Career opportunities Family Worker - Entry Level
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£ 25584 - 27269
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Job Description
Team: 0-19 Support & Intervention Leighton Buzzard Childrens Centre
Job Family:Supporting CBG6
Salary: 25584 - 27269 per annum pro rata - Pay Award Pending
Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: Leighton Buzzard Locality Childrens Centre
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 31st July 2025
Interview Date: Week commencing 4th August 2025
More about the role:
In Childrens Services we aim to give every child excellent care and a promising future. By supporting families and keeping children safe we are helping to make CBC a great place to live. As a Family Worker- Entry Level you will be critical to the success of the 0 - 12s Family Service. Find your greatness as you provide universal support groupwork and early intervention approaches to empower families and improve outcomes.
In this important and varied role you will be part of a team offering a welcoming and accessible service that meets and adapts to local needs. Day to day you will be working with other agencies to offer a range of drop ins groups and programmes that support childrens emotional social cognitive and physical needs keeping an eye on risk to ensure they are safe. You will support families to help themselves by working with them to identify their needs suggesting support and services and enable them to achieve their goals.
You will be confident and resourceful and keen to learn and develop new knowledge and skills. As this is an entry level role we will support you to achieve a Level 3 qualification in a relevant subject area. Experience in volunteering or working with children and families would be an advantage. You will be working as part of an established Childrens Centre working across the Leighton Buzzard area and will need a positive and flexible attitude towards change as the team and service develops.
Our Offer
We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff to view these please visit our Rewards and Benefits page
You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies in this Recruitment Pack.
For an informal discussion about this position please contact:Claire Racher at or call 0
Safeguarding:
Central Bedfordshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees volunteers and contractors to share this post is subject to the disclosure of criminal records.
To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicantsit isCentral Bedfordshire Councilspolicy to only consider applications madevia our online applicationsystem and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline.
Our National Careers Service team offer a free monthly workshop covering CV writing and how to complete the statement sections of the Central Bedfordshire Council online application form. This MS Teams workshop is open to anyone from the UK and lasts around 1.5 hours. Please book your place here.
More information about this service can be found here: Support getting into work or learning Central Bedfordshire Council
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
