Family Support Worker - Family Together Team

Overview

As a Family Support Worker you will have experience of working with children, young people, families, and communities to deliver a wide range of interventions. Experience of working with multi‑agency assessments and plans is also a must. The role requires you to work flexibly and may include working evenings and weekends.

• A full driving licence and willingness to drive.
• DBS clearance.
• Fluent English, as required by the Immigration Act 2016 for a customer‑facing role.
• Right to work for at least 6 months without sponsorship. The council cannot offer sponsorship in this role.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.

For more information about our Children’s Service, see Children’s Social Care Careers | Gloucestershire County Council.

If you are an internal applicant with a disability, as defined by the Equality Act (2010), please declare this in an email to CSWrecrui, as it is currently not covered in the application due to a technical error. By providing this information, you can be considered for a guaranteed interview under our Disability Confident pledge if you meet all essential short‑listing criteria.

It also enables the recruiting manager to arrange any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

A disability is defined as a physical or mental impairment, which has a substantial and long‑term (more than 12 months) adverse effect on a person's ability to carry out normal day‑to‑day activities.

Under our Safer Recruitment Policy, if you are invited to interview, we will take up safeguarding references prior to your interview to understand your suitability to work with vulnerable children. Please provide details of at least two referees, one of whom must be your present and/or last employer and the other from a previous employer(s). These referees should cover the last three years of employment/education.

If you have not worked in the last three years, the Head of School, College or University should be one of the named referees. We do not accept references from friends or family members or workplace colleagues who are not more senior. We will contact your referees by Docu Sign; please inform them of your application if appropriate.

• Work in partnership with children, families or carers to provide services aiming to promote positive change and the resilience of children.
• Promote stability of placements, whether at home or in accommodation, through task‑focused time‑limited interventions and direct work.
• Support the reunification of children back home from care settings and facilitate step‑downs from residential care to foster care.
• Offer preventative support where a current assessment indicates family breakdown.
• Respond to the Out of Hours Response Service (ORS) on a rota basis, providing emergency provision within one hour of a request.

• Salary: £33,143 – £36,363 per annum, subject to experience.
• 25.5 days annual leave, rising to 30.5 days after 5 years of continuous service (pro‑rata for part‑time staff).
• Option to purchase 10 additional days of leave per year (pro‑rata for part‑time staff).
• Flexible and agile working opportunities.
• Family‑friendly policies and benefits.
• Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision.
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – free, confidential counselling and advice available 24 hrs a day, online and by telephone.
• In‑house Occupational Health service.
• Employee discount scheme.
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network.
• Career development and qualification opportunities.
• Cycle to Work scheme (eligibility criteria and t&cs apply).
• Green Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme (eligibility criteria and t&cs apply).

The Family Together Team is made up of 2 Deputy Team Managers, 1 Team Manager and 24 Family Support Workers. The team works in…