Team Around the Family Consultant

NHS Jobs; Oklahoma; Hybrid; USD 54,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Lincolnshire County Council is recruiting a full-time permanent Team Around the Family Consultant to offer advice, guidance, coaching and support to partner agencies. The role is based in the North/South Kesteven locality and involves working within a safeguarding framework and Early Help.

You will lead on developing Early Help Assessments and Plans, mentor professionals, deliver workshops, and contribute to multi-agency collaboration.

Qualifications

• Experience writing Early Help Assessments and Plans.
• Experience as Lead Professional in a multi-agency children's environment.
• Skilled in mediation, mentoring, influencing and coaching.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with partner agencies and social care teams.
• Provide 1:1 case support, reflection, advice and guidance to the partnership for children open to TAF.
• Write and deliver workshops.
• Coordinate with professionals following safeguarding referrals.
• Support professionals with step-outs after Family Help/Social Care involvement.
• Analyze data and create action plans for improvements.
• Provide duty support via ASKTAF service.

Skills

Early Help Assessments

Lead Professional

Mediation

Coaching

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.

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.

Work arrangements

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.

Additional information

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. 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. Closing date: 13th November 2026. 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.