Family Support Worker

Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Come join us and be part of our success.

Are you passionate about supporting children and families?

Do you have the skills and experience in supporting children and families with family time?

Do you enjoy working with children and families to enable them and empower them to make positive changes

If so, you may be the perfect candidate for this role

Our Family time support work team are recruiting 2 family support workers to complete family time sessions as ordered from the court arena. The role will include supervising family time, completing wishes and feelings of children and providing family time reports and analysis and attend meetings as and when required.

DBS is required for this role.

We would anticipate that the main visits would be Monday to Friday 9-5 however, we expect some flexibility to work on weekends and from 8am to 10pm when required for families. However, the hours are 36 hours per week. 

Next Steps: 

Closing Date: Monday, 12 May 2025 at 23:59pm 

At Knowsley we value our applicants and want them to feel well-informed and welcomed. If you have any questions about this specific job role or what it is like to work at Knowsley, please contact: (below) 

Jo-Anne Smith - Jo-anne.Smith@Knowsley.gov.uk (0151 443 4526)

Sam Roper - Samantha.Roper@Knowsley.gov.uk (0151 443 5043) 

At Knowsley Council we will consider requests for flexible working.  For most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, working from home, compressed hours, part-time.

We promote applications from all sections of the community, regardless of background, belief, or identity, recognising the value that diversity brings to our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from individuals from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and candidates with disabilities as we acknowledge their underrepresentation in our workforce.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applicants.

If you are interested in this vacancy, please upload your CV along with a supporting statement as one document in PDF or Word format. Your CV and supporting statement should be tailored to reflect the competencies within the person specification.

Please note if a CV and supporting statement does not reflect the person specification it is unlikely to be shortlisted.