Family Support Workers - Ref: CH03725

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Walsall; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority is seeking Family Support Workers in Walsall. The roles focus on early help services through collaboration with families and educational partners. You will support comprehensive assessments and engage families in their children's development. Successful applicants should have relevant qualifications and experience in early intervention settings, particularly with children having additional needs.

Qualifications

• Significant experience and working knowledge of statutory work with children and families.
• Track record of working with children, young people, and families.
• Extensive capability in undertaking comprehensive whole family assessments.

Responsibilities

• Support and enhance the Family Early Help Service.
• Act as a 'lead professional' for families and collaborate with agencies.
• Drive engagement of children and families in educational attendance.

Skills

Experience in early intervention settings

Holistic work with families

Engagement skills

Knowledge of SEND and educational issues

Education

Relevant academic or professional qualification at level 3 or higher

Job description

Family Support Workers x 7 - Ref: CH03725
G7: £32,654 - £37,035 per annum.

Family Support Worker x 1, 37 hours per week, permanent

Family Support Worker x 2, 18.5 hours per week, permanent

Family Support Worker x 2, 37 hours per week, fixed term until 31/07/26

Family Support Worker x 2, 37 hours per week, fixed term until 31/03/26

What are we looking for?

Our transformed Family Early Help Service provides Early Help through a whole family approach based on collaboration with families and with partners from schools, health, children’s services and the community. We have vacancies for Family Support Workers within our workforce to further enhance our sense of purpose and our growing expertise.

These are exciting opportunities of progression for dynamic and experienced ‘family-centered’ practitioners who hold relevant academic or professional qualification at level 3 or higher to play a significant role within the delivery of our Family Early Help Service.

Our transformed Family Early Help Service provides early help through a whole family approach based on collaboration with families and with partners from schools, health, children’s services and the community.

We have vacancies available within our workforce to further enhance our sense of purpose and our growing expertise. We are looking for:

• Enthusiastic candidates who have significant experience and working knowledge of an early intervention setting and statutory work with children and families.
• Reflective practitioners who have a track record of working holistically with children, young people and families within a whole family model.
• Highly skilled practitioner who will demonstrate your extensive capability in engagement, undertaking comprehensive whole family assessments which create clear goals, and support your use of evidenced informed practice. We especially invite applications from workers with experience of working with children with additional needs and their families.
• someone who can demonstrate their skill set to act as a ‘lead professional’ and the importance of working purposefully and collaboratively with all family members and other agencies to achieve best outcomes for children.
• An awareness of SEND, education issues and understanding of how to work with schools and families to drive engagement of children and families in educational attendance and ambition.

Important note: When completing your online application form, you will be asked to enter supporting information. You must enter a detailed supporting information statement describing how your skills, abilities and experience meet the specific criteria included in the employee specification. If you do not include a supporting information statement, you will not be shortlisted. Please also ensure that you complete the work history and qualifications sections of your application form. Please do not add a CV as we do not accept them. Please see our Information for Applicants leaflet for further information.

View Job Description and Employee Specification for Family Support Worker Early Help

Closing date for applications: 10th August 2025

This post is covered by the Government’s Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The post holder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.

Walsall Council takes seriously the responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all the children, young people and vulnerable adults entrusted to our care and it is our expectation that all staff will share this commitment. We will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust recruitment processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is a requirement for working with children and young people.

For further reasons to join us, please visit: https://go.walsall.gov.uk/employee-benefits.

If you would like to know more about these roles, please contact:

Natasha Gayle [e-mail] - team manager

Amy Isaacson [e-mail] - team manager