Family Support Worker

WMJobs; Warwick; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Supervisory support

Volunteering & Wellbeing Day

Refer a Friend scheme

Job summary

Warwickshire County Council is seeking a dedicated Family Support Worker to join the Review Hub on a permanent basis. You will collaborate with children with disabilities, their families and partner agencies to review support plans and promote positive outcomes county‑wide.

You will travel across the county to support families, apply strengths‑based practice, and work with social workers to ensure services meet assessed needs while enabling greater independence and resilience for those you serve.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children, young people and families.
• Understanding strengths-based and outcome-focused practice.
• Ability to work independently within a team.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of children and young people with assessed needs.
• Review packages of support with families and agencies.
• Coordinate and chair multi-agency review meetings.
• Visit families to review progress and ongoing needs.
• Provide guidance, signposting and practical support to carers.
• Carry out Carers Assessments where appropriate.
• Work with Social Workers and duty functions.
• Maintain records in line with statutory requirements.
• Promote the voice of the child and independence.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Experience working with children and

Relationship-building

Organisational skills

Recording/documentation

Strengths-based practice

Driving licence

Job description

About Us

Warwickshire County Council's Children with Disabilities Team is seeking a Family Support Workers to join our Review Hub on a permanent basis.

About Us

Warwickshire County Council,

Warwickshire County Council's Children with Disabilities Team is seeking a Family Support Workers to join our Review Hub on a permanent basis.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a supportive and nurturing team, supporting disabled children, young people and their families across all levels of statutory social care. We are committed to helping children and young people achieve the best possible outcomes, building on their strengths and supporting them to maximise their independence.

Warwickshire places children's needs at the heart of everything we do and works hard to ensure that children and young people are heard, valued and involved in decisions that affect their lives. We are proud of our restorative and strengths-based approach, working collaboratively with families to identify what is working well and build sustainable networks of support.

Join us on our journey to make Warwickshire a Child Friendly County. Our teams work with children and families using restorative practice tools and relationship-based approaches to create positive and lasting change.

There has never been a more exciting time to join Warwickshire. As we continue to embed our Families First model, we are developing locality-based, multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams that work together to support the whole family. We build strong partnerships with colleagues across Health, Education, Police and community services to deliver the right support at the right time.

If you are passionate about building meaningful relationships with children and families and want to make a difference in the lives of disabled children and young people, we would love to hear from you.

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 build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’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

The Role

Working within the Children with Disabilities Review Hub, you will play a vital role in supporting children and young people with disabilities and their families. You will work collaboratively with children, parents, carers and partner agencies to review support arrangements, identify strengths, and ensure services continue to meet assessed needs and promote positive outcomes.

The team operates county-wide, with bases in both the north and south of Warwickshire. The successful candidates will be expected to travel across the county as required.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of children and young people who receive support packages to meet their assessed needs.
• Review packages of support and work collaboratively with families, providers and partner agencies to ensure they remain effective and outcome-focused.
• Coordinate and chair multi-agency review meetings.
• Visit children and families to review progress and assess ongoing needs.
• Provide advice, guidance, signposting and practical support to parents and carers.
• Undertake Carer's Assessments where appropriate.
• Work alongside Social Workers and support duty functions within the team.
• Maintain accurate and timely records in line with statutory and organisational requirements.
• Promote the voice of the child and support families to achieve greater independence and resilience.

About You

• Are passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people with disabilities.
• Have experience of working with children, young people and families.
• Can build positive relationships and engage effectively with a wide range of professionals and agencies.
• Have excellent communication, organisational and recording skills.
• Understand strengths-based and outcome-focused practice.
• Can work independently while contributing positively to a supportive team environment.
• Hold a full driving licence and have access to a vehicle suitable for business use.

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 and the Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

We recommend submitting your application as soon as possible. We don't want to keep you waiting so we will be starting the initial shortlist and assessment process while the job advert is running. Please check your emails or applicant account via our jobs portal for any updates on your application.

To discuss the role please contact - Debbie McDowell - [e-mail]

Closing Date: 10th September 2026

Interview date: 28th September 2026

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