Senior Family Wellbeing Worker (Group Work)

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall Glenfield LE3 8RA & localities

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: 35451 - 39165 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)

Working Hours:37 per week

Contract Type: Fixed term until 31.03.2029

Closing Date: 15th February 2026

Interview Date(s): 6^th March 2026

Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can make a difference with children and their families

Do you want a job where no two days are the same

About the Role

We are looking for a leader who is experienced at managing people from the initial HR recruitment processes through to being to co-delivering services.

Are you someone who is competent at following evidence-based programmes and aware of the need to keep delivery inline within set frameworks

Do you have a working background with children aged 0-19 (25 SEND) with an awareness of childrens development

Are you someone who can engage families effectively and have a track record of evidencing outcomes for those you have supported and able to model best practice

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 have:

• Qualification to level 4 in a relevant subject for example health and social care psychology education health education or considerable demonstrable experience
• Experience working with children young people or families in a group or one-to-one setting with Strong understanding of parenting challenges child development and family dynamics.
• Excellent communication and group facilitation skills & Understanding of the barriers that come families face to engage with support & Ability to engage and motivate parents from diverse backgrounds.& Commitment to delivering structured programmes with fidelity.
• Understanding of safeguarding and child protection procedures.
• Knowledge of the importance of programme fidelity in the delivery of group work programmes & Knowledge of case management systems and use of data for planning service delivery/ evaluating effectiveness
• Ability to contribute towards high quality and succinct written reports which will include analysis of data and recommendations for senior managers & ability to evidence the achievement of outcomes through robust data recording on group work interventions ability to undertake practice development sessions with group work facilitators and ensure latest information and guidance from evidence-based providers is followed as appropriate
• The ability to undertake practice development sessions with group work facilitators and ensure latest information and guidance from evidence-based providers is followed as appropriate

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:

Parina Ahmed Quality Assurance & Performance Officer

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 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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