Mock Exam | |||
| Mock Exam- Family Support Worker Course | 00:30:00 | ||
| Final Exam | |||
| Final Exam- Family Support Worker Course | 00:30:00 | ||
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1 Year Access 
4 Students 
13 hours, 5 minutes