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Family Worker
| Posting date: | 31 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £33,699 to £39,152 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 August 2025 |
| Location: | Reading, Berkshire |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | Reading Borough Council |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | BFC0877 |
Summary
Brighter Futures for Children
Full-time, 12 months fixed term contract
About us
Brighter Futures for Children is a not-for-profit company, owned by, but independent of, Reading Borough Council. Although we are independent, we are very much part of the Reading Family. Our people enjoy all of benefits as other Council employees including membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and continuous service.
We work closely with partners in the local community and key organisations including Reading Borough Council, Policy, Public Health and Voluntary groups. We are responsible for the delivery of Children’s Social Care, Family Help & Prevention, and Education Services (including SEND). This also includes Fostering and Adoption, the Youth Offending Service and traded services with schools.
Our main aim is to protect and enhance the lives of the children of Reading. We help families find long-term solutions to ensure children lead happy, healthy and successful lives
About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for you to be part of our team in Reading Children’s Centre. You will work alongside the Centre Coordinator, Family Workers, Family Group Workers and professional partners including Health and Education.
Who we are looking for
A vibrant and enthusiastic L3 qualified childcare practitioner or equivalent, to join our multi-skilled friendly Children’s Centres and Family Help teams (Hub)
What will you do?
You will be required to work as part of the family help team providing effective and high-quality family support interventions likely in the family home. You will work and support a caseload of families to achieve positive outcomes.
Role Responsibilities:
• Ensure that the voice and views of all children are sought, heard and represented appropriately.
• To work with the whole family and partners to assess the needs within the household and acknowledge those of the extended family and wider networks.
• To deliver timed and evidence-based interventions with families including direct work with children and young people
• To adopt a key worker/lead professional approach to develop, coordinate and deliver outcome focussed plans.
• To apply a challenge and support approach when working with families.
• Liaise effectively and work with universal, targeted and statutory services and partners where appropriate e.g. schools, children’s social care and the voluntary/community sector.
Essential Qualifications:
• A recognised qualification in childcare NVQ level 3 or above or equivalent experience
Preferable:
• Experience of working with children 0-5 years and beyond
• Experience of working with vulnerable children and families
• To have knowledge of EYFS and child development
• To have practiced or understanding of working in an holistic way by using appropriate tools such as; attachment therapy, trauma informed practice and hierarchy of need.
For more information about the role, please read the job description and person specification.
Our offer
We offer a supportive environment to grow and develop your career with the opportunity to share your ideas and practice. Innovation and ambition are strongly encouraged, and you’ll get a great feel for that working in our friendly and collaborative environment.
A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:
· Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution
· Incremental holidays starting with 26 days plus public holidays (rising to 33 after 10 years’ service)
· Cycle to work scheme.
· Season train ticket loans
· Salary Sacrifice Car Lease Scheme
· A range of local shopping discounts
Inclusion and Diversity
We want Brighter Futures for Children to be a great place to work and to ensure that our children, young people and families are represented in leadership roles and positions of power. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our children, young people and families so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.
Asking for Adjustments
Brighter Futures for Children is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes adjusting or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions.
If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please let us know.
Closing date: Sunday 17th August 2025
Interview date: Thursday, 4th September 2025
Location: South/East Children's Action Team,
268 Northumberland Avenue, Reading RG2 7PJ
We look forward to hearing from you!
In January 2025 the decision was made to bring Children’s Services (currently operating as Brighter Futures for Children Ltd (BFfC)) back in-house to Reading Borough Council (RBC).
All staff employed by BFfC on 30 September 2025 will transfer, via the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE), to the Council on 1 October 2025.
For new starters who BFfC confirms before 27 September 2025 their pre-employment checks are completed and a start date agreed will be issued with a BFfC contact and will transfer to RBC.
For new starters whose pre-employment checks have not been completed and / or a start date has not been agreed before 27 September, you will be issued with an RBC contract and your start date will not be before 6 October 2025.
Full-time, 12 months fixed term contract
About us
Brighter Futures for Children is a not-for-profit company, owned by, but independent of, Reading Borough Council. Although we are independent, we are very much part of the Reading Family. Our people enjoy all of benefits as other Council employees including membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and continuous service.
We work closely with partners in the local community and key organisations including Reading Borough Council, Policy, Public Health and Voluntary groups. We are responsible for the delivery of Children’s Social Care, Family Help & Prevention, and Education Services (including SEND). This also includes Fostering and Adoption, the Youth Offending Service and traded services with schools.
Our main aim is to protect and enhance the lives of the children of Reading. We help families find long-term solutions to ensure children lead happy, healthy and successful lives
About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for you to be part of our team in Reading Children’s Centre. You will work alongside the Centre Coordinator, Family Workers, Family Group Workers and professional partners including Health and Education.
Who we are looking for
A vibrant and enthusiastic L3 qualified childcare practitioner or equivalent, to join our multi-skilled friendly Children’s Centres and Family Help teams (Hub)
What will you do?
You will be required to work as part of the family help team providing effective and high-quality family support interventions likely in the family home. You will work and support a caseload of families to achieve positive outcomes.
Role Responsibilities:
• Ensure that the voice and views of all children are sought, heard and represented appropriately.
• To work with the whole family and partners to assess the needs within the household and acknowledge those of the extended family and wider networks.
• To deliver timed and evidence-based interventions with families including direct work with children and young people
• To adopt a key worker/lead professional approach to develop, coordinate and deliver outcome focussed plans.
• To apply a challenge and support approach when working with families.
• Liaise effectively and work with universal, targeted and statutory services and partners where appropriate e.g. schools, children’s social care and the voluntary/community sector.
Essential Qualifications:
• A recognised qualification in childcare NVQ level 3 or above or equivalent experience
Preferable:
• Experience of working with children 0-5 years and beyond
• Experience of working with vulnerable children and families
• To have knowledge of EYFS and child development
• To have practiced or understanding of working in an holistic way by using appropriate tools such as; attachment therapy, trauma informed practice and hierarchy of need.
For more information about the role, please read the job description and person specification.
Our offer
We offer a supportive environment to grow and develop your career with the opportunity to share your ideas and practice. Innovation and ambition are strongly encouraged, and you’ll get a great feel for that working in our friendly and collaborative environment.
A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:
· Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution
· Incremental holidays starting with 26 days plus public holidays (rising to 33 after 10 years’ service)
· Cycle to work scheme.
· Season train ticket loans
· Salary Sacrifice Car Lease Scheme
· A range of local shopping discounts
Inclusion and Diversity
We want Brighter Futures for Children to be a great place to work and to ensure that our children, young people and families are represented in leadership roles and positions of power. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our children, young people and families so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.
Asking for Adjustments
Brighter Futures for Children is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes adjusting or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions.
If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please let us know.
Closing date: Sunday 17th August 2025
Interview date: Thursday, 4th September 2025
Location: South/East Children's Action Team,
268 Northumberland Avenue, Reading RG2 7PJ
We look forward to hearing from you!
In January 2025 the decision was made to bring Children’s Services (currently operating as Brighter Futures for Children Ltd (BFfC)) back in-house to Reading Borough Council (RBC).
All staff employed by BFfC on 30 September 2025 will transfer, via the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE), to the Council on 1 October 2025.
For new starters who BFfC confirms before 27 September 2025 their pre-employment checks are completed and a start date agreed will be issued with a BFfC contact and will transfer to RBC.
For new starters whose pre-employment checks have not been completed and / or a start date has not been agreed before 27 September, you will be issued with an RBC contract and your start date will not be before 6 October 2025.
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