Family Support Worker

Directorate: Children & Young People Services

Temporary, Full time, 37 hours per week

Are you passionate about helping families through difficult times and making a real difference to children's lives?

We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Family Support Worker to join our specialist Engage Team, providing intensive, crisis-focused support to children, young people and families. Working alongside Social Workers and partner agencies, you will help families build on their strengths, reduce risks and achieve positive outcomes for their children.

What you'll do:

• Deliver direct support to children and families experiencing crisis.
• Build trusted relationships and help families identify and achieve their goals.
• Complete home visits and practical interventions.
• Work closely with Social Workers and partner agencies.
• Support safeguarding plans and promote children's safety and wellbeing.
• Help families access community resources and strengthen support networks.

What we're looking for:

• Experience working with children, young people and families.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Knowledge of safeguarding and child protection practices.
• A compassionate, resilient and solution-focused approach.
• Ability to work flexibly, including some evenings and weekends.

Why join us?

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a supportive and dynamic team that helps prevent family breakdown and keeps children safely within their families wherever possible.

Be part of the difference. Help families through crisis and create positive change for children in Rotherham.

For an informal discussion about the roles, please contact Claire Meadows, email - clair.meadows@rotherham.gov.uk

This post involves working with children/ adults and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website.