Family Service Worker

The Family Intervention and Support Service provides early help to the most vulnerable children, young people and their families to prevent escalation to statutory social care services in Swindon and provide the right help at the right time

Your next role

Swindon is proud to be part of the Supporting Families Agenda. As a family worker you will be excited to learn that you will help our vulnerable families achieve outcomes which will change their life opportunities. You will achieve this through writing holistic family assessments and developing with the families, personalised plans. You will co-ordinate targeted support and will regularly review the plan with the families and partner agencies through the Team around the Child meetings.

As we move forward with our development of Community, Family, Youth Hubs as part of Swindon Communities Together, you will work with other flexible and motivated individuals to achieve the best outcomes with children, young people and families.

To succeed in this role, you will need demonstrable experience of; working with and providing support to children, young people and their families. You will also need resilience, skills in risk management, the ability to manage your time well and the ability to prioritise your work.

You will need to be flexible with working hours that fit around the needs of the family, including some evening and weekend work.

If you believe you have the skills, experience and enthusiasm to join and help shape this service and make a real difference to the lives of vulnerable children, young people and their families then we want to hear from you.

You must be fluent in the English language (as a requirement of Part 7 of the Immigration Act “for the effective performance of a customer-facing role”).

Your next package

Please see our Rewards and Benefits offer for more details.

For Swindon to thrive in the future, we need to lay the foundations now. It’s why our regeneration and transformation programmes are already underway. So, you’ll be joining us at an exciting time on our journey. We’ll look to you to share your knowledge, influence decisions and drive real, positive change. With your contributions, we’ll achieve our vision of a prosperous, re-vitalised Swindon by 2030 together. And you’ll be proud to say it was made better with you.

Your next steps

Read the role profile and select the Apply button where you will be redirected to the Swindon Borough Council website to complete our online application process. Clicking the ‘Apply’ button on this job website is not an application, you must register on the Swindon Borough Council website in order to be considered for the role.

Potential applicants are sometimes put off if they don’t meet 100% of the requirements. We think individual experience, skills and passion make all the difference, so if you meet the majority of the criteria, we’d love to hear from you.

For an informal discussion please contact one of our Family Service Coordinators, Michael Hadgraft, on 07796275171, or Immy van Herk 07971303005.

If you are experiencing technical issues submitting your application please email resourcing@swindon.gov.uk