Family Support Worker

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: Across Family Hubs County Wide

Worker Category: Field-Based Worker

Salary: 32070 - 34359 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)

Working Hours:37 hours per week

Contract Type: Fixed term Until March 31^st 2029

Closing Date: Friday 9th January 2026

Interview Date(s): 28^th January 2026

About the Role

Toimprovetheoutcomesandlifechancesofchildrenyoungpeopleandtheir families in Leicestershire by:

• Helping families to identify their own networks of support from family friends and their local communities to ensure they have the help they need to remain resilient and can sustain positive change
• Delivering time-limited periods of support which may include casework evidence-based group workor clinic sessionstochildrenyoungpeopleandfamilies experiencing a range of issues which impact on family functioning and achievement of good outcomes

Supportingfamiliestoaccessuniversalprovisionandbecomemoreself-sufficient to avoid the need for more intensive input

An enhanced with barred list DBS check 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 plan and deliver a variety of evidence-based targeted group work to parents with childrenaged0-19
• Toevidencethe achievement of outcomes through robust data recording on group work interventions
• To be proficient at leading the delivery of programmes from a range of venues across the county and online
• To have extensive knowledge of Triple P or be able to demonstrate experience of delivering similar evidence-based interventions.
• To be able to identify emerging needs and utilise your multi agency skills to help families find the right help
• Toundertake practice development sessions to ensure latest information and guidance fromevidence-basedproviders is followed as appropriate
• To ensure services are delivered in accordance with the needs of all families who engage in our group work programme ensuring equity and accessibility.

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

In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand 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 individuals 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 Stylespage on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:

Rachel Sharman (Project manager/Team and Partnership Manager (Localities) OR Parina Ahmed (Quality Assurance & Performance Officer)

Telephone: OR

To contact Rachel by email please click hereOR To contact Parina by email please click here

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 Plus 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 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.

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