Support & Assessment Worker - Family Safeguarding

Children and Families Department

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: Coalville Safeguarding, Coalville Social Services LE67 3EA

Worker Category: Field Based Worker

Salary: £31,074 - £33,294 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 20th April 2025

Interview Date(s): 29th April 2025

About the Role

Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can make a difference? Can you offer good communication skills and capacity in supporting children and families in challenging circumstances? Do you enjoy supporting parents to help their children grow and thrive? Yes? come and work in our Family safeguarding team.

If so, this role might be for you. We are looking for a support and assessment worker based at our Wigston location to cover a sickness post on a fixed term /secondment basis.

The role is to work as part of an integrated team to provide a range of home/centre-based family support interventions that contribute to achieving an improvement in outcomes for children, young people, and families.

A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

About You

To apply for this post, you must:

• Level 3 childcare qualification (NNEB/NVQ3) or equivalent
• Experience of working with parents and children
• Understanding of social and environmental factors that have an effect on vulnerable children, young people, and families.
• Organisational and planning skills
• Ability to communicate clearly with children, young people, parents, colleagues, and other professionals
• Ability to work with a range of professionals and engage in multidisciplinary work

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.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Hayley Brooksby - Team Manager

Email: Hayley.brooksby@leics.gov.uk

Phone: 0116 3050377

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+ 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.