Family Support Worker

Job Description

Contract Type: Fixed Term until 31st March 2026.

Working Hours: 37 hours

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £31,586 (Level one) rising to £34,314 ‘pro rata for part-time’

Location: Meadows Family Hub, Kirkby Gardens, Nottingham, NG2 2HZ

We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

About The Role

2x Full Time posts available.

Are you passionate about supporting the bond between parents and babies?

Healthy Little Minds is seeking an experienced and caring Family Support Worker to join our team providing a parent-infant relationship service. In this role you will work directly with parents, carers and infants providing assessments, 1:1 evidence-based interventions and group work to support infant mental health.

About You
The ideal candidate will have:

• Ability to manage allocated cases and a commitment to integrated working.
• Experience of working with vulnerable children, young people and adults, from a variety of backgrounds, in an outcome focused way.
• A good knowledge and understanding of child development, baby brain development, bonding and attachment and the needs of babies and families.
• Ability to conduct assessments and analyse findings to formulate action plans, and the ability to produce high quality written records and reports.

A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

You can find the job description for this post here.

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Rebecca Green Healthy Little Minds Team Manager, by telephone on 07925891649 or by email at rebecca.green2@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Closing Date: 28th April 2025

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held: TBC

If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: here.

By applying to this job, you agree to our Terms & Conditions.

About Us

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working – to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.