Support Worker

Nottingham City Council, Leicestershire County Council, East Midlands Group

Job Location:

Blaby - UK

Yearly Salary: £ 28605 - 31029

Posted on: 16 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Description

Organisation:Leicestershire County Council

WorkLocation:County Hall Glenfield LE3 8RA

WorkerCategory:Hybrid Worker

Salary:Grade 8 28605 - 31029 per annum (pro rata for part-time)

WorkingHours:18.5 hours per week (over 3 days inclusive of Friday and Saturday)

ContractType:Permanent

Closing Date:26^th November 2025

Interview Date(s):TBC

Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can make a difference Do you have a passion for supporting others

About the Role

Support Workers within the Children in Care Service facilitate young people in the care of the Local Authority to spend meaningful time with their parents and wider family. Family Time sessions can be facilitated within Family Centres across the County or within the community making fun memories with one another. The role of the Support Worker within this setting is to ensure the safety of children and support in overcoming any issues which may arise during this time. Support Workers have effective relationships with other professionals within a childs network e.g. Social Workers and Foster Carers and contribute towards the creation of Care Plans for the child. The applicant would also be required to give advice and support to parents to promote their family time to be of the best quality.

Support Workers also support young people and their families in other ways such as ensuring they have all relevant ID and applying for documents such as passports when required.

Support Workers within the service demonstrate a clear understanding of our continuous improvement journey including becoming a trauma-informed service and areas for development going forward.

An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.

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

About You

To apply for this post you must:

Have awareness and knowledge of safeguarding children.
Hold skills in engaging and communicating with others including those from different cultural backgrounds clearly and accurately in both verbal and written formats. Your communication style must be based on a foundation of knowledge of child development and professionalism.
Have experience in working with young people and their families inclusive of young people with additional behavioural needs.
To hold skills in IT and be confident in using software such as Word and Outlook. You would need to be able to effectively plan and manage your own diary.
To be able to work effectively as part of a small team as well as work independently when required.
Hold a valid driving license and be able to work later than usual office hours (8:30am-5pm) regularly.

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

In addition we expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview 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. Thereforewherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstanceswhilst 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 mayinclude 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 theOur Working Stylespage on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion please contact:

Rebecca Inman Senior Practitioner

Telephone: 0

Email:

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 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 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 more information see theHow to Applysection 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 telephoning0(select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: applying for this post you agree to ourTerms and Conditions.

DescriptionOrganisation:Leicestershire County CouncilWorkLocation:County Hall Glenfield LE3 8RAWorkerCategory:Hybrid WorkerSalary:Grade 8 28605 - 31029 per annum (pro rata for part-time)WorkingHours:18.5 hours per week (over 3 days inclusive of Friday and Saturday)ContractType:PermanentClosing Date...