Family Support Worker - Locality Specialism (Internal Applicants Only)

PLEASE NOTE THIS POST IS ONLY OPEN TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS Organisation: Leicestershire County Council Work Location: County Hall/Across localities Blaby, Oadby & Wigston Worker Category: Field Based Worker Salary: £32,070 - £34,359 per annum (pro rata for part time) Working Hours: 18.5 Hours per week Contract Type: Permanent Closing Date: 4th January 2026 Interview Date(s): 12th January 2026 About the Role We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team, a part time (18.5 hours) Family Support Worker with a Locality Specialism. We work across the Blaby, Oadby & Wigston area and work alongside other agencies such as health, schools, social care and community organisations to support children and their families. You will support them doing one to one work in the home, or may see them running drop in sessions or groups within our Family Hubs, come and join our team and help improve outcomes for our Children and their Families….. 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. About You To apply for this post, you must respond to and evidence the following 7 essential criteria within your personal statement. Helping families to identify their own networks of support from family, friends and their local communities, to ensure they have the help they need to remain resilient and can sustain positive change Delivering time-limited periods of support which may include casework, evidence-based group work, or clinic sessions, to children, young people and families experiencing a range of issues which impact on family functioning and achievement of good outcomes Supporting families to access universal provision and become more self- sufficient to avoid the need for more intensive input To provide brief (up to 6 weeks) and standard (up to 12 weeks) of support to families as directed by managers. To offer a variety of flexible support including drop-ins, workshops and outreach to address locality issues. To liaise closely with professionals working in the area to offer a seamless service forchildren, young people and their families at risk ofpoor outcomes –ensuring those families who are in need of additional help are able to access the locality offer To work effectively with Early Help partners & Social Care colleagues to prevent escalation of need, or to support those who have had previous involvement 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. Interested in Flexible Working? 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's 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. For more information or an informal discussion, please contact: Helen Coulter - Team Leader Telephone: 0116 3055609 To contact me by email, please click here . How to Apply Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ Plus communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme. To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support. By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.