# Parenting & Girls Support Worker - IYSS

**Company**: London Borough of Newham
**Location**: London Borough of Newham, Greater London
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: GBP 33,066 - 35,533 per year
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Government & Public Sector

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## Description

You will provide targeted one-to-one and group support for parents and carers, alongside gender-responsive work with girls and young women.

Working within a multi-disciplinary service, you will complete strengths-based assessments, agree purposeful support plans and coordinate timely interventions that reduce risk, build resilience and improve family relationships.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Build trusted, respectful relationships with parents, carers, girls and young women.

- Undertake holistic assessments and develop clear, outcome-focused support plans.

- Deliver evidence-informed parenting programmes, individual sessions and group activities.

- Provide gender-responsive support that develops confidence, healthy relationships, safety, wellbeing and aspirations.

- Identify and respond appropriately to safeguarding concerns, exploitation, domestic abuse and other risks.

- Work creatively with families who may be reluctant to engage, using outreach and flexible approaches.

- Collaborate with schools, social care, health, community organisations and other partners to provide coordinated support.

- Maintain accurate, timely case records and contribute to reviews, meetings and outcome monitoring.

- Promote equality, inclusion and culturally responsive practice across all aspects of the role.

**Requirements:**

- Experience of supporting children, young people and families in a youth, family support, early help, education, social care or community setting.

- Understanding of adolescent development, parenting approaches, safeguarding and the issues that may affect girls and young women.

- Confidence managing a varied caseload, facilitating groups and working collaboratively with partner agencies.

**Desirable Skills:**

- Communicate sensitively and effectively with families from diverse backgrounds.

- Use professional curiosity, sound judgement and clear boundaries.

- Recognise strengths while addressing risk and challenge constructively.

- Plan and deliver engaging individual and group interventions.

- Work independently while contributing positively to a multi-disciplinary team.

- Demonstrate a strong commitment to safeguarding, anti-discriminatory practice and the voice of children, young people and families.

**What We Offer:**

- A supportive and collaborative IYSS team.

- Regular supervision, learning and professional development.

- The opportunity to shape responsive support for families, girls and young women.

- Meaningful work with a direct impact on children, young people and communities.

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## Skills

### Required
- youth work
- family support
- safeguarding
- parenting programmes
- group facilitation

### Nice to have
- communication
- professional curiosity
- sound judgement
- boundary setting
- programme planning

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