At a Glance
- Tasks: Support families in need, delivering therapeutic interventions and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team.
- Company: Join Gloucestershire County Council, a supportive local authority focused on child welfare.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working, generous leave, and access to professional development.
- Other info: Opportunity for career growth with access to the Social Work Academy.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in children's lives while growing your career in a positive environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in family support and a full driving licence required.
The predicted salary is between 37280 - 40777 £ per year.
This is a Gloucestershire County Council job located at Shire Hall, The Link, Ground Floor.
Salary: £37,280 - £40,777 per annum
Hours per Week: 37.00
Closing Date: 02/08/2026
This post is open to job share.
We are currently recruiting for Senior Family Support Worker to join our dedicated Turn Around for Children and the Family Drug & Alcohol Court (TACS).
- Reward and Support between £37,280 - £40,777 per annum subject to experience (pro rata for part-time staff)
- Flexible and agile working opportunities
- 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service (pro rata for part-time staff)
- Option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
- Family friendly policies and benefits to help support you and your family
- Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone
- An in-house Occupational Health service
- Employee discount scheme
- Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network
- Career development and qualification opportunities
- Access to our Social Work Academy
- Cycle to Work scheme (eligibility criteria and t&cs apply)
- Green Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme (eligibility criteria and t&cs apply)
In our recent inspection in June 2025, our Children’s Services have been officially judged as Good with Outstanding elements. Ofsted also said Leaders have set out a clear vision for delivering success for children, by modelling values and creating a culture where the workforce, children and families feel valued and heard; risk is managed confidently with bottom lines clearly set out. This marks an important step in our journey to improve outcomes for our children and young people, and we remain focused on our mission: to continue building on this success and ensure that every child and young person in our county has the opportunity to thrive.
Gloucestershire offers a range of opportunities to develop your career, supported by a phenomenal Social Work Academy offer, a developing systemic practice methodology, an ambitious leadership team and an award‑winning workforce. We are a local authority adopting, and training all colleagues in, systemic social work practice.
If you would like to be part of an authority that takes a relational approach to working with families and focuses on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive, then consider a role with GCC.
About the role:
Turn Around for Children and the Family Drug & Alcohol Court (TACS) is a multidisciplinary service of 15, working out of Shire Hall (Barbican Wing) in Gloucester, covering the county. We manage and deliver the problem‑solving, collaborative court which is the Family Drug and Alcohol Court. We work intensively and therapeutically with families who are in family proceedings and have addictions and other co‑existing issues, such as poor wellbeing, physical health and whose intimate relationships are a cause of harm to children. We are a flexible service, and we like to work together across disciplines, delivering our interventions in our offices, in court, in homes, communities and schools. You will work closely with social workers, health visitors and speech & language therapists, all of whom are in our service.
This vacancy is for a very important role in the Turn Around for Children Service, that of working with our children. Ideally, we need someone who is an experienced Thrive assessor and can also deliver therapeutic Theraplay interventions with children, parents and carers. We have a strong and relentless focus on building a child’s resilience to improve their life‑long outcomes. This is a unique opportunity and an innovative role.
If you are interested in the role, not sure if you have the experience or skills, then we strongly advise that you contact Jane or Pat for an informal chat. You can even visit us and have a closer look at what we do before you apply.
About You:
- A full driving licence and willingness to drive
- DBS clearance (Enhanced Adults and Children’s)
- To have completed your ASYE year (if you qualified after 2012)
We reserve the right to close an advertisement earlier than the stated closing date if we receive a suitable number of applications. Interviews are due to take place in person on 12th and 13th August 2026.
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