Family Support Worker

Everton; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Everton in the Community is seeking a Family Support Worker to join their Children and Youth Services team. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting at-risk children and young people, while delivering impactful programmes that foster community development across Liverpool. This 12-month contract emphasizes a commitment to safeguarding and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Experience of 1-to-1 support work with young people and adults.
• Experience in coordinating engagement events.
• Experience in working with complex families.

Responsibilities

• Implementing, delivering and overseeing the targeted support programme.
• Developing, organising, and coordinating programmes.
• Building positive relationships through effective communication.

Skills

Mentoring

Communication

Problem Solving

Education

VRQ/NVQ Level 2 in Youth Work

Relevant Mentoring qualifications

Certificate/Training in Safeguarding

Job description

We are a football club with a desire to be the best and are always looking for talented people to join our Everton Family.

Everton is a workplace people crave to join, where extraordinary talented people belong, thrive and deliver the remarkable.

Family Support Worker

Who are we:Since 1988, Everton in the Community has become a dynamic force for good, harnessing the unifying power of football to drive social change and addressing societal challenges across Liverpool City Region. Supported by a team of over 130 full-time staff and over 200 volunteers, the independently governed and independently financed charity offers an extensive array of more than 60 programmes and initiatives that tackle a diverse range of social issues. These programmes cover areas such as health, employability, anti-social behaviour, crime, exploitation, education, dementia, and disability.

Everton in the Community stands firmly beside the most at-risk and most in need members of its local communities, but the needs of the city are ever-growing and ever evolving.

About the opportunity: Everton in the Community is seeking to appoint a Family Support Worker to join our Children and Youth Services team who support children and young people aged 2 to 25 who are at high risk and facing vulnerability, as well as families within our targeted funded areas (L4/South Sefton, and Speke, Garston and Knowlsey) and of the participants we work with.

The Family Support Worker will inspire and empower young people and adults to pursue positive change, live healthier lives and transition and contribute towards creating ‘stronger communities and brighter futures’

The Family Support will be responsible for implementing, delivering and overseeing the targeted support programme, working closely with the Senior Manager – Youth and Support to ensure it aligns with the goals and objectives of EITC’s five-year strategy - Trinity Project.

Other key responsibilities will include:

• Programme Planning and Implementation, Developing, organising, and co-ordinating programmes or projects, ensuring they meet the goals and objectives in line with funding obligations

• Resource Management, coordinating resources, such as budgets, materials, and equipment, ensuring they are available and used effectively

• Monitoring, Documentation, and Evaluation

• Compliance and Safety, complying with all relevant policies, procedures, training and regulations

• Relationship Building, developing and maintaining positive relationships through effective and timely communication methods

• Marketing and Promotion, working alongside internal and external stakeholders to collate impact suitable for external promotion in line with internal and external stakeholder branding guidelines

• Supporting with the Implementation a robust referral process, identifying risk, protective factors, both during referral and throughout participants time on the programme

• Delivery of both 1-1 personalised mentoring support, and small targeted group work, raising awareness of various topics

Safeguarding

• To understand the Club’s Safeguarding policy, procedures and best practice guidelines

• To use this understanding to ensure safe working practices, appropriate reporting of concerns and contribute positively to an Anti-bullying environment

Who we are looking for: We are looking for an individual who has a genuine passion for growing and developing programmes that provide life changing opportunities for participants and families.

Experienced in working with complex families and young people and adults from a variety of different backgrounds our successful candidate will also demonstrate the following skills, knowledge and experience:

• VRQ/NVQ Level 2 in Youth Work or willing to work towards the qualification

• Relevant Mentoring qualifications

• Certificate/Training in Safeguarding

• Experience of 1-to-1 support work with young people and adults; to include assessment, intervention planning and deliver of action plans

• Experience of coordinating engagement events, either with children, young people, adults and/or communities

• Experience of working in partnership with a range of agencies

The closing date of this advert is Friday 13th June 2025

This position will be offered on a 12-month Fixed Term Contract, 35 hours per week Monday to Friday with the role being based across EITC campus, Schools and Community venues across Merseyside (with a particular focus on Speke, Garston and Knowsley)

Everton Family Safer Recruitment Practices

The Everton Family is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

As a requirement of our safer recruitment practices, this role will require an Enhanced DBS check or evidence that you are subscribed to the DBS Update Service information of which can be found here

This role is subject to both evidence and verification of relevant qualifications including proof of eligibility to work in the UK which will be discussed with you if your application is successful.

Equity & Inclusion

Everton is committed to ensuring everyone is respected, celebrated, and empowered for who they are, regardless of their identity. We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, those who identify as female and those from racially diverse communities.

We are dedicated to supporting the physical and mental/emotional wellbeing of all our people. Should you have a disability or long-term health condition

and require reasonable adjustments to be made to the application/ interview/ onboarding process, please let us know.

To support our pledge to diversify our organisation and through our commitment to the FA’s Football Leadership Diversity Code, Everton welcomes applications from people of all walks of life. As part of our commitment to Disability, Inclusion and Accessibility we are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process should you require.