Family Time Worker

• Employer: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
• Location: Sefton
• Contract: Permanent
• Working Pattern: Full Time
• Hours: 36 hours per week.
• Closing Date: 13/11/2026 at 23:59
• Reference: CSC/26/349276

About the Role

Main Purpose of the Role

The primary aim is to promote and support family relationships while ensuring the child's safety, welfare, and emotional wellbeing. Family Time Workers are often employed by local authorities, children's services, fostering agencies, or family support organisations.

Key Responsibilities

Facilitating Family Time Sessions

• Supervise contact sessions between children and family members.
• Create a safe, welcoming, and child-centred environment.
• Support positive interactions and relationships during visits.
• Manage difficult or challenging situations appropriately.

Safeguarding Children

• Assess and manage risks during family time sessions.
• Monitor interactions to ensure children's safety and wellbeing.
• Follow safeguarding procedures and report concerns promptly.
• Maintain professional boundaries at all times.

Observation and Recording

• Observe the quality of interactions between children and family members.
• Record factual, accurate, and unbiased observations.

Produce detailed reports for social workers, courts, and other professionals.

The closing date for this vacancy is Friday 13 th November 2026 (or earlier in the event of high volume of applications being received).

Provisional interview dates are Wednesday 25 th November 2026.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

Sefton Council strives to ensure that our workforce is inclusive and representative of our communities. A diverse workforce is important to us, our staff bring with them a wide range of experiences, views, ideas, and innovations, and we are committed to providing an environment that recognises, respects, and values everybody’s identity, where individual differences are strengths and where everyone can thrive and maximise their potential.

We are always open to learning and growing as an organisation, and we welcome new ideas and initiatives that promote equality, diversity and inclusion.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer; all candidates will receive equal treatment. Our decision to appoint will be based upon whether an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities make them the most suitable candidate for the role.

Please note that all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for these jobs (as given in the Person Specification) and who want to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme will be invited to interview.

If you are currently in care or have previously been in care, we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for care experienced people if you meet the essential requirements for the role.

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