Job Description

Salary

18,864.72- 20,492.63 per annum

Contractual hours

22.5

Basis

Part time

Region

Rugby

Package

Part Time, Permanent

Job category/type

Social Care

Date posted

15/09/2025

Job reference

RA0007135

About the Team:

Rugby Family Help Team work with a range of families including those in need of Family Help Assessment, Targeted Early Support, Children in Need, those who are on the Edge of Care, Child Protection and Court, and children in care until they have a plan of permanency. Our Family Help Team is multi-agency with Family Support Workers, Family Practitioners, Social Workers, Systemic Consultants, PCSO's and soon an NHS Nurse; all working together to meet the holistic needs to our families to reduce risk and keep families together.

We are a relational authority work with families under the principles of Trauma Informed and Restorative Practice to identify plans which meet each individual family's needs supports them to identify positive change. If you would like to join a team which constantly strives to achieve the best outcomes for the children and families we work with, embraces new social work practices and is committed to providing a supportive learning environment for practitioners to develop their skills and practice then we want to hear from you.

You will be based at Oakfield Park on Bilton Road, in Rugby.

Now is an exciting time to be part of our team as Warwickshire begins to embed our

Families First

approach and Family Help teams who support the young people in our County. As outlined above, our approach is about locality working, multi disciplinary and multi agency teams that support the whole family. Building strong partnerships with local services, Health, Police and Education.

Our Offer to you includes:

Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focussed on wellbeing and workload.


A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas.


We also offer a Refer a Friend package for some roles. Terms and Conditions apply. Opportunity to progress with Warwickshire's robust training offer, and Social Work Degree Apprenticeship.

About the Role:

We are recruiting for the role of Family Support Worker in our Family Help Team covering Rugby for a part-time 22.5 hour post.

To be responsible for various levels of family support with individual families working in their home or other community settings as appropriate. As part of a multiagency team working in a restorative way, developing strong relationships to support families to help themselves, empowering families to make their own decisions and actively engage in their plan of support or intervention.


To undertake direct work with children and families as identified by the Family Help Lead Practitioner, in collaboration with the family and other professionals. This could be parenting support, domestic abuse work, direct work with children and young people etc. To lead on a small number of Targeted Early Support plans where the focus is to step down to Early Support, or to prevent escalation to Family Help. This will involve overseeing and co-ordinating the plan of support ensuring plans are SMART and outcome focussed. To be part of the duty rota for the wider team, supporting and meeting unexpected need across the spectrum of support as it arises within the Team.

Key Requirements:

The role is for 22.5 hours per week, ideally over 3 days.

Previous experience of working with children and/or families is essential.

We work flexibly with an expectation of 50% office presence and occasional working outside of office hours in line with the needs of the service.

You must be able to drive, hold a valid UK licence and have appropriate business insurance.

For further information please see the and Person Specification below;

Family Support Worker

Working for Warwickshire -

This is the difference you make:

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire's economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage - Warwickshire Pension Fund.

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

Additional Information:

Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Stacey Sweeney- staceysweeney@warwickshire.gov.uk.

Closing Date: 29th September 2025

Interview Date:

8th and 9th October at Oakfield Park, Rugby.

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce.