Key Worker (Blaby, Oadby& Wigston)

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: Huncote Family Hub. Sports Field Lane Huncote. LE9 3BN

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

Working Hours:37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 17th May 2026

Interview Date(s): 27th May 2026

About the Role

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team in Blaby Oadby and Wigston Locality as a Keyworker. We work alongside other agencies such as health schools social care and community organisations to support children and their families. You will undertake assessments to provide intensive support and deliver agreed child in need plans of support within the home. Come and join our team and help improve outcomes for our Children and their Families.

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:

• Level 3 qualification in a relevant subject e.g. social care health or childcare OR substantial experience in providing direct support to families that clearly demonstrates a broad level of experience skills competencies and knowledge.
• Experience of providing direct support in the home to children and families with complex needs which may include mental health substance misuse offending domestic abuse and/or educational issues.
• Experience of carrying out assessments support planning formulating action plans and reporting outcomes.
• Experience of working with partners and of co-ordinating agency responses in complex cases to achieve positive outcomes for families with complex needs.
• An understanding of the impact of discrimination on the lives of those from minority ethnic communities and others that experience social exclusion and an ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds.
• Awareness and understanding of good enough parenting and relationship between poverty and social deprivation and to be able to hold a compassionate position but still hold protection of children as the priority. Be able to recognise cumulative harm and risk indicators of different forms of harm sexual physical emotional and neglect.
• Ability to build professional confidence and resilience good working relationships with families ability to over-come barriers to them engaging recognising reasons for resistance to change where tensions can exist. Ability to communicate sensitively and effectively with children and adults focusing on hearing and capturing the childs voice.

In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesandto delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents. You will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of these commitments as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a are a Disability Confident Employer.

Interested in Flexible Working

We are open to discussions about flexible working which may include part time working job sharing term-time working flexible start and finish times and hybrid working depending on the requirements of the role and the service. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below.

For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:

Emily Food - Team Leader

Telephone:

Email:

How to Apply

At Leicestershire County Council were looking for top talent from all walks of life. Whoever you are wherever youre from and whatever your background - we care about what you bring to our organisation not just whats on your CV. Thats why weve designed a recruitment process thats fair accessible and focused on potential. And with benefits that support people at every age and stage of life we make sure you can thrive - both personally and professionally.

If you share our passion to make a difference for the people of Leicestershire wed love to hear from you. Click the apply button to submit your application ensuring that you upload a supporting statement that explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. Without this information we wont be able to assess your suitability for the role and your application will be rejected. For tips on how to write your statement 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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