Children and Families Support Worker

Kirklees Metropolitan Council; Selby; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

North Yorkshire Council is seeking a Support Worker for the Children and Family Hub in Selby. You will supervise court directed contacts for children and families, and deliver group sessions to children and parents, often requiring transport between locations.

The role involves direct work with vulnerable children and families and travel across the North Yorkshire district. Applicants should be highly focused, adaptable, with strong organisational and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Experience of working directly with vulnerable children or young people and their families.
• Aptitude to work in a fast-paced environment with good organisational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Supervise court directed contacts for children and families open to Children's Social Care and deliver group sessions to children and parents.
• Transport children to and from multiple locations as required.
• Work across the North Yorkshire district and travel to support children and families.
• Be available for early evenings with occasional weekend work as per interview discussions.

Job description

About the Service

The successful candidates will join an established team, supervising court directed contacts for children and families open to Children's Social Care and delivering group sessions to children and parents. These sessions often involve transporting children to and from mulitple locations.

It also includes direct work with children, young people and their families to share understanding and strategies for areas such as early speech and language, wellbeing, parenting and healthy relationships. You will also work closely with the community and voluntary sectors to identify partnership ways of working to improve outcomes for Children and their families.

About the role

The successful candidates will have experience of working directly with vulnerable children or young people and their families. Due to the nature of the service delivery the role will include working early evenings with occasional weekends. The hours and days to be discussed at the interview.

Candidates must be highly focussed, committed, and adaptable individuals who have an aptitude to work in a fast-paced environment and have good organisational and communication skills.

The roles in Selby would be based at the Children and Family Hub in Selby, there are multiple positions available, although based in a specific location, you will be required to work across the North Yorkshire district.

The role will also involve supporting colleagues across other areas and travel further afield where necessary to support children and families. While not an essential requirement listed in the job description, access to a car would significantly support your ability to carry out the role effectively, given the nature of the work. North Yorkshire Council supports Hybrid way of working.

It is an exciting time in Children and Young Peoples Services in North Yorkshire as we plan our approach in respect of the Families First Partnership Programme and how we will be responding to the social care reforms. Work is underway to plan our approach and implementations for 2027. As a result of this, some realignment may happen with job roles in the future, we want to be transparent about this in respect of this role.

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Key dates

Closing date: 28th September 2026

Interview date: Monday 5th October 2026

Venue for Interview: Selby North Children and Families Hub, Flaxley Road, Selby

Company: North Yorkshire Council

Salary: £28,153 to £30,023 per annum pro rata

Location: Selby, North Yorkshire

Sector: Health and Social Care

Sector: Family Services

Sector: Wellbeing

Job Role: Support Worker