Family Support Worker Full Time Post – Job Reference: P1944
Location: Birmingham
Closing Date: 18 August 2026
Hours Per Week: 37.5
Employment Type: Fixed term
Contract: Fixed Term Contract to 31/08/2027
Salary: £30,572.55 per annum to £33,892.01 per annum (SCP27 to 30)
Salary Scale: SCP 27 paid at £30,572.55 per annum, pro rata.
This role is whole year, and you will be required to work during some of the school holidays.
Locations
Oratory Catholic Primary School
Oliver Road, Ladywood, Birmingham, B16 9ER
Monday & Tuesday, 15 hours
SS Mary & John Catholic Primary School
Gravely Hill North, Erdington, Birmingham, B23 6BQ
Wednesday & Thursday, 15 hours
SS Peter & Paul Catholic Primary School
Kingsbury Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B24 9ND
Friday, 7.5 hours
Family Support Worker - Temporary to cover 9 months maternity leave – Job Ref: P1935
Salary Scale: SCP 27 £30,572.55 (pro rata)
Hours Per Week: 22.5
This role is whole year, and you will be required to work during some of the school holidays.
Locations:
St Bernard's Catholic Primary School
Wake Green Road, Moseley, Birmingham, B13 9QE
Monday & Tuesday (15 hours)
Our Lady & St Rose Of Lima Catholic Primary School
Gregory Ave, Weoley Castle, Birmingham, B29 5DY
Wednesday (7.5 hours)
It is essential that you hold a full driving licence and have access to a car.
Working with schools, health and social care agencies and the voluntary sector, our Family Support Service supports children and families to overcome adversity and disadvantage they face, particularly where these are affecting a child’s emotional wellbeing, mental health and educational achievement. The service benefits the child, the family and the school.
Father Hudson’s Caritas is a committed employer that proactively pursues our ambitions for equality, diversity and inclusion in all that we do, building on our core values.
- Enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service funded by the Society.
- Supported and bespoke full induction programme
- Opportunity for overtime
- Enhanced Society Sick Pay and Statutory Sick Pay upon qualifying period
- Enhanced Annual Leave entitlements
- Free Parking
- Group Company Pension Scheme upon qualifying period
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme offering confidential support on personal and professional matters
- Refer a friend scheme
- Employee suggestion scheme accessible via intranet
- On line Payslips
- Long Service Awards
You do not need to be catholic to work for us or use our services, but we do expect our employees to work inline with our organisational values which are: we are respectful, we are inclusive, we are compassionate, we work with peoples strengths, we are collaborative, we challenge injustice and we seek excellence
About Father Hudson's Family Support
We are a bespoke service, offering a diverse range of support packages to the most vulnerable children and their families in local schools.
We work across the midlands, Newcastle under Lyme and Oxfordshire, providing 1;1 support in around 18 primary schools/High schools.
As a Family Support worker, you will be working directly with the individual children, their parents/carers, and working collaboratively with key staff in school to deliver a package of tailored interventions to strengthen and improve their outcomes, to build their resilience and help them to be the very best they can be.
For more information on our Family support service, please visit our website
Closing date: Tuesday 18th August 2026, we do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Interviews TBC are to be held at our head office in Coleshill.
If you would like to discuss our services to schools, or the role and/or your experience and qualifications, please call or email Zena Wedgwood the Family Support Manager on 07823526789 zenawedgwood@fatherhudsons.org.uk who would be more than happy to discuss in more detail.
Previous applications need not apply.
This post is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
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