Name: Family Support Worker Course – Level 3
Price: 17.99 GBP
Rating: 4.8 (7 reviews)

This online Family Support Worker Course – Level 3 aims at presenting you with a comprehensive insight into the skills and knowledge associated with working with families and children, helping them through everyday life, and considering safeguarding in the home.

By enrolling in this course, you’ll equip with valuable insight and knowledge of working with children and families. The course also explains the function of family support workers, and help you gain the fundamental skills and information related to working with families, following with the legislation, recognising and solving the challenges that families encounter, safeguarding in the home, and help in building relationships.

Study in your own time and at your own pace for a recognised qualification that could transform your career prospects for life.

Method of Assessment:

Upon conclusion of the course, there’s an online multiple-choice quiz assessment, which will determine whether you have passed the course. The test is marked immediately and results are published instantly (60% pass mark).

Certification:

Certificates can be obtained at an additional cost of £9.99 for PDF, £16.99 for Printed Hardcopy format and £24.99 for Both for Both PDF and Hardcopy Certificates.

Requirements

There are no academic entry requirements for this course, and it is open to students of all academic backgrounds.

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 – Level 3 – IAO Accredited	00:30:00
Final Exam
	Final Exam – Family Support Worker Course – Level 3 – IAO Accredited	00:30:00