Support Worker - Family Safeguarding Hinckley (Maternity Cover)

Leicestershire County Council; East Midlands, Leicester; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking dedicated individuals for a rewarding role in family support. This position involves working closely with children and families, providing essential interventions to improve their well-being and outcomes. You will collaborate with an integrated team, guiding parents through various challenges and ensuring the safety and development of children. With a commitment to equality and inclusion, this role offers the chance to make a significant impact in the community while enjoying flexible working arrangements. Join a team that values diversity and supports your professional growth.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing family support interventions.
• Understanding of safeguarding practices and assessments.

Responsibilities

• Provide home/centre-based family support interventions.
• Guide parents in managing household affairs and childcare tasks.
• Contribute to safeguarding assessments and plans.

Skills

Communication Skills

Family Support Interventions

Safeguarding Assessments

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Job description

Children and Families Department

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: Hinckley Hub Hinckley/various locality offices in the County.

Worker Category: Field Based Worker

Salary: £27.717 - £30.066 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)

Working Hours:37 hours per week

Contract Type: Fixed term/ Secondment for (12 Months - 30th April 2026)

Closing Date: 8th May 2025

Interview Date(s): 13th May 2025

About the Role

Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can make a difference?
Can you offer good communication skills and capacity in supporting children and families in challenging circumstances
Do you enjoy supporting parents to help their children grow and thrive

A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity 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:

• To work as part of an integrated team to provide a range of home/centre-based family support interventions that contribute to achieving an improvement in outcomes for children, young people and families.
• To work as part of an integrated team providing support for families, young people regarding issues of housing, benefits, education, employment and independence skills.
• To be accountable for identified appropriate direct work with children and families using a strength and trauma informed practice approach.
• To advise and guide parents and where relevant young people in managing household affairs, practical child care tasks, and other means of providing for the care of children. This may involve flexible work patterns including early mornings, early evenings and occasionally weekends
• To contribute to safeguarding assessments and plans and report observations with regard to the standards of care provided by parents and contribute to discussions with social workers, and Support and Assessment Workers
• To supervise and monitor contact when part of the child's plan.
  

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to,equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion,please contact:

Emma Johnson or Louise Topley - Team Managers

Telephone: [phone] or 01163053031

Email: [e-mail] or [e-mail]

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support .

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