Support & Assessment Worker Family Safeguarding

Organisation:Leicestershire County Council

WorkLocation:Victoria & Albert Hub Loughborough LE11 2EN and surrounding areas

WorkerCategory:Field Based Worker

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

WorkingHours:18.5 hours per week

ContractType:Permanent

Closing Date:25th January 2026

Interview Date(s): 4th February 2026

About the Role

This post will support social workers to undertake thorough community family assessments and where appropriate complete these of children and prepare any necessary and relevant reports and undertake reviews (as relevant) and specific pieces of work identified within the assessment including;

• To undertake parenting support and assessment programme with families experiencing significant difficulties.
• To undertake direct work with children and young people to meet their identified need.
• To complete parenting assessments to assess the ability of carers being able to meet the childs long-term needs this could be where there are concerns regarding a childs welfare in their parents care or when we are in care proceedings needing to assess if the child could return to their parents care.

An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.

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About You

To apply for this post you must have / be able to:

A Level 3 childcare qualification (NNEB / NVQ3) or equivalent.

• Be able to promote parenting skills through group work and to contribute to a programme of group work with parents experiencing difficulty in managing their children.
• Advise guide and train parents in managing household affairs practical child care tasks and other means of providing for the care of children. This may involve flexible work patterns including early mornings early evenings and occasionally weekends.
• To make observations with regard to the standards of care and participate fully in the identification of possible abuse/injury/neglect of children and provide reports on such observations to social workers.
• To supervise observe and monitor contact visits when parents are visiting children who are looked after when appropriate to assessment.
• To attend Case Conferences Core group Pre-Proceedings and other meetings as the worker involved with the family.
• To maintain accurate and up-to-date manual and electronic records as required by the department.

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:

Dhara Shiva Team Manager

Telephone:

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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 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 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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