At a Glance
- Tasks: Support families in need, delivering therapeutic interventions and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team.
- Company: Join a dedicated team at Gloucestershire County Council focused on improving children's lives.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, flexible working, generous leave, and career development opportunities.
- Other info: Access to employee networks and a strong focus on professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in children's lives while growing your career in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in family support and a full driving licence required.
The predicted salary is between 37280 - 40777 £ per year.
We are currently recruiting for a Senior Family Support Worker to join our dedicated Turn Around for Children and the Family Drug & Alcohol Court (TACS).
Reward and Support:
- Salary: £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)
About the role:
Turn Around for Children and the Family Drug & Alcohol Court (TACS) is a multidisciplinary service of 15. We work out of Shire Hall (Barbican Wing) in Gloucester, but we cover the county. We manage and deliver the problem-solving, collaborative court which is the Family Drug & Alcohol Court. We work intensively and therapeutically with families who are in family proceedings who have addictions and other co-existing issues, such as poor wellbeing and 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; we deliver our interventions in our offices, in court, in homes, communities and schools.
You will work closely with social workers, health visitors and speech and 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.
About You:
As well as your experience, there are some things we require of you to be successfully appointed to this post:
- 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)
How to apply:
For an informal chat about this role, please contact Jane Marriott, Service Manager or Pat Doherty, Senior Family Support Worker, Thrive Assessor. 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.
We welcome applications from newly qualified and social workers in the early years of their career. Depending on your qualification date and previous experience, you will be invited to either join our accredited ASYE programme or to complete an alternative early-career development in-house pathway. The appropriate option will be explored and confirmed as part of the interview and offer process.
Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.
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