Salary: Grade 4 £24,790 to £26,409 per year
Location West Street Family Hub, Scunthorpe
Hours: 37 hours per week
DBS: Yes Enhanced with Barred List Check
This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in 13 days at 23:59 BST .
The Vacancy
We are seeking a compassionate, proactive, and knowledgeable Family Worker to join our dynamic Family Hubs team. This is a unique opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of children and families during the most critical stages of development.
As a Family Worker, you will play a vital role in delivering early help and targeted support to families with children aged 0–5, in line with the Start for Life offer and the Best Start for Life vision. You will work closely with families, professionals, and community partners to ensure every child has the best possible start in life.
Key Responsibilities:
Provide one-to-one and group-based support to families, focusing on early childhood development, parenting, and family wellbeing.
Deliver services aligned with the Start for Life programme and the Family Hub model.
Promote and embed the principles of the 1001 Critical Days framework in all aspects of your work.
Work collaboratively with health, education, and social care professionals to ensure a joined-up approach to family support.
Support families to access a range of services and interventions, empowering them to build resilience and achieve positive outcomes.
About You:
Experience working with children and families in a community or early years setting.
Strong understanding of the Start for Life programme, Family Hub model, and the importance of the 1001 Critical Days.
Knowledge of child development, safeguarding, and early intervention strategies.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trust and rapport with diverse families.
A commitment to inclusive, strengths-based, and trauma-informed practice.
Why Join Us?
Be part of a forward-thinking team committed to transforming outcomes for children and families.
Access to ongoing professional development and training.
Work in a supportive environment that values innovation, collaboration, and compassion.
Please see attached job description and employee specification which you should refer to when completing your application to demonstrate you meet the essential criteria for the role.
Any additional information or questions please contact Sam Croxall - sam.croxall@northlincs.gov.uk
As an employer, we promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from existing and prospective employees or volunteers. Recruitment to this post will follow our safer recruitment procedure which includes us requesting references prior to interview and a DBS check.
The Council
We are collectively organised around the people and place of North Lincolnshire. Together we ensure that our communities are safe, well, prosperous and connected. We are ambitious for North Lincolnshire, we want our area to be the #BestPlace for our residents by being the #BestCouncil we can be. We achieve this through living our values – equality of opportunity, excellence, integrity and self-responsibility – in all that we do.
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