Key Worker - Locality (Maternity Cover)

Leicestershire County Council; Wigston; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Leicestershire County Council invites applications for a Key Worker role in Targeted Family Help serving Blaby, Oadby and Wigston. You will support children and families with complex needs in their homes, delivering evidence-based interventions and working to diffuse challenging situations.

An enhanced DBS check is required. Applicants should have a Level 3 qualification in social care/health/childcare or demonstrable related experience, with a commitment to accessible, inclusive services and

Qualifications

• Level 3 qualification in social care, health or childcare or equivalent experience.
• Experience delivering evidence-based interventions with families (e.g., solution focused brief therapy).
• Knowledge of issues affecting families (domestic violence, mental health, substance misuse).
• Understanding of discrimination and social exclusion affecting minority communities.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct home-based support to children and families with complex needs.
• Identify and deliver evidence-based interventions.
• Develop and monitor plans with measurable outcomes for children and families.

Education

Level 3 Qualification in social care, health or childcare

Job description

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: Bassett Street, South Wigston, LE18 4PE

Salary: £36,621 -£40,458 per annum (Pro rata for part time)

Working Hours:37 hours per week

Contract Type: Fixed (9 month Maternity Cover ) or Secondment (9 month Maternity Cover ) with Line managers approval

Closing Date: 19th November 2026

Interview Date(s): TBC

About the Role

Targeted Family Help in Blaby, Oadby and Wigston are looking for Key Workers! Do you have experience of providing direct support in the home to children and families with complex needs? Do you have experience of identifying and delivering appropriate evidence-based interventions to families and experience of working with issues of conflict and confrontation and an ability to diffuse difficult situations? If so, we would love to hear from you.

An enhanced with barred list DBS check is required for this post.

For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement.

About You

To apply for this post, you must be able to evidence in your application how you meet the following criteria:

• Level 3 Qualification in social care, health or Childcare or experience of providing direct support in the home to children and families with complex needs which may include mental health, offending, substance misuse, domestic violence, and abuse, and/or educational issues.
• Experience of identifying and delivering appropriate evidence-based interventions e.g. solution focussed brief therapy, the Freedom Programme, parenting programmes, brief intervention, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy based approaches, motivational interviewing.
• Knowledge and awareness of issues which may have an impact on the lives of families such as domestic violence and abuse, mental health difficulties, substance misuse, poverty, housing.
• An understanding of the impact of discrimination on the lives of those from minority ethnic communities and others that experience social exclusion, and an ability to work with people from varied backgrounds
• Ability to work proactively, persistently, and persuasively with families who may not be willing to engage with services, using a range of techniques that encourage active participation.
• Ability to build professional confidence and resilience, good working relationships with families, ability to over-come barriers to them engaging, recognising reasons for resistance to change, where tensions can exist. Ability to communicate sensitively and effectively with children and adults, focusing on hearing and capturing the child’s voice.
• Ability to manage allocated cases and ensure plans are developed with families and have clear outcomes that are measurable and also understandable for the child and their family

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our valuesandto delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents. You will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of these commitments as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.We are a Disability Confident Employer.

Please note: If you are appointed to this role on a fixed-term or internal secondment basis, you may later be offered a permanent appointment to the role, should the opportunity become available. Any such arrangements will be subject to organisational requirements and the relevant policy conditions being met.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are open to discussions about flexible working, which may include part time working, job sharing, term-time working, flexible start and finish times, and hybrid working, depending on the requirements of the role and the service. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.

For more information or an informal discussion,please contact:

Emily Food - Team Leader, Blaby, Oadby and Wigston

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Helen Coulter - Team Leader

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