Leicestershire County Council
Social Worker - Family Help
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Social Worker - Family Help
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Come and join us! The Family Help Service has an exciting opportunity for a full-time social worker in Coalville, who will be part of the team ensuring a high-quality Child in Need service is provided for children and their families.
We strive for ‘Right support at the right time.’ Working with the whole family to offer practical help, building on strengths and community support to improve daily life, positively impacting outcomes for children and young people.
About the Role
Family Help is a service providing intensive and timely family support for families on the continuum from Targeted Early Help to Child in Need.
Informed by Independent National Review of Children’s Social Care and the government’s response, we developed an integrated service where Social Workers and Keyworkers (AQWs) engage, support, and encourage families to enact positive changes in their lives.
Our focus revolves around:
- Building strong, consistent professional relationships to provide timely responses.
- Supporting families’ recovery from trauma and building strength, resilience, confidence, and parenting capacity.
- Utilising family and community networks to keep children safely at home or with wider family/friends when necessary.
To retain talented staff, we prioritise:
- Regular reflective supervision.
- Positive training pathways and career development, enabling professionals to thrive and to foster consistency in supporting our families.
Currently, we are evolving our approach in Leicestershire to implement the national Family First Partnership Programme reforms. Consequently, this role may be subject to changes or reviews.
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Key Responsibilities
An enhanced DBS check is mandatory for this position. For further details on our ex-offender recruitment policy, refer to our policy statement.
About You
We seek a driven professional who will deliver intensive, focused family support within homes, utilising relationship-building, strengths-based, and trauma-informed approaches to drive behavioural change and create positive outcomes for children.
Requirements
You must meet the following criteria:
- Hold a degree in Social Work, approved by Social Work England (SWE)—or an equivalent qualification such as the Certificate of Qualification in Social Work (CQSW) or Diploma in Social Work.
- Be registered with Social Work England.
- Possess a valid UK driving licence (or eligibility to obtain one), with a reliable vehicle.
Minimum experience and skills:
- Post-qualification experience working with children and families.
- Knowledge of childcare legislation and Local Safeguarding Children Partnership (LSCP) procedures, with a focus on child protection and child in need assessments.
- Demonstrated understanding of social work theories and practice models.
- Experience in:
- Child in Need interventions.
- Safeguarding and child protection.
- Private law and care proceedings.
- Cultural competence with awareness of racial, religious, linguistic, and socioeconomic backgrounds across children, young people, and families.
- Proven skills in creative, innovative, and relationship-based social work, with collaborative engagement with families and professionals.
- Ideally, existing expertise in Signs of Safety methodology.
- Ability to conduct assessments—including child and family assessments, conference reports, risk assessments, and private law reports—to a high standard.
- Strong prioritisation skills to manage competing demands such as:
- Duty rota participation.
- Court hearing attendance.
- Adherence to deadlines (e.g., Section 47 Enquiries).
- Experience applying performance indicators to enhance productivity.
- Capacity to analyse information effectively, advance under pressure, and take accountability for insights and outcomes while remaining transparent in reporting to your Team Manager.
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Additional Commitments
Candidates must align with our core values and dedication to delivering inclusive, accessible services addressing diverse needs. You’ll be assessed on this alignment as part of the selection process.
We are an inclusive employer, offering reasonable adjustments for applicants with disabilities. We hold Disability Confident Employment Status.
Interested in Flexible Working? Flexibility may be discussed—such as part-time work, job-sharing, term-time scheduling, hybrid models, or flexible start/finish times—tailored to service requirements when applicable. To explore possibilities, contact:
Jason Pickett Team Manager Email: jason.pickett@leics.gov.uk Phone: 0116 305 9536
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