Job Description

Salary: 26,409 to 28,163 per annum pro rata

Grade: F

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 18.5 and 37 hours available

Location:

Knaresborough, North Yorkshire

Weekend Working: Occasionally

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join North Yorkshire Council's Early Help Service in the West locality area as a Children and Families Support Worker. This involves working in partnership to deliver a wide range of interventions and support to parents, carers, children, young people and their families to improve outcomes.





The successful candidate will join an established team, supervising court directed contacts for children and families open to Children's Social Care and delivering group sessions to children and parents. These sessions often involve transporting children, so having your own car would be essential. It also includes direct work with children, young people and their families to understanding and strategies for areas such as early speech and language, wellbeing, parenting and healthy relationships. You will also work closely with the community and voluntary sectors to identify partnership ways of working to improve outcomes for Children and their families.





Based at Manor Road Children and Family Hub in Knaresborough, you will be required to work across the Harrogate, Knaresborough, Ripon and Craven districts. The role will also involve supporting colleagues across other areas and travel further afield where necessary to support children and families. Having your own car would be essential. North Yorkshire Council supports Hybrid way of working.





The successful candidates will have experience of working directly with vulnerable children or young people and their families. Due to the nature of the service delivery the role will include working early evenings with occasional weekends. The hours and days to be discussed at the interview. Candidates must be highly focussed, committed, and adaptable individuals who have an aptitude to work in a fast-paced environment and have good organisational and communication skills.





North Yorkshire's Children and Families service has an excellent reputation and received Outstanding across all areas when inspected by Ofsted. This role offers the successful candidate a unique opportunity to join one of the best Children and Families services in the country, as well as the opportunity to develop your professional skills and your career in an exciting, challenging but supportive environment.





For more information or to ask any questions please contact:



Shaun Scales, Practice Coordinator on shaun.scales@northyorks.gov.uk or 07890028609.

Key documents

Job description.pdf

Total rewards brochure

Key dates

Closing date: 27th July 2025



Shortlisting date: 28th July 2025





Interview date: 1st August 2025



Venue for Interview: Knaresborough Children and Family Hub, Manor Road, Knaresborough, HG50BN.





Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.



NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.



We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to this commitment.



North Yorkshire Councils' purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other's contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.



North Yorkshire Council are committed to the health and safety of our employees and of others including the general public. It has a responsibility to ensure employees who hold a position that is deemed to be safety critical as it requires the performance of duties which are directly related to the safe operation or security of a facility, piece of equipment or vehicle, handling of chemicals or work at height or in confined spaces and which, if not performed properly, could result in a serious safety risk or environmental hazard to employees, a facility or the general public , do not attend work whilst under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Individuals offered employment with North Yorkshire Council will be subject to the Workplace Substance Misuse policy. For safety critical roles as detailed above, random alcohol and drug testing may take place during the course of employment.

Children and Families Support Worker

Salary:

26,409 - 28,163

Posted:

07/07/2025

Closing date:

27/07/2025

Closing time:

23:59