Early Support Officer

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); England; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity exists for a part-time Early Support Officer at Warwickshire County Council. The successful candidate will coordinate Early Support for families, engaging with key stakeholders and utilizing various services to ensure children receive appropriate support. Join us to help shape the future of children's social care and enhance the wellbeing of families within the community.

Benefits

Volunteering & Wellbeing Day

Generous annual leave

Refer a Friend package

Employer pension contribution around 19%

Agile working

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in a relevant field.
• Experience delivering training to professionals.
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate Early Support and engage with families and children.
• Respond to queries and escalating needs as part of Family Connect.
• Use Local Authority systems to monitor and record interventions.

Skills

Communication

Organizational Skills

Analytical Skills

Restorative Approach

Education

Degree level (level 6) in a relevant field

Job description

The Early Support Service (previously known as Early Help) has received a strong local and national reputation in ensuring children and families can access the right support at the right time through a robust stepped approach to services and support.

We have an exciting opportunity for a permanent, part time (30 hours per week) Early Support Officer to join our service. Early Support in Warwickshire continues to develop, and this Countywide post will require the successful candidate to work across any of the five districts and boroughs supporting Community Lead Professionals in response to the needs of the service for allocated periods. The role also involves working as part of Family Connect (Warwick) as duty Early Support Officer responding to queries and escalation of needs on a rotational basis.

The role requires the successful candidate to have a sound understanding of Warwickshire’s Spectrum of Support to ensure the needs of children are supported appropriately and the presentation of information for referrals and support services.

The post holder will be motivated in the coordination of Early Support, working closely with Children and Families teams and a range of key stakeholders including statutory partners, service providers, the voluntary sector, children, young people and 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 theFamilies 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 goodOfsted.

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 packagescheme for some roles, Terms& Conditions apply

About the Role

Essential experience to be successful in the role includes:

• Educated to degree level (level 6) in a relevant field.

• Confident in the delivery of training to professionals.
• Model and develop restorative/relational approach to growing partnerships and strong professional relationships.
• Develop targeted contacts to increase capacity and effectiveness of the Early Support network.
• Communicate and interact with children and families in a restorative manner as part of the Early Support process.
• Use Local Authority systems to monitor and record interventions and support for children and families.
• Identify services to support children and families and advise practitioners about putting a package of support in place, requiring wide knowledge of the range of services available in the area and their criteria. This includes the administering internal referral systems.
• Excellent organisational skills to respond to the needs of the service.
• Analytical skills

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For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification below;

Early Support Officer

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 toVivupbenefits 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 DBScode of practiceand 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.

For an informal discussion about the role and the work of Warwickshire Early Support please contact Mark Saffrey, Early Support Team Manager by email: [e-mail] or Stacey Gill, Service Manager for Early Support Services: [e-mail]

Closing Date: Thursday 31^st July 2025

Interview Date: Wednesday 13 August 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 [e-mail] 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