Family Group Conference Coordinator

We are seeking passionate and skilled Family Group Conference (FGC) Coordinators to join the Family Group Decision Making Service, which sits at the Front Door and works across all Children and Family teams. This is a pivotal role in supporting families to make safe and sustainable plans for their children through a strengths-based, culturally sensitive and family-led decision-making process.

The core purpose is to empower families to collaboratively identify and address their difficulties, thereby reducing family breakdown and the need for children to live outside of their wider network, where possible.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate Family Group Conferences in line with FGC National standards and Ealing’s FGC standards of good practice.
• Engage and prepare families, professionals, and wider networks for participation in the FGC.
• Ensure the child or young person remains central to the planning and decision-making and ensure that their voice is heard/captured.
• Orchestrate and facilitate the FGCs, ensuring they are inclusive, culturally sensitive, and empowering.
• Actively seek feedback from participants at the end of the FGC.
• Maintain accurate records and contribute to service evaluation and development.
• Be involved in promoting Family Group Conferences to the wider community by attending school and community events to engage parents directly.
• Promote the FGDM ethos and principles and the FGC referral process to other teams.
• Be part of the weekly FGC Duty team rota: responding to agency and parent enquiries by email and telephone.
• Make FGC parent information calls and attend online Family Network Meetings, run by the main practitioner.
• Have a regular weekly presence in the office to ensure team accessibility.

The Person

You will be an experienced practitioner with a background in social work, youth work, mediation, or family support. You will have:

• A recognised qualification (e.g. NVQ Level 3 or equivalent) in a relevant field.
• Ideally completed the Family Group Conference 4-day training run by the Family Rights Group or equivalent training provider.
• Experience working with families in distress or conflict with the ability to facilitate Group Discussions that are forward focused and remain centred on the needs of the child.
• Strong facilitation, written and communication skills.
• Experience of working creatively with children to capture their voice/lived experience.
• Travel is required and the ability to work flexibly across Ealing and occasionally outside normal working hours.
• This is a community-based and in-person post that requires a high level of organisational skills and people skills.

Additional Information

It is an exciting time to join us, here at Ealing Council. If you would like to make a positive difference to our residents and borough, then we are looking forward to hearing from you. Ealing Council is committed to creating good jobs and delivering on its connected communities’ agenda. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive. We therefore welcome applications from all residents of the borough, particularly from candidates who are entering the employment market in the early stages of their career and mid-career professionals, who are currently underrepresented in Ealing’s workforce. Please note all applications will be determined on merit. Ealing Council is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Ealing follows safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults. The post holder will be subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring check. This post is subject to Ealing Council's enhanced vetting process.

Interview date: week commencing Monday 8 June 2026.