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Job Description

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, LE3 8RA

Salary: £32,070 - £34,359 per annum (pro-rata for part-time) (Pay award pending)

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 10th August 2026

Interview Date(s): 25th and 26th August 2026

About the Role

Are you passionate about building relationships and keeping families together and preventing children from entering care then our team is looking for you to join us.

Join our dynamic edge of care team, Families Together and make a real difference. You’ll work intensively with children, young people and families at risk of entering care, building strong relationships and supporting families to create safe, sustainable change.

We are looking for a passionate, motivated and ambitious family intervention workers who are focused on working towards positive outcomes for the children and families we support.

As a family intervention worker, you will co-work allocations of children and young people 11-18 this may be with social workers within our service or held in other areas of children and families. You will also support our 16/17 homelessness pathway alongside our amazing social workers.

We work intensively which may involve multiple contacts with the family per week, as such we have a reduced caseload to reflect this.

A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement.

About You

To apply for this post, you must:

• NNEB/BTEC/NVQ level 3 in relevant child care or Experience of direct intervention with children and/or families, identifying strengths within the family and wider network.
• Ability to provide clear and honest communication holding expectations for improvement and explain boundaries/consequences if changes are not achieved
• Committed to achieving positive outcomes for children and families, whilst understanding complexities such as mental health factors, neurodivergence, impact of domestic abuse, consideration of child/teenage development and exploitation.
• Is able to demonstrate the need for persistence, reliability, and flexibility, with the ability to respond quickly to changing needs
• Open and honest communication with families, being able to offer a High Challenge and High support approach whilst being respectful and empathetic utilising our signs of safety framework
• Capacity to work collaboratively with families and professionals to achieve shared goals with the ability to develop and implement clear plans to sustain progress after service involvement ends
• Able to complete clear, concise and effective case recording, with use of systems involved.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and to delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents. You will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of these commitments as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability. We are a Disability Confident Employer.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are open to discussions about flexible working, which may include part time working, job sharing, term-time working, flexible start and finish times, and hybrid working, depending on the requirements of the role and the service. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Sianne Callaghan – Team Manager

Email: sianne.callaghan@leics.gov.uk

How to Apply

At Leicestershire County Council we’re looking for top talent from all walks of life. Whoever you are, wherever you’re from, and whatever your background - we care about what you bring to our organisation, not just what’s on your CV. That’s why we’ve designed a recruitment process that’s fair, accessible, and focused on potential. And with benefits that support people at every age and stage of life, we make sure you can thrive - both personally and professionally.

If you share our passion to make a difference for the people of Leicestershire, we’d love to hear from you. Click the apply button to submit your application, ensuring that you upload a supporting statement that explains how you meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above. Without this information, we won’t be able to assess your suitability for the role, and your application will be rejected. For tips on how to write your statement, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support.

By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.

About us

About Leicestershire County Council

At Leicestershire County Council, we're committed to making a real difference in people's lives. Our aim is to work with communities and partners to deliver public services that make Leicestershire the best possible place to live and work for everyone.

Our employees play a key role in supporting this goal and helping us deliver the vital services we provide to the people of Leicestershire. Whether you're starting your career or looking for your next challenge, you'll find a place with us where your ideas are valued, and your work has purpose.

For further information on what it’s like to work for us and the benefits we offer, please refer to the following:

Our Recruitment Process
Our Organisational Values
Our Employee Benefits
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