Senior Family Support Worker (Neighbourhood) BSiL| Fixed Term Date 31-Mar-2029

Job Description

Salary £36,363 - £40,777 Per annum |Fixed Term 31-Mar-2029| Full Time - 37 hours per week

Salary £36,363 - £40,777 Per annum |Fixed Term 31-Mar-2029| Full Time - 37 hours per week

International Sponsorship – this role is not open to international sponsorship

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated practitioner to join our established Neighbourhood Team in Burnley.

This full time opportunity, 37 hours a week with working hours to cover Monday to Friday 8am-8pm and weekends on an agreed rota basis.

This role will lead the development and delivery of our Best Start in Life agenda, driving improvements in services and outcomes for children and families. The successful candidate will possess significant Early Years experience, strong leadership and line management skills, and a proven ability to support and develop staff performance.

They will be committed to partnership working, continuous improvement, and ensuring services meet the needs of local communities while achieving organisational priorities and service expectations.

Working under the guidance of the Team Manager, a Senior Family Support Workers plays a vital leadership role within the Children and Family Wellbeing Service. Post holders work closely with Lead Practitioners and colleagues across their delivery area to provide supportive, confident guidance and management to frontline staff, drawing on both professional experience and evidence‑informed practice.

Post holders will be aligned to one of the delivery area
- Burnley

This is a highly rewarding role combining hands‑on practice, leadership, and partnership working. You will oversee and support, when needed the delivery of services to children and families through individual work, group programmes and community‑based activity, working from Best Start in Life Centres of Excellence, Family Hubs, neighbourhood centres and local community venues.

As a valued member of Lancashire County Council’s Early Help Service, you will also contribute to service planning and provide reflective, supportive supervision to frontline staff, enabling them to deliver high‑quality Best Start in Life and Early Help interventions with confidence.

You will use professional judgement to respond to day‑to‑day challenges, supported by clear procedures, policies and values, and you will make thoughtful operational decisions that place children and families at the centre of everything you do.

• Best Start in Life
  - Neighbourhood Support:
  In this role, you will lead and coordinate delivery of the enhanced Best Start in Life 0–5 offer across Family Hub and neighbourhood settings. You will provide leadership, guidance and supervision to Lead Group Worker, Best Start Development Worker and have oversight of the Neighbourhood Group Workers, Best Start Neighbourhood Outreach Workers delivering play, learning, outreach and parent support activity, ensuring services are welcoming, accessible and responsive to local needs.
  
  You will strengthen partnerships with health teams, early years providers, VCFS organisations and trusted community leaders to ensure delivery is culturally responsive and reaches families who may not otherwise engage with services. You will support consistent, high‑quality, evidence‑informed practice and ensure learning, outcomes and engagement data contribute to reflection, learning and continuous improvement of the Best Start in Life offer.

Closing date for applications - 25/8/2026| Shortlisting - 26/8/2026| Interview date - 7/9/2026 - please note these interviews will be held face-to-face.

For more information about this opportunity, please email Neighbourhood & Community Team manager Sue Hopkinson on susan

The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Further information can be found on the 'Our Recruitment Process' tab.

In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.

We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.