Family Support Worker

At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities. We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.

The Family Support Worker will share and embrace the vision of developing an innovative Gloucestershire Family Hub model which puts the well-being of all families, children, and young people at the heart of its work; leading to systemic and transformative change for individuals and the community.

Main Responsibilities:

• You will collaborate with team members, attend multi-agency meetings, and actively participate in the development and delivery of home-based family support services.
• You will provide support to children and families, including practical and emotional assistance delivered through a flexible program. Also, you will provide home visits, support groups, and structured learning sessions held in the Family Center, family homes, and community settings.
• You will coordinate and ensure the quality of home-based child and family support services, offering practical and emotional support through various methods such as home visits, workshops, and structured sessions.

Main Requirements:

• To lead and support safe, reliable, high-quality family support service across the district and integrate with existing provisions to ensure that services are not duplicated and multiagency working is upheld.
• To ensure communication is established with other services to establish a culture of mutual trust and respect.
• To undertake child-focused assessments with children and families and in partnership with parents/carers and professionals to establish an understanding of the child and parent’s needs, any existing or potential risk and to gain knowledge of the ‘Childs’ lived experience’ and parental challenges.
• Experience relevant for your effectiveness in the role might be from various sectors: health, education, social care, youth work. The list is not exclusive and if you are passionate about supporting families, we would still like to hear from you.

Benefits:

• An annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days, rising each April by one day, subject to a maximum of 30 working days plus bank holidays.
• Up to 6% matched-pension contributions
• Flexible working arrangements and new starters have the right to make flexible working requests from day one of employment
• Enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
• Eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
• Cycle to work scheme
• Investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities