Hybrid Support Worker - Family Safeguarding (Internal Applicants Only) presso Leicestershire County Council

PLEASE NOTE THIS POST IS ONLY OPEN TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS 

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: Victoria and Albert Hub, Loughborough 2 Victoria St, Loughborough LE11 2EN

Worker Category: Field-Based Worker 

Salary: £27.717 - £30.066 per annum (pro-rata for part-time) Pay Award Pending

Working Hours: 18.5 hours per week 

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 29th August 2025

Interview Date(s): TBC

We have an exciting role for support workers within the Loughborough Locality Safeguarding Team 

About the Role

You will provide direct high-quality integrated family support and childcare services to children and young people as part of a family support/safeguarding plan by working as part of an integrated team to provide a range of home/centre-based family support interventions that contribute to improving outcomes for children, young people, and families.

An enhanced 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

Please refer to the 7-point criteria, giving examples of how you meet the criteria below
 

• NVQ level 3 in childcare qualification(NNEB/NVQ3) or equivalent 
• Previous experience of caring for children or young people  in a personal, voluntary or statutory capacity or experience of working to protect and improve the life changes of children or young people 
• Experience in a social care setting 
• Basic Knowledge of Child Development 
• Ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team 
• good verbal and interpersonal skills to communicate clearly with children, young people, families, colleagues and professionals. 

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 provide 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 in balancing their working lives with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances while 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:

Geraldine Parkinson, Team Manager or Dhara Shiva 

Tel: 0116 3055219 or Tel: 0116 305 9334

Email: [email protected] or[email protected] 

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+ 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.

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