Gloucestershire County Council
Family Support Worker
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Family Support Worker
Families First – Family Support Worker
Family Support Worker (Job Share Open)
Gloucestershire County Council
Job Overview
Title: [Family Support Worker] Location: Cotswolds, Gloucester & Tewkesbury (preferred district specified in application) Salary: £33,143 – £36,363 per annum (depending on experience) Hours: 37 per week (full-time, permanent) – Job share opportunities available Closing Date: 5th July 2026 Job Ref: 14007 Interview Date: 28–29th July 2026 (in-person)
About the Role
We’re recruiting permanent Family Support Workers to deliver early help interventions under Families First Partnership Programme (FFPP) reforms across Gloucestershire. These roles support the delivery of the new Family Help teams, implementing systemic changes to offer continuous support to children and families from early intervention to social care.
As a Family Support Worker, you’ll:
- Work flexibly to reduce practitioner transitions and enhance family resilience.
- Develop coherence across early help, child in need, and system-wide support.
- Inquire about and shape risk and protective factors working consistently in families’ lives.
- Build trusting, strengths-based relationships with parents and young people.
- Collaborate with multi-agencies (such as health, education, housing, and voluntary sector partners).
Key Changes & Opportunities
- Support a nationwide reform in early help, offering more continuity than traditional tiered services.
- No additional workload – increase in time dedicated to families.
- Professional development and upskilling to become a Family Help Lead Practitioner by October 2026.
- Integration with Systemic Practice, using creative and relational family work approaches.
Who You Are
We’re looking for dedicated individuals with passion for helping families thrive. Ideally you meet the following:
✔ Experience:
- Proven track record in support, counselling, social work, or pioneering family work.
- Ability to assess families holistically with multi-agency partners.
- Frontline experience working with vulnerable children and families.
✔ Skills & Qualities:
- A build rapport with challenging families and help them build resilience.
- Strong assessment abilities and commitment to evidence-based practice.
- Willingness to engage flexibly in evenings/weekends and travel across districts.
- Confidence in negotiating difficult situations with empathy and curiosity.
✔ Essential:
- Full UK driving licence (own car required).
- Ability to deliver all aspects of the role in fluent spoken English (required for safeguarding assessments).
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✔ Professional Standards:
- Commitment to safeguarding vulnerable people and upholding Safer Recruitment Policy.
- Willingness to undergo ongoing staff training.
The Benefits
| Support | Details |
|---|---|
| Earning Potential | £33,143 – £36,363 per annum (based on experience). |
| Flexible Work | Hybrid working opportunities where possible. |
| Leave | 25.5 days increasing to 30.5 after 5 years; optional 10 extra days annually. |
| Family-Friendly Policies | Maternity, paternity & amp; adoption leave support |
| Wellbeing & Development | LGPS pension scheme, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), in-house Occupational Health. |
| Chiropodists Qualifications | Employee discount scheme; access free social work practice qualifications. |
| Workplace Culture | Disability Confident Employer*; inclusive workplace and systemic anti-oppressive values. |
| Career Progression | Promotions to Family Help Practitioner, social work career pathway support. |
*Undergraduate antagonists can apply at 80% desk rate should complete training and have entire job requirements granted except sufficient written standards that belong basic-to advanced. Disability Confident OSA: GCD declares your work rights are compliant with necessary guidance
About Gloucestershire County Council
Offsetting against Ofsted’s June 2025 ‘Good’ rating: We offer your ‘Stimulated’ practice success with Outstandings maris strategies that enable thrives portal valuing. Our mission: Help every child and family gain the visibility to make improvements and highlight societal actions.
Service Inspection Rating
Children’s Social Care: ⚪ *Good (with Outstanding elements – review cites inspirational joined-up partnership in family partnerships.)
Our Approach
Make Systemic Practice embedded into our teams, ensuring precise collaborative solutions rather than a traditional chance of blame structures. If you want a career in innovative system reform and meaningful early intervention, this role offers professional development to the Family Help Leader Practitioner Suite.
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Salary & Contract
- Salary: £33,143–£36,363 per annum (based on experience) offered as a full fantastic section.
- Contract Type: Full-time available as job shares; negotiable trips worth 1–35 hours.
How to Apply
- Receive further application guidance: Ennial applications to cswrecruitment@glosouncotuls.gov.uk for your sibling candidate briefings.
- Submit application: Ensures a full schedule of Samples and three yielded or Dunopin predecessor references (one from existing/stand-well earns) with statement/employment modelled a cruciallyRequires (cover last three years).
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- Submit disability information (guaranteed interview point available!* Note: Any internal applicants registering a formalised disability pension please inform cswrecruitment@glosouncotuls.gov.uk.
Interview Team & Process
External candidates are scheduled directly through online application or referred for formal interviews. Safer recruitment references and evaluation best practice are mandatory all taken early in assessment cycle tie-in.
Required Documentation
- Self or professional references.
- Updated DBS vide touring cleared initial.
Inclusivity & Benefits Statement
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Note
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By joining Glocestershire CC, your visibility is expected to be sustained safeguarding compliance and promote wellbeing while implementing visionary family partnerships. We promise you transparency and support throughout this process.
Note on Sponsorship & Right to Work This role does NOT extend sponsored work support. Eligible candidates must demonstrate real can commit to at least six months national employment.
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