Support workers

[Monkeybabies111]

I had a thread running here a few days ago and I asked for help in Rl again and it's been suggested I get a support worker does anyone know what they do.
I feel ashamed like it's another person to look in and judge us.

There will be people who will give you guidance here but I would start with Google and that may get you a long way

I imagine as well that people will need more details on your background case as support worker is a generalised term.

what do you need support with?

usually support workers help meet social care needs, like washing and dressing or managing finances, maintaining tenancies etc

It depends what the needs are.

I've not really been with it lately no sleep plus dc1 has SN and dc2 doesn't sleep longer than 2-3 hours so I've been really low.
It was one of the nurses from the crisis team she said a family support worker can come out to the house once a week but I'm not sure what that means, this is along side not at the same time my cpn comes which has been changed to 2 weekly instead of 4 weekly now.
Sorry if that's not enough information they did day a lot of other things but I couldn't keep up with the conversation.
I have googled there's a lot of information mostly jobs but they all say different things, I think im worrying over nothing but I just feel a bit on edge with more people being involved.

I've not really been with it lately no sleep plus dc1 has SN and dc2 doesn't sleep longer than 2-3 hours so I've been really low.
It was one of the nurses from the crisis team she said a family support worker can come out to the house once a week but I'm not sure what that means, this is along side not at the same time my cpn comes which has been changed to 2 weekly instead of 4 weekly now.
Sorry if that's not enough information they did day a lot of other things but I couldn't keep up with the conversation.
I have googled there's a lot of information mostly jobs but they all say different things, I think im worrying over nothing but I just feel a bit on edge with more people being involved.

It's very hard but it does generally get easier. Speak to the nurse again and ask for contact details and I'm sure she will help

Can you speak to your CPN and find out if anything is in the pipeline, and more details?

She said one of them will call tomorrow morning to see how everything is, I will ask then what it is.

Monkey - that's good news. Keep persisting the support should help you.

We had a family support worker when DS1 who has SN was really struggling with behaviour and it was impacting on us as a family. She was brilliant, they can advise on practical help but also refer and signpost to other services. They should spend some time with you looking at which areas you need support with (eg practical help, school issues, debt, health or whatever) and then come up with a plan of how they can help or what other services might be able to. They can act as an advocate for you in negotiating other services, or come to meetings as moral support. They are aimed at being someone who gets to know the family so can identify needs and solutions. I hope that helps.

As far as I see it a support worker will come round and help you with things you struggle with like taking the dc out to the park or just being a listening ear. I had a lady who used to come with us to some of ds2's hospital appointments. She would either take notes for me or keep the boys entertained so I could talk to the dr. My friend had someone to help her take her dc swimming. I know it sounds scary but they are there to help, not judge you.

Should add that depending on where they come from, if they are local authority ones they tend to sit somewhere beyond health visitor level but not as far as social workers if that makes sense. I think in our local authority they are now part of the early intervention team although that's following a recent restructure and might not be the same everywhere.

Some charities such as Barbados also employ them in a similar role in some areas, depending on how services are designed in each area.

I agree with the above, it's help you are getting, because you asked, which was the right thing to do, that is what they are there for. If you were under any kind of negative suspicion it would be a social worker and probably not announced.
I know it feels scary as if they are marking your skills, but this will solve your problems, not make them worse. You did the right thing, I'm certain

Great story muddlewitch. Monkey - this could be you soon - please take heart.

No way Ellie - free help to go swimming? I am going to see if we have that here, I'd love to be able to take mine, but three non swimmers under just one adult is too risky.. Wow, how lovely that the system includes nice things like that for people who are isolated!

I am a support worker, I don't work with families but I have done work on families if that makes sense but currently work in mental health, but from the other replies the support explained tends to be the type of help that will be provided, feel free to inbox

Thankyou everyone I hope they call early so I can know, I'm worrying about the social work part they scare me for some reason I just feel ashamed of me for letting it all get this far.

playnicely she got it because her DS1 has SN. She couldn't look after them both safely at the pool on her own as she had 2 non-walkers for quite a while.

Good luck monkey - keep posting