Team Around the Family Consultant

Lincolnshire County Council; Lincoln; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Lincolnshire County Council is recruiting a full-time permanent Team Around the Family Consultant to provide advice, guidance, coaching, mentoring and support to partner agencies. The role is located in the North/South Kesteven locality and involves working across social care and safeguarding contexts.

The post requires experience as a Lead Professional in a children's multi-agency environment, with a focus on child welfare, risk assessment and collaborative practice.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience writing Early Help Assessments and Plans.
• Experience as Lead Professional in a multi-agency children’s environment.
• Skills in mediating, mentoring, influencing and coaching.
• Be proactive and child focused.
• Understand Working Together 2026 statutory guidance and Lincolnshire's TAF framework.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with partner agencies and social care teams.
• Offer 1:1 case support, reflection, advice and guidance to the partnership for children open to TAF.
• Write and deliver workshops.
• Contact professionals to offer support following a safeguarding referral.
• Offer support for professionals for step-outs following Family Help/Social Care involvement.
• Analyse data and create action plans for improvements.
• Offer duty support to partner agencies via our ASKTAF service.

Job description

About the role:

Lincolnshire County Council is recruiting a full time permanent Team Around the Family Consultant to offer an advice, guidance, coaching, mentoring and support service to our partner agencies. Post will be based in the North/South Kesteven locality.

About you:

You'll have extensive experience of writing Early Help Assessments and Plans and being a Lead Professional in a children's multi-agency environment. You'll have skills in mediating, mentoring, influencing and coaching. Be proactive and child focussed, understand Working Together 2026 statutory guidance and Lincolnshire's TAF framework.

What you'll do:

• Build relationships with partner agencies and social care teams
• Offer 1:1 case support, reflection, advice and guidance to the partnership for children open to TAF
• Write and deliver workshops
• Contact professionals to offer support following a safeguarding referral
• Offer support for professionals for step-outs following Family Help/Social Care involvement
• Analyse data and create action plans for improvements
• Offer duty support to partner agencies via our ASKTAF service

The postholder will be working with sensitive issues and involved in analysing risk within Early Help cases; and will therefore be subject to enhanced DBS and Barred list check.

Next steps

Closing date: 13th November 2026

PLEASE NOTE: It is imperative that your personal statement clearly states why you have applied, how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for the role as set out in the Job Description (attached on LCC jobs Site) and what you feel you can bring to this role, the team and the wider County Council.

Please refer to our Job Information Pack here to support you in your application.

Please be advised that this position is subject to a criminal record check.

On occasion we receive significantly more applications than expected for some vacancies and under such circumstances we reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of the advertisement. We therefore strongly advise you to apply for the role promptly to avoid disappointment should the closing date be brought forward. Please also note: once an application is submitted it is final and cannot be amended. If you withdraw your application, it cannot be reinstated and you will not be able to submit another application for that vacancy. If you have an issue with your submitted application, please contact [e-mail].

We operate a talent pool scheme whereby candidates who are not successful on this occasion may be considered for a period of up to 3 months for equal positions.

Lincolnshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

A Smarter Working Employer

We have embraced new ways of working and hybrid working will be a feature of this role. You will be given a nominated contractual work base and you will be required to commute to this work base when necessary. Working arrangements regarding hybrid working will be discussed as part of the appointment process.

Our technology platform and equipment is very good enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We require that you have in place good connectivity, and we will discuss during the recruitment process if support with this is needed.

Fluency Duty

In accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 (Fluency Duty), the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.

Our values - collaborative, adaptable, eco-conscious, supportive, and responsible - guide everything we do. We're looking for candidates who share these values and bring them to life in their work, helping us build strong teams and make a real difference in the communities we serve.