Family Support Worker - Children in Care

Our benefits

We are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do.

We really value our workforce and offer you a great benefits package including:

• 28 days annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days, after 5 years
• Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health pension protection.
• Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days annual leave
• Employee Assistance Programme - We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
• Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
• Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
• A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions
• Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
• Subsidised town centre car parking scheme

About the role

This is a fixed term contract up to 12 months to cover maternity leave.

As Children’s Services are improving, exciting new opportunities have opened in the Children in Care Service based in Northampton, but providing support to families and children, who reside county wide.  

We are looking to recruit a Family Support Worker to be part of the team building meaningful relationships with children and their families helping them grow, prosper and achieve.

If you have any queries or would like an informal discussion please email Sarah Wesley, Team Manager at Sarah.Wesley@NCTrust.co.uk

What will you be doing?

The primary focus of work will be with children and families who are looked after by the Local Authority.  The worker will need to be self-motivated and have the ability and skills to provide key pieces of direct work to children and families and to work with multi agency colleagues. The post is predominantly working with children and families who are subject to care proceedings and the work will centre around promoting family time, supporting in the completion of assessment and enabling rehabilitation.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

About you

We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, highly motivated, has the ability to work both independently and in a team and have experience of working directly with families and children.  The role will be based in Northampton but staff will be required to move effectively across the county and beyond if required. The successful candidate will need some experience in working with children and families, have the ability to support with assessment based work and good recording skills.

The success candidate will be required to undertake a DBS check.  

When applying please ensure your supporting statement covers how you fulfil the essential criteria set out in the attached person specification. You will need to provide a full employment history including any gaps since leaving full time education. 

About us

At Northamptonshire Children’s Trust, children, young people and families are at the heart of all we do – in every decision we make and every action we take. Our mission is driven by the unwavering commitment to achieving the best outcomes for them.  The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils.

Our workforce are our most valuable asset and are pivotal to making the services and support we offer to children, young people and families who need us to be the absolute best we can be.

We value our colleagues and empower them to be able to do the best job of their lives every single day, working in a culture of support and kindness where achievements are celebrated and creativity is very much welcomed.

At NCT equality, diversity and inclusion are part of us and in everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and thrive in our organisation.  We are a disability confident employer and have a commitment to care leavers who we guarantee an interview if they meet the essential criteria.

Join our dedicated team and be a part of an organisation where your work makes a real difference.