Family Worker

**Team**: Family Services
**Job Family**: Supporting - CBG7
**Salary**: £24,496 to £26,845 per annum pro rata
**Hours**: 18.5 hours per week
**Location**: Varied across Central Bedfordshire
**Contract Type**:Permanent
**Closing Date**:12th December
**Interview Date**: 15th December

**About Us**

Central Bedfordshire is an ambitious authority, determined to be an exemplary one. Our strategic location and high quality of life mean we are one of the fastest growing areas in the country.

As a council we face the same challenges every business does - investing in the right places and delivering great results. Except for us, it’s all about our 289,000 residents. We’re totally focussed on helping to improve their lives and making Central Bedfordshire a great place to live and work.

This is a great time to join us on our journey.

**More about the role**:
In Children's Services we aim to give every child excellent care and a promising future. By supporting families and keeping children safe we are helping to make CBC a great place to live. As a Family Worker, you will be critical to the success of the 0 - 12's Family Service. Find your greatness as you provide universal support, groupwork and early intervention approaches to empower families and improve outcomes.

In this important and varied role, you will be part of a team offering a welcoming and accessible service that meets and adapts to local needs. Day to day you will be working with other agencies to offer a range of drop ins, groups and programmes that support parents/carers and children's emotional, social, cognitive, and physical needs, keeping an eye on risk to ensure they are safe. You will support families to help themselves by working with them to identify their needs, suggesting support and services, and enable them to achieve their goals.

To develop positive links between the local community and the 0 - 12’s service to ensure the service is welcoming, accessible and meets local needs. You will be working as part of an established Children's Centre working across the Shefford and Stotfold Locality and will need a positive and flexible attitude towards change as the team and service develops.

Join us, and you'll enjoy attractive benefits plus excellent in-house training. This includes specialist courses covering specific areas of interest. Even better, you'll find your greatness by ensuring that every child is happy, safe and well.

**What we can offer you**

As well as joining a friendly, dedicated, and hardworking team you will have access to numerous benefits, including:

- Support to work from abroad for up to a month a year where appropriate
- Generous family friendly policies and practices
- A supportive and inclusive environment that values and celebrates differences
- Staff network and support groups
- Annual leave allowance 24 days + statutory holidays rising to 31 days with length of service.
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). This is a valuable part of our rewards package for employees and includes Life Assurance: click here
- An Employee Assistance Programme offering support to all employees through workplace changes as well as other work, family and personal issues
- Training and Learning offer - we have access to hundreds of courses and role specific training is also available
- Access to discounts from local and national retailers

Central Bedfordshire Council has its own vision and values that are integral to everything we do. Our area vision is to make Central Bedfordshire 'A great place to live and work’.

You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies detailed within this **Recruitment Pack**

Safeguarding:
Central Bedfordshire Council is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in the workplace. We are a Disability Confident employer, we are working to become a Disability Confident leader in our community.