Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: Across Family Hubs County Wide

Worker Category: Field-Based Worker 

Salary:  £32,070 - £34,359 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract Type:  Fixed term Until March 31^st 2029

Closing Date: 15th February 2026

Interview Date(s): TBC

About the Role

Are you experienced in working with children and families with particular skills and experience in delivering parenting programmes. We are looking for an outstanding practitioner to fill the role of Family Support Worker and it will specifically be delivering group work interventions both online and in person. You will be delivering evidenced based interventions that support everyday parenting challenges for. 

This full-time role will be fixed term until March 31st 2029. 

An enhanced with barred list DBS check is required for this post.

For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement.

About You

To apply for this post, you must be able to evidence the following:

• Level 3 qualification in a relevant subject, e.g. social care, health or childcare, OR substantial experience in providing direct support to families that clearly demonstrates the experience, skills, competencies and knowledge
• To plan and deliver a variety of evidence-based targeted group work to parents with children aged 0-19 
• To evidence the achievement of outcomes through robust data recording on group work interventions
• To be proficient at leading the delivery of programmes from a range of venues across the county and online
• To have extensive knowledge of Triple P or be able to demonstrate experience of delivering similar evidence-based interventions. 
• To be able to identify emerging needs and utilise your multi agency skills to help families find the right help   
• To undertake practice development sessions to ensure latest information and guidance from evidence-based providers is followed as appropriate to ensure services are delivered in accordance with the needs of all families who engage in our group work programme, ensuring equity and accessibility. 

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. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

 Parina Ahmed- (Quality Assurance & Performance Officer)

  Email- [email protected] 

Telephone: 01163055527

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 Plus 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. 

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support. 

By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.

About Leicestershire County Council

Leicestershire County Council is a Disability Confident, Menopause Friendly, Mindful Employer, Fostering Friendly, Forces Friendly, and Cycle Friendly organisation. In August 2021, we also signed up to the Race at Work Charter. We are strongly committed to promoting equality and opportunity, championing employee wellbeing and investing in staff training and development.

Our aim is to work with communities and partners to deliver public services that make Leicestershire the best possible place to live and work for everyone. Our employees play a key role in supporting this goal and helping us deliver the vital services we provide to the people of Leicestershire.

For further information on what it’s like to work for us and the benefits we offer, please refer to the following:

Our Recruitment Process
Our Organisational Values
Our Employee Benefits
Working for Us