Birmingham Children's Trust
Higher Family Support Worker - Children with Disabilities Service
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Higher Family Support Worker - Children With Disabilities Service
Help us change children and young people’s lives!
We are committed to making a positive difference in the lives of many children and young people every single day. Our mission is simple but powerful: to ensure that the most vulnerable children and young people in our city are safe, happy, and healthy.
We are now seeking a passionate and motivated Higher Family Support Worker to join our Children with Disabilities Service Review Team; Supporting families to access the right services and interventions, ensuring care and support packages continue to meet the changing needs of children with disabilities. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in supporting children and young people with disabilities and their families, helping to ensure their needs are reviewed and met through effective partnership working.
About the Role
The role of Family Support Worker within the Children with Disabilities Review Team is to work directly with children and young people with disabilities and their families, ensuring their needs are regularly reviewed and that support remains appropriate, effective, and responsive to changing circumstances.
Within the role, there will be opportunities to undertake training and develop knowledge of services, legislation, and best practice relating to children with disabilities. You will build strong relationships with families and partner agencies to promote positive outcomes for children and young people.
The role is case holding, and as a key worker you will work alongside social workers, education professionals, health colleagues, and other agencies to review short breaks and support plans, identify unmet needs, and coordinate services. You will be required to maintain accurate records, and provide updates that evidence progress, outcomes, and any areas requiring further support.
You will join our Children with Disabilities Review Team and receive regular supervision and support from experienced managers to help you develop your skills and deliver high-quality services to children and families across Birmingham.
The role requires travelling across the city to visit children, young people, and their families; therefore, access to a car is essential. This is a full-time role working Monday to Friday during core hours, with flexibility to meet the needs of children and families.
As a Family Support Worker, you will:
- Support children and young people with disabilities and their families to achieve positive outcomes by ensuring their assessed needs are regularly reviewed, and appropriate support is in place to promote their welfare, development, and wellbeing.
- Support children and young people with complex and enduring disabilities, complex health and care needs, behaviours that may challenge, and those requiring palliative care, ensuring their needs are reviewed sensitively and that support remains safe, appropriate, and responsive to the child and family’s circumstances.
- Undertake the required training to support your role, including training related to children with disabilities, assessments, safeguarding, legislation, and multi-agency working.
- Complete home visits, school visits to review short breaks, and review support plans for children and young people with disabilities and their families, as required, to inform short break plans and ensure services remain safe and responsive to changing needs and circumstances.
- Work collaboratively with families, social care colleagues, education, health professionals, and partner agencies to provide timely, child/young person-centred support and coordinate services that improve outcomes for children and young people with disabilities.
- Develop and maintain specialist knowledge in areas relevant to children with disabilities, such as autism, learning disabilities, short breaks, transitions to adulthood, safeguarding, or direct payments, and share knowledge and best practice with colleagues.
- Maintain high standards of record keeping and produce clear, accountable reports to evidence impact.
- Support social work teams by implementing targeted interventions and ensuring practice is clearly evidenced on children’s records.
- Promote Birmingham Children’s Trust’s relationship-based, strengths-focused, family-led practice model in all aspects of your work.
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About You
We’re looking for someone with the skills and drive to make a real difference. You will:
- Hold an NVQ Level 4 (or equivalent) qualification in a related area of practice.
- Have a full driving license with access to your own car and business insurance.
- Have proven experience of working in early help, prevention, or statutory services with children and families.
- Be confident working under pressure, managing competing demands, and meeting deadlines.
- Demonstrate excellent communication, report writing, assessment and record-keeping skills.
- Bring experience of multi-agency working, ensuring families receive joined-up and effective support.
- Be a strong team player who shares knowledge and supports colleagues to deliver the best possible outcomes.
We have been rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted, following a 2023 inspection. This is a fantastic achievement for Birmingham Children's Trust, with many positive highlights focusing on areas including the quality of staff leadership, partnership working, safeguarding and corporate parenting.
This is a hybrid role based in Birmingham so you must have the correct right-to-work documents to work in the UK. Sadly, we do not support those who require sponsorship.
Our Benefits
- We pay your DBS application fee and reimburse your update service fee
- A generous annual leave package of 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 5 years of service and 35 days after 10 years of service.
- Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme which gives you the chance to drive a brand-new car for an affordable fixed monthly amount as part of a salary sacrifice initiative. With no deposits or credit checks required a range of all-inclusive driving packages.
- Free on-site parking at our offices on One Avenue Road (Aston) and Lifford House (Stirchley). We also provide onsite electric car charging ports which are free to use!
- Full access to our amazing internal employee benefits scheme including, Occupational Health services, Rewards Schemes, Benefits discounts (including the Blue Light Card), Health & Fitness and Personal Wellbeing support and much more!
- Flexible and hybrid working policy - we are well adapted to a hybrid model of working which includes a combination of time spent in the office and at home and we offer a variety of working patterns, to support the needs of the Trust and to ensure a positive work/life balance for our employees.
- You will receive a generous local government career average pension scheme in line with the Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Discounted gym memberships with Pure Gym and Nuffield Health.
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Help us to change children and young people’s lives!
At Birmingham Children’s Trust, we are committed to making a positive impact on the lives of over 10,000 children and young people in our city every day. Our mission is to support the most disadvantaged children and young people in Birmingham, ensuring they are safe, happy, and healthy.
Why Join Us?
- Impactful Work - be part of a team that makes a real difference in the lives of the city’s most vulnerable children.
- Supportive Environment - enjoy a supportive and collaborative work culture where your contributions are valued.
- Career Development - benefit from tailored development programs, supportive supervision, and a range of learning opportunities to enhance your skills and advance your career.
- Generous Benefits - take advantage of our competitive reward package including generous leave allowance, Local Government pension scheme, and additional benefits.
Our Values
We approach our work with care and compassion, actively listening to the needs of the children and young people we serve. We involve them in the decisions that affect their lives, ensuring their voices are heard and respected.
We are committed to using our resources wisely, ensuring that every penny is spent where it counts the most. We foster collaboration among schools, health professionals, and the police, working together to create a supportive network for our young people.
We believe that when we work as one cohesive team, the children and young people of Birmingham are more likely to thrive. Our unified approach ensures that we provide the best possible support and opportunities for their growth and development.
Join us and together, we can create a brighter future for all.
Safeguarding
At Birmingham Children’s Trust, we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
Depending on the role, you may be asked to undergo the appropriate level of Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check to assess your suitability for working with children and young people.
The level of check (Standard, Enhanced, or Enhanced with Barred List) is determined based on the specific responsibilities of the role and the level of contact with children and young people.
We are committed to the fair treatment of all applicants, including those with criminal records. Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar an individual from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of the offence.
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