Family support worker sessional

Warwickshire County Council; Warwick; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Agile working

Generous annual leave

Bank holidays

Vivup benefits

Refer a Friend package

Volunteering & Wellbeing Day

Job summary

Warwickshire County Council is recruiting a Family Support Worker to ensure family time is facilitated in a regular and safe environment. You will manage a regular caseload, coordinate transport of children to carers and liaise with social workers.

A good understanding of safeguarding, strong report writing, and the ability to adapt to changing circumstances are essential. The role offers supportive supervision, agile working, and generous leave.

Qualifications

• Knowledge around safeguarding and actions to take is essential.
• Regular caseload management and reporting are required.
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable to changing circumstances.

Responsibilities

• Transport children to and from their carers (potentially outside Warwickshire).
• Attend family time review meetings and produce recordings and reports.
• Liaise with social workers and other professionals.
• Keep risk assessments up to date in partnership with your manager.

Skills

Safeguarding knowledge

Job description

Who are we?

We are a busy and dynamic team who support children in care to spend time with their parents, anyone with PR who is not their parent, siblings, relatives or any other connected person under supervision which we call “family time”. It is important that children are supported to maintain and build safe positive relationships with members of their family ensuring that their family time is focussed and shaped around the child’s needs. We receive a variety of referrals as part of the assessment process by direction of the court, children under child protection plans, private law arrangements and long-term care plans. Family time can take place at several venues across the Warwickshire County and at times outside of these borders.

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.

Family Support Worker

Your role as a Family Support Worker is to ensure family time is facilitated in a regular and safe environment. A good understanding of what family time is, the importance of nurturing relationships with birth families and identity is essential. Whilst you will hold a regular caseload, each day is different to the next requiring you to be flexible and adaptable to sudden changing circumstances. Knowledge around safeguarding and actions to take is essential for this role. You will be required to produce a detailed report of the interactions and care witnessed, offering support and guidance where required within the session. Between family time sessions, you will be transporting children to and from their carers which may be outside of Warwickshire, attend family time review meetings, producing your recordings and liaising with social workers and other professionals. You will have a responsibility to keep risk assessments up to date in partnership with your manager as circumstances and needs change.

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

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.

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

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.

Closing Date: 28th October 2026
Interview Date: 4th November 2026

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce.