Family Support Worker Outreach - EAL

Vacancy Information

Hourly rate of pay: £20.13 - £22.51

Days and Hours of Work:
Working 5 days per week on a rota within core hours
Starting and finishing times are flexible, and flexi time is applicable
To start 1st January 2027

We have an exciting opportunity for two extra family support workers to join our growing Intensive Outreach Team. Keeping children and young people in their family environment rather than in care placements.

You will combine expertise in working with vulnerable or challenging children, with promoting parenting confidence and skills. You will partner with families impacted by trauma.

We are already improving outcomes for teenagers at the highest risk of accommodation. We are now focussing upon entrenched patterns of neglect of infants and younger children too. We are seeking team members motivated to promote positive change for families with children from 0-18 years.

The service is organised flexibly to meet the needs of families. You will be required to work flexibly on a rota basis which will include early morning, evening and weekend working.

East Lothian's Children's Services are absolutely committed to keeping The Promise and keeping children, young people and their families' voices at the heart of everything we do. We are keen to recruit workers who are passionate about working with families and who want to help them to utilise their strengths and networks before we impose our own solutions.

Our staff are our greatest asset and we want to support people to have a healthy work life balance. For this to be possible, we recognise that family support workers need protected caseloads, effective supervision and support. We recognise the emotional impact of the role and benefit from access to a clinical psychologist who supports our staff with complex work and promotes staff resilience.

You will work alongside qualified Social Workers who manage each child or young person’s plan. You will receive regular supervision from a Team Leader who is dedicated to supporting all family support workers within this service area.

We are committed to promoting an open and trusting culture at all levels of the organisation and prioritise continuous professional development and learning. We are proud of our approach to learning and development and there are a number of formal and informal opportunities to develop your practice and support your career pathway within East Lothian.

We have an accessible senior management team who are committed to recruiting the best people to compliment the wide range of knowledge and experience that exists throughout the service.

Applicants should have a sound value base, excellent communication and report writing skills and a suitable understanding of children and families' social work role and responsibilities.

If you wish to discuss this job vacancy or working for Children's Services in East Lothian Council, please feel free to contact Team Leader Phil Brown on the details below:

Home / Hybrid Working Consideration
Applications for home or hybrid working will be considered for this post in accordance with East Lothian Council’s Home Working and Worksmart Policies which can be found here. Home or Hybrid working options can be discussed with candidates invited for interview

Please Note
All home/hybrid workers must live in the UK. Where an application for home-working is supported, it will be subject to a satisfactory trial period. Employees will be expected to attend Council offices for the duration of induction, and be on site in East Lothian workplaces, as required. Employees with a hybrid working arrangement in place will be office based and able to work from home, with permission, on an ad hoc basis

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