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Warwickshire County Council
Full time - 37 hrs per week, including evening and weekend delivery, with prior arrangement.
Fixed term until 31/03/28
About Us
Now is an exciting time to be part of our team as Warwickshire begins to embed our Families First teams and Best Start in Life. Our approach is about locality working, multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams that support the whole family. Building strong partnerships with local services, Health, Police and Education.
At Warwickshire County Council (WCC) we work with children and families restoratively, building strong relationships and connections to help families find long-lasting solutions. Our work contributes to our wider County Council aim – to make Warwickshire the best it can be for everyone. It’s a big responsibility that can be challenging at times, but this is what drives our staff to succeed, develop and achieve. If you’re someone who wants to do the best job possible, who approaches everything with passion, tenacity, courage and purpose, then we want you to work with us.
Warwickshire Children and Families continue to invest in and grow our service ensuring we can provide the right support at the right time through multi-disciplinary teams, our network and an incredible and established parenting offer.
We have an exciting opportunity for a full-time (37 hours per week) Parent Coach (Senior Family Support Worker) to join our service, on a Fixed Term basis until 31/03/28.
This countywide role will deliver a broad range of parenting interventions in addition to professional training. The Family and Relationship Offer in Warwickshire is delivered by a focused Family and Relationship Support Team who lead on the coordination, development and delivery of programmes across the county facilitating with colleagues from across the Children and Families service and wider network.
The Family and Relationship Support Team deliver across the county in venues and through a virtual offer in response to the needs of families which will regularly include delivery during the day, evenings and weekends. This role may also act as a locality link for one of our District/Boroughs, liaising with partners in the area, analysing locality data and developing the offer in response to this.
Best Start in Life has a significant focus on evidence-based interventions and the home learning environment with the aim of increasing the number of children achieving a good level of development. We would welcome applications from candidates with a sound understand of the Early Years to support our aspirational targets and to support children and families to reach their full potential. For more information, please see Warwickshire’s Best Start Local Plan: WCCC-1642278725-8253
The post holder will be confident in the delivery of information and parenting interventions to a broad audience including:
- Parents and carers
- Colleagues in Children and Families
- Colleagues in the voluntary and community sector
- Colleagues in education and learning including schools and early years
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The successful candidate needs to proficient at using ICT and Teams and have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
The parenting offer consists of 2-hour workshops covering a broad range of topics and longer relational based programmes as part of our stepped approach.
Now is an exciting time to be part of our team as Warwickshire begins to embed our Families First teams who support the young people in our County. Our approach is about locality working, multi disciplinary and multi agency teams that support the whole family. Building strong partnerships with local services, Health, Police and Education.
If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service. Click here to find out more about Warwickshire County Council’s Children and Families Service.
Our Offer to you includes:
- Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focussed on wellbeing and workload.
- A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas
- We also offer a Refer a Friend package for some roles. Terms and Conditions apply
- Click here to download our Why work for Us Brochure
About The Role
Essential experience to be successful in the role includes:
- A Relevant child and family qualification and equivalent experience. A minimum of NVQ Level Four or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject and substantial experience as a Family Support Worker.
- Proven track record of continuous professional development in relevant parenting programmes in line with the Warwickshire Parenting Approach such as Solihull Approach including “Train the Trainer” and Centre for Emotional Health programmes. Additional training will be provided.
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience of demonstrably effective continuous Family Support Work coupled with delivery of specialist interventions, partnership work, coaching, mentoring or supervisory duties.
- Ability to travel across the county. Holds a full clean driving licence and appropriate insurance cover for business use and has full access to an appropriate vehicle.
- Ability to work on a flexible basis.
- An understanding of family dynamics and child development and how parenting affects the development of the child, as evidenced in case examples.
- Ability and experience to cope with significant emotional demands, caused by contact with the most vulnerable children and families
For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification below;
Parent Coach
Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make:
Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!
At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.
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Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund.
The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.
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Additional Information:
Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.
We recommend submitting your application as soon as possible. We don't want to keep you waiting so we will be starting the initial shortlist and assessment process while the job advert is running. Please check your emails or applicant account via our jobs portal for any updates on your application
This role is for a fixed term period, a current employee should apply on a secondment basis. Please discuss the options available with your Service Manager before applying.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Jackie Mok, Team Manager and Technical Specialist of Family and Relationship Support Team jacquelinemok@warwickshire.gov.uk, Service Manager: staceygill@warwickshire.gov.uk
Closing Date: 12th August 2026
Interview Date: 19th and 21st August 2026
Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.
Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See more
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