Family Support Worker Intensive Family Support
Job in
Glasgow, Glasgow City Area, G1, Scotland, UK
Listed on 2026-11-02
Listing for:
The Methodist Church in Britain
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-11-02
Job specializations:
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Social Work
Family Advocacy & Support Services, Child Development/Support
Job Description & How to Apply Below
This permanent Family Support Worker post sits within Aberlour's Glasgow Intensive Family Support Service, a city-wide service run with Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership. The core of the work is direct, time-limited support for families for up to 12 months, building skills, confidence and community links within a multidisciplinary team. Hours run into early mornings, evenings and weekends, with visits to family homes, schools and community settings.
Experience of child and adult protection is needed, and a PVG Scheme check applies.
- Work directly with families to nurture relationships and build on their existing strengths and interests
- Assess the strengths and needs of vulnerable families
- Plan, deliver and evaluate interventions and strategies that help families thrive
- Help children and families build skills and confidence
- Strengthen families' connections to their local community
- Empower families to lead positive change in their own lives
- Provide support when needed, including evenings and weekends
- Work within a multidisciplinary team with families for up to 12 months
- Work flexibly across Glasgow locations, including family homes, schools and community settings
- Experience working alongside vulnerable families to assess needs and deliver interventions
- Experience of child and adult protection issues
- Shared belief that collaborative working and relationship-based early intervention is the best support for families
- PVG Scheme check
- Willingness to work early mornings, evenings and weekends
- Willingness to work flexibly across a variety of locations
- Relevant professional qualification at SCQF level 7 or above
- Experience of working directly with children or young people and their families
- Experience in other childcare settings, such as residential childcare, which will be considered
- Openness to testing new ways of working
- Fresh, caring and collaborative approach that responds empathically to needs
- Supportive team
- Excellent training opportunities
- Generous annual leave
- Excellent employer pension scheme
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