Team Name
Assessment Team South
DBS Required
Yes
Contract Type
Fixed Term
End Date (if FTC or Temp)
31/03/2027
Weeks Per Year
52.14
Hours Per Week
37
Grade
NJC Grade 7, SCP
Actual Salary
£28, £31,022.00
Location/Work base
Your primary work base will be at Guildhall with the requirement to regularly work from home.
Location Address
Shrewsbury Shropshire
Required Start Date
ASAP
Interview Date
07/11/2025
Working Pattern
Mon - Thursday pm and Friday pm
Closing Date
02/11/2025
Ref No
8815
Do you want to work for an OUTSTANDING Local Authority if so we want to hear from you. We are looking to recruit a Family Support Worker, to assist the social workers or other professionals in formulating plans and agreeing the action necessary to carry out these plans.
You will undertake, as determined by the child's plan, specific responsibilities relating to the emotional well-being of a looked after children, children subject to a child protection or child in need plans, or those children currently under assessment (s.17 or s.47) and help with individual sessions with these young people.
You will carry out return home interviews with children who have been reported as missing to the police, and work with children and young people who are at crisis point through provision of focused work, in order to prevent admission into care.