Family Group Conference coordinator, Children's Services

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Family Group Conference Co‑ordinator

We’re looking for a skilled, compassionate and confident Family Group Conference (FGC) Co‑ordinator to support the delivery of a high‑quality, family‑led service across Wokingham.

This is a rewarding opportunity to work creatively with children, young people, families and professionals to ensure families are firmly at the centre of decision‑making.

About the role

As an FGC Co‑ordinator, you will play a vital role in empowering families to take the lead in planning for their children’s safety, wellbeing and long‑term outcomes. You’ll work independently, using your professional expertise to prepare and support families, extended networks and professionals throughout the FGC process.

You’ll build strong working relationships across Children’s Social Care, Early Support and partner agencies to help embed a high‑quality, consistent and effective FGC service across Wokingham.

You’ll bring a calm, confident approach to complex situations, strong communication skills, and experience working with vulnerable children, young people or adults.

You’ll be skilled at building trust, facilitating sensitive conversations and bringing people together in a safe, respectful and structured way.

What you’ll be doing

• Supporting the delivery of an effective and efficient Family Group Conference service.
• Ensuring children and families are at the centre of all planning and able to participate meaningfully in decisions affecting them.
• Preparing and coordinating families, young people, vulnerable adults and professionals for FGC meetings and reviews.
• Managing the conference process so families can use their strengths, relationships and lived experiences to develop safe, sustainable plans.
• Promoting the FGC model and offer professional advice to colleagues and partner agencies on potential referrals.
• Ensuring safeguarding procedures are followed and taking appropriate action where concerns arise.
• Gathering feedback, supporting monitoring and evaluation, and helping drive continuous improvement across the service.

Why join us?

This is a fantastic time to join us in Wokingham as we implement planned changes to Children’s Services. This is a brand new role which will be pivotal to the success of Family Group Conferences moving forwards.

This advert will close: 11pm on Sunday 1st March 2026

Interviews will take place: Thursday 12th March, in person, in Wokingham.

To hear more about the role, please direct any queries to:

Sara James, Head of Quality Assurance & Safeguarding - Children's Services: sara.james@wokingham.gov.uk or Alix Williams, Recruitment & Retention - Children's Services: alix.williams@wokingham.gov.uk

Please be aware that we will be reviewing the applications we receive on a daily basis, and we reserve the right to close the advert early if suitable candidates are identified.

If your application is shortlisted for an interview, you will be required to provide proof of your right to work in the UK at that stage. Additionally, successful candidates must present proof upon receiving a job offer.

Please note that all offers are conditional and subject to the satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.

Wokingham Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, other workers and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates for this role will be subject to Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we regret that we are unable to respond to every applicant individually.

If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the application closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion.

We appreciate your interest in joining Wokingham Borough Council and thank you for taking the time to apply.

Wokingham is an equal opportunities employer.