Family Support Worker

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Bedworth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government council is seeking a full-time Family Support Worker to join their Children in Care Permanence Team. The ideal candidate will have experience working with children and families and will provide essential support for families in need. This role is essential for improving life chances and involves working collaboratively with professionals. Benefits include generous annual leave, a pension scheme, and support from management.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Pension scheme

Volunteering & Wellbeing Day

Qualifications

• Direct experience of working with children, young people, and families.
• Ability to manage and review work plans effectively.
• Flexibility to work evenings and travel within Warwickshire.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical and emotional support to families.
• Promote child voice in support plans.
• Manage caseload specific to identified needs.

Skills

Experience working with children

Emotional support skills

Collaboration with social workers

Job description

About the Team:

This role will be based within Warwickshire’s Children in Care Permanence Team who are predominantly based in Bedworth but offer a Countywide service to all Children in Care who have a plan of permanency across Warwickshire and those who may be placed further away from home. If you join us you will see that we are a busy but highly rewarding team to work for, it is our passion to capture the voice of young people in all that we do and ensure that they are central to all care and pathway planning decisions relating to them and their future.

We offer a service to Children in Care of all ages (up to 18yrs) who have a plan of permanence in various settings including foster care, residential provision, supported accommodation, supported lodgings, and those placed with connected family members.

We also work very closely with families, and as children get older and family circumstances change, we support children and young people to return to their families where safe to do so.

Our focus is on ensuring all children and young people are well supported to maximise their life chances; where they can thrive in our care, are safe from any harm or abuse, have access to the best education and training, and feel prepared for adulthood. We work hard to ensure that our children's voices are heard and that our team have opportunities to build positive relationships with the young people that we support.

Now is an exciting time to be part of our team as Warwickshire begins to embed our Families First teams who support the young people in our County. Our approach is about locality working, multi disciplinary and multi agency teams that support the whole family. Building strong partnerships with local services, Health, Police and Education.

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 for some roles. Terms and Conditions apply

About the Role:

We are recruiting for the role of a Family Support worker within in our Children In Care Permanence Team covering a Countywide service across Warwickshire and those who may be placed further away from home. We are seeking a full-time worker on a permanent basis. You must have experience of working with Children, young people and families.

Family Support is for families with children and young people aged 0-19 (25 in case of disability) years who need support to improve their life chances or avoid issues escalating to child Protection concerns. Family Support Workers will apply multi-disciplinary skills in their work with families, having a caseload specific to team area, depending on the identified level of need and demand on the service.

• Working together with social workers and other professionals to implement practical and emotional support, promoting a strong culture of collaboration built through joint working and a shared vision in supporting the child and family.
• Delivery of direct work with children through their plans of support to ensure our focus is the voice of the child.
• Robust management of the plan of work with the family, reviewing this in a timely manner to prevent drift and escalation of concerns.

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Key Requirements:

This role is Countywide so there will be some travelling within Warwickshire and also beyond Warwickshire to children and young people placed further afield.

This role will be primarily undertaken within office hours however agile working will be required, with some evening work depending on the needs of families.

Applicants for the role will to have had direct experience of working with children young people and families.

If you are looking for a role and embrace a challenge and have experience of and a passion for working with children and young people in care, we look forward to hearing from you.

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 Worker

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.

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.

To discuss the role please contact Ashleigh Clarke [e-mail] or Rebecca Taylor, [e-mail]

Closing Date: 2nd October 2025 Interview Date: 14th October 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 [e-mail] 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