Family Support Worker
Location: Warwickshire
Family Network Service (formerly Family Group Conference Team)
The Family network service have an exciting new role available within our service. We are seeking two Family Support Workers who will work with families at an Early Support level to hold Early Support Family Network Meetings.
Family Support Workers within the Family Network Service provide support to families with children and young people aged 0-19 (up to 25 in cases of disability) to improve their life chances and prevent issues from escalating to child protection concerns. The role involves facilitating Early Support Family Network Meetings, ensuring the voice of the child is central, and supporting families to access resources to remove financial barriers.
This will be a fast-paced role with the need to be able to build quick, trusting working relationship with families, children and young people to identify their support network and bringing them together to create their own plans to make sustained change to address the worries and concerns. Your ability to review information, ask the right questions, make decision quickly and ensure decisions are carried out is as important to us, as it is to our young people. All our services are voluntary, so families chose if they are right for them. You will be working with our Early Support, schools, and multi-agency partners to promote and embed Early Support Family Network Meetings.
The Family Network Service is a well-established part of Warwickshire’s Children’s and Families services, dedicated to improving outcomes for young people by working with wider family groups to avoid children coming into care and reduce dependency on specialist services. The team is passionate, supportive, and prides itself on creativity, organisation, and restorative work with families.
Now is an exciting time to be a part of our team as Warwickshire has been chosen as one of the seven areas to deliver the Families First for Children Pathfinder Programme. Join us to help shape and influence the future of children's social care together. Find out why we are good Ofsted.
If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service. Click here to find out more about Warwickshire County Council’s Children and Families Service.
Our Offer to you includes:
- Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focussed on wellbeing and workload.
- A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas
- We also offer a Refer a Friend package scheme for some roles, Terms & Conditions apply
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If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service.
For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification below;
Family Support Work
Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make:
Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!
At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.
Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund.
The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.
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Additional Information:
Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.
Please do not hesitate to contact Julie Smith, Laura Forrest or Nikki Hilley if you require any further information or for an informal discussion about the post and the team on 01926 414147 select option 4 or email juliesmith@warwickshire.gov.uk or
lauraforrest@warwickshire.gov.uk or nikkihilley@warwickshire.gov.uk
Closing Date: 30th April 2025
Interview Dates: 9th May 2025
Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.
Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See more
