Family Worker

**Employer**: Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
- **Salary**: £31,067 to £34,314
- **Location**: Wirral, Seacombe Children's Centre, Hybrid Working
- **Contract**: Temporary
- **Working Pattern**: Flexible Hours/Full Time
- **Hours**: 36 hours per week.
- **DBS Check**: Enhanced
- **Closing Date**: 18/05/2025 at 23:59
- **Reference**: CF&E/25/311722

There has never been a more exciting time to join Wirral Council. We’ve got ambitious targets to meet and to achieve everything we have promised to our residents, we need people who are ready to deliver the very best for our communities and show how they can #BeTheDifference. Our vision is to secure the best possible future for our residents, defined by the community prosperity we create and supported by our excellent people and services. If you strive to #BeTheDifference and want to be at the heart of our change and improvement journey, then this could be the perfect job for you.

An exciting and fulfilling opportunity has arisen within the Wallasey Family Hubs team for a full-time Family Worker on a 6 month fixed term contract.

**About the Role**:
The role of the Family Worker is to support families with young children primarily in their home environment, delivering appropriate, timely, outcome-focused interventions which improve the child's outcomes and prevents any escalation of need. The Family Worker team are committed to the systemic practice framework, which promotes a strengths-based approach based on developing positive relationships with families and other professionals to deliver robust, measurable support plans working alongside the family.

The role is varied and fast paced, so you will need to have the skills to manage these challenges appropriately; you will receive regular case supervision & welfare-based conversations to ensure that your emotional wellbeing & resilience is prioritised.

The Family Worker will specifically support families antenatally and those with young children up to the age of 5 years; it is therefore vital that you have a sound knowledge of child development in the early years and an understanding of how trauma and other vulnerabilities such as poverty, domestic abuse and inconsistent parenting can impact on young children's developmental outcomes.

You will be based in Seacombe Family Hub and support families across both the Wallasey Locality. Early Childhood Services work as part of the Family Help Multi-Disciplinary Team alongside colleagues from Domestic Abuse, Youth and Play and Targeted Family Support teams.

**Working at Wirral**

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We believe in ensuring staff are well looked after, staff wellbeing is a priority for us. We’re serious about recognising and rewarding people for the great things they do. You’ll benefit from our track record of developing, growing and investing in our people.

We have a range of staff benefits including staff discounts, an excellent pension scheme which includes a generous employer contribution rate, immediate life cover and ill-health protection. We have a strong flexible working approach, hybrid working, family-friendly employment initiatives and an annual leave package starting with 28 days leave plus public holidays.

We have an inclusive, engaged culture, everyone has a voice, everyone is valued for their contribution and understands the role they play in delivering our strategic priorities.
- Please note that in accordance with the Council’s policy, employees who are in a formal redeployment situation will be considered in the first instance for all vacancies._
- It is Council policy not to re-appoint any employee who has left under the terms of the Council's Early Voluntary Retirement (EVR) scheme or who have left with a voluntary severance (VS) package, unless in exceptional circumstances._
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