Family Help Worker - South Locality 3
| Posting date: | 30 July 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 August 2025 |
| Location: | nottingham, NG2 2HZ |
| Company: | Nottingham City Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 5760 |
Summary
Contract Type: Permanent)
Working Hours: 37 hours per week (1 full-time post)
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is £31,586 level 1 - £34,314 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)
Location: Meadows Family Hub, Nottingham, NG2 2HZ
We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.
About the Role
To promote the Council’s vision, values, aims, objectives, and priorities actively and effectively, putting our citizens first through the delivery of best value services.
• To act as a key worker and Lead Professional for children, young people and families with a range of needs.
• To facilitate Early Help Assessments and plans, deliver appropriate interventions as well as coordinating interventions delivered by other agencies. Supporting children subject to Team around the Family, Child Protection, Child in Need, and Youth Justice Plans. •
To support and offer professional challenge to agencies and families to bring about lasting change, to increase the resilience of the family and decrease dependencies on public services. •
You will deliver quality personal and social development interventions for children and families and support young people 0-19, to move successfully through education into adulthood through targeted interventions.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
Education & Qualifications
Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care, Childcare, or a related field.
Experience
Experience working with children, young people, or families.
Knowledge of safeguarding procedures and child protection.
Familiarity with Multi-Agency working (e.g. social services, schools, NHS)
Skills
Strong communication and listening skills.
Ability to build trust and rapport with families.
Problem-solving and conflict resolution skills.
Organisational and record-keeping abilities.
Ability to work independently and manage a caseload.
Knowledge
Understanding of child development and parenting challenges.
Awareness of social issues affecting families (e.g. poverty, domestic abuse, mental health).
Knowledge of local services and referral pathways.
Clearances and Checks
Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check or equivalent.
Clean driving license and access to a vehicle (often required for home visits)
Desirable
Training in specific interventions (e.g. Triple P Parenting, Signs of Safety, Early Help assessments)
A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post
The role requires you to participate in the on-call rota.
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.
For informal enquiries, please contact (Bernadette Evans Family Help South by email at Bernadette.evans2@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Closing Date: 24th August 2025
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held: TBC
Job Description and Person Specification can be found here
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