Family Support Worker

Cheltenham

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
 

• Job Title:                            Family Support Worker
• Job Location:                     Edinburgh House, Cheltenham
• Salary:                               £30,852 - £33,945 per annum (pro rata) 
• Hours per Week:               37 / 22.2 
• Contract Type:                   Fixed Term 
• Duration:                            6 months 
• Closing Date:                     06/10/2024 
• Job Requisition Number:   9779 
• This post is not open to job share

We are currently recruiting for 2 Family Support Workers to join our Families First team in Cheltenham.

One role is full time (37 hours) and the other is 22.2 hours per week.

Reward and Support

For all your hard work, you will receive the following:

• between £30,825 - £33,945 per annum (pro rata) subject to experience
• flexible and agile working opportunities
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
• option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
• family friendly policies and benefits to help support you and your family
• a supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone
• an in-house occupational health service
• employee discount scheme
• cycle to work scheme
• links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network
• career development and qualification opportunities
• access to our Social Work Academy

Right child, right support, right time, every time

We are working together to support families and communities in giving every child the best chance of a happy and rewarding life, especially those who need more help. 

Gloucestershire offers a range of opportunities to develop your career, supported by a phenomenal Social Work Academy offer, a developing systemic practice methodology, an ambitious leadership team and an award-winning workforce.

Gloucestershire Children’s Services are improving with our latest Ofsted inspection (February 2022) identifying that:

‘Significant progress has been made in many areas of Gloucestershire’s children’s services… significant financial investment and the backing of political leaders, has led to improved services that are now more effective in meeting the needs of children and families’.

We are a local authority adopting, and training all colleagues in, systemic social work practice. If you would like to be part of an authority that takes a relational approach to working with families and focuses on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive, then consider a role with GCC.

   

About the role

Working as a Family Support Worker is an exciting, interesting, and rewarding role. Your aim will be to deliver targeted support to vulnerable children and their families to achieve better outcomes, reducing the need for higher level support and long-term demand for services.

You will undertake early help assessments and co-ordinate and deliver interventions using a solution focussed approach. By building supportive and empowering relationships with families, you will engage parents through creative and innovative strategies, in line with partner agencies and organisations.

You will benefit from our commitment to delivering the best possible service to children and families, and the chance to join an experienced and dynamic team. You will be joining an authority with a strong set of values that underpins the work we do

About You

We are looking for someone with experience of working with children, young people, families, and communities to deliver a wide range of interventions.

Experience of working with multi-agency assessments and plans is also a must. 

A full driving licence and access to a car is essential. 

The role of a Family Support Worker requires you to work flexibly and may include working evenings and weekends.

  

How to apply

For an informal chat about this role, please contact Lucy Holford on Lucy.Holford@gloucestershire.gov.uk.  

We reserve the right to close an advertisement earlier than the stated closing date if we receive a suitable amount of applications.

If you would like to find out more about our Children's Service please take a look here: Children's Social Care Careers | Gloucestershire County Council

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-

Family Support Worker job profile

This position is subject to a DBS check.

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities.  Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.

For more information about the job, view links, download attachments and apply please click on the Apply Now button. 

Salary: £30,852 - £33,945 per annum (pro rata)

Hours Per Week: 37 / 22.2

To Apply simply click the 'Apply Now' button below and complete the online form including attaching an up-to-date CV.