Family Support Worker - Child Protection Enquiry Teams - City Wide

Birmingham City Council

Birmingham, UK
On-site
Child protection enquiries
Evidence-based interventions
Multi-agency planning
As a Family Support Worker, your key responsibility is to provide focused safeguarding services for children, young people, and their families involved in Child Protection Enquiries

Job Summary

  • As a Family Support Worker, your key responsibility is to provide focused safeguarding services for children, young people, and their families involved in Child Protection Enquiries.
  • Deliver timely, evidence-based interventions to improve outcomes for children and families.
  • We offer a generous annual leave package of 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 5 years of service and 35 days after 10 years of service.

Matching Summary

As a Family Support Worker, your key responsibility is to provide focused safeguarding services for children, young people, and their families involved in Child Protection Enquiries.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Child protection enquiries
  • Evidence-based interventions
  • Multi-agency planning
  • Case recording and reporting
  • Equality, diversity, and inclusion

Nice-to-have

  • Specialist areas (domestic abuse, substance misuse, parenting)
  • Positive work/life balance
  • Collaborative work culture

Key Requirements

  • Experience with children, young people, and families in a support or safeguarding role
  • Experience responding to significant harm
  • Experience effectively engaging families
  • Ability to manage and co-ordinate a complex workload
  • Excellent communication and engagement skills
  • Flexibility to work outside normal office hours

Work Rights

Must have correct right-to-work documents

Tailored Resume

Cover Letter