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By using a strengths-based, whole-family approach, you will be supporting families with children aged 5 -18 to make and maintain changes in their lives.
Here are some comments from parents who have been helped by Families Plus workers:
‘The work we’ve done with you means our daughter is communicating her feelings more easily than before, which is helping enormously.’
‘After Families Plus worked with our son, he is a lot more confident with school and in himself..’
‘The parenting course we completed with Families Plus helped us massively… I can honestly say it has made us better parents.’
… and here’s what Families Plus workers say about being in the team.
‘I have really valued the training opportunities made available, which boosted my confidence in the strengths I already had, as well as increasing my knowledge to provide families with the right support.’
It’s a real privilege to be invited into a family’s life to support them at a time when they need to get things back on track – and it’s even better when you say goodbye and reflect on the positive outcomes you’ve achieved together.’
‘I really appreciate how supportive everyone – including managers – is of each other. Team members notice when their colleagues are affected by something they have heard during a session and provide support through listening, offering suggestions for a way forward, helping them complete a task or simply making them a cuppa!’
‘I love the many different challenges my role brings to me, working within the Families Plus team; I never get bored!’
- You will carry out whole-family assessments of need (Early Help Assessments and Plans) providing advice, guidance and support for families; when acting as a lead worker, you’ll help to coordinate services for families.
- You will review and monitor plans, responding to changing needs and renegotiating, where appropriate, in accordance with safeguarding procedures.
- You will manage your own caseload of specific work to ensure specialist inputs and effective outcomes are achieved. You will maintain records and complete reports in accordance with professional and council guidelines.
- You will liaise and work with contacts from different sectors, including schools, health, social care and the voluntary sector, ensuring that communication is effective so knowledge and best practice is shared.
We have a number of full-time roles available in our North and South teams, offered on a limited-term contract basis; we anticipate these will be for a period of 18 months.
We offer flexibility in terms of office base: Kingswood Hub or Patchway Hub. In line with South Gloucestershire’s ‘New Ways of Working,’ some remote and home-based working is also permitted, in agreement with your manager.
Please indicate any preference for working hours or office base in the application question section of your application.
What we need from you
- You must hold NVQ 3 or equivalent in a relevant discipline or be working towards an appropriate qualification related to the provision of services to children and young people.
- You must have considerable relevant experience of the use of evidence-based practice working with vulnerable and disadvantaged children, families or young people,
- You will have demonstrable experience of writing holistic, multi-agency assessments and plans with families
- You must have knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations and codes of practice; processes and procedures.
- You will have well-developed interpersonal and communication skills to build relationships and engage successfully with colleagues, service users and partner organisations.
- We seek applicants who are skilled at engaging families quickly, creating purposeful, professional relationships and agreeing realistic aims and objectives. Building on their existing strengths to get through difficult experiences, our support helps families to continue to use what they have learned once the Families Plus involvement ends.
- You will be required to travel widely within the authority so you must either have a current driving licence and provide a car or have access to appropriate means of travel.
How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different
- We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of
- We're working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life
- We're investing in our schools to ensure every child and young person in South Gloucestershire achieves their full potential.
For more information, please contact Laura Cave via email [email protected]. and Hannah Kerr via email [email protected]
This role is an LTC – Limited Term Contract ending 31.03.2026
