Job Description

Family Support Worker - Skye (South) - 12 month contract (could be extended with further funding)

Salary - 10,638 per annum - equal to 26,241 FTE (pro rata) per annum

Part Time: 15 hours per week

Hybrid Working

Job Vacancy: September 2025

Home-Start is a voluntary organisation committed to promoting the welfare of families with at least one child aged 5 years or under, through recruiting and training volunteers to provide family support.

Part Time Family Support Worker.

The purpose of the job is to provide support so that parents can achieve the following: strengthen parent/infant relationships, reduce isolation, encourage good parenting skills, help families access the wider community, help improve the physical and emotional health & wellbeing of parents and children.

Ultimately employed by our Board of Trustees, the Family Support Worker will report to a designated line manager.

Essential Criteria:

Previous experience in working with parents and young children.

An ability to be empathetic and supportive whilst encouraging parents to meet the needs of their children.

To work with individual families through home visits providing appropriate support as directed by the co-ordinators.

To carry out a planned/timed piece of work with each family. This will involve encouraging and supporting parents in several specific parenting tasks such as behaviour management, bedtime or mealtime routines, household management, budgeting, nutrition and bonding and attachment.

Support parents to reduce isolation by linking with their local community and to access services suited to their needs.

Transporting parents to services such as GP/Hospital appointments

Use of own car and a clean driving license.

The post will be subject to an enhanced PVG disclosure check, references and a satisfactory probation period. Home-Start East Highland is committed to a policy of equality of opportunity that respects the identity, rights and value of all individuals. Home-Start East Highland is committed to safer recruitment practice as an important part of safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults.

For an application pack please contact: 01349854018 or email: rossadmin@home-starteasthighland.org.uk

The closing date for applications is 12:00 (noon) 10th October.

Interviews will be held w/c 27th October.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: 10,638.00 per year

Expected hours: 15 per week

Work Location: In person