Senior Family Wellbeing Worker; Group

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall Glenfield LE3 8RA
& localities

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: £35,451 - £39,165 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)

Working Hours:37 per week

Contract Type: Fixed term until 31.03.2029

Closing Date: 15th February 2026

Interview Date(s): 6 th March 2026

Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can make a difference with children and their families?

Do you want a job where no two days are the same?

We are looking for a leader who is experienced at managing people from the initial HR recruitment processes through to being to co-delivering services.

Are you someone who is competent at following evidence-based programmes and aware of the need to keep delivery inline within set frameworks?

Do you have a working background with children aged 0-19 (25 SEND) with an awareness of children's development?

Are you someone who can engage families effectively and have a track record of evidencing outcomes for those you have supported and able to model best practice?

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 .

To apply for this post, you must have:

• Qualification to level 4 in a relevant subject, for example health and social care, psychology, education, health education or considerable demonstrable experience
• Experience working with children, young people, or families in a group or one-to-one setting with Strong understanding of parenting challenges, child development, and family dynamics.
• Excellent communication and group facilitation skills & Understanding of the barriers that come families face to engage with support & Ability to engage and motivate parents from diverse backgrounds.& Commitment to delivering structured programmes with fidelity.
• Understanding of safeguarding and child protection procedures.
• Knowledge of the importance of programme fidelity in the delivery of group work programmes & Knowledge of case management systems and use of data for planning service delivery/ evaluating effectiveness
• Ability to contribute towards high quality and succinct written reports which will include analysis of data and recommendations for senior managers & ability to evidence the achievement of outcomes through robust data recording on group work interventions ability to undertake practice development sessions with group work facilitators and ensure latest information and guidance from evidence-based providers is followed as appropriate
• The ability to undertake practice development sessions with group work facilitators and ensure latest information and guidance from evidence-based providers is followed as appropriate

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to,equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

Parina Ahmed, Quality Assurance & Performance Officer

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