Location: Selby, North Yorkshire
Salary: £26,409 - £28,163 per annum
Grade: F
Vacancy Hours: 37
Contract Type: Permanent
Weekend Working: Occasionally
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join North Yorkshire Council's Early Help Service in the Selby locality area as a Children and Families Support Worker. This involves working in partnership to deliver a wide range of interventions and support to parents, carers, children, young people and their families to improve outcomes.
The successful candidate will join an established team, supervising court directed contacts for children and families open to Children's Social Care and delivering group sessions to children and parents. These sessions often involve transporting children, so having your own car would be essential. It also includes direct work with children, young people and their families to understanding and strategies for areas such as early speech and language, wellbeing, parenting and healthy relationships. You will also work closely with the community and voluntary sectors to identify partnership ways of working to improve outcomes for Children and their families.
Based at Selby North Children and Family Hub in Selby, you will be required to work across the Selby district. The role will also involve supporting colleagues across other areas and travel further afield where necessary to support children and families. Having your own car would be essential. North Yorkshire Council supports Hybrid way of working.
The successful candidates will have experience of working directly with vulnerable children or young people and their families. Due to the nature of the service delivery the role will include working early evenings with occasional weekends. The hours and days to be discussed at the interview. Candidates must be highly focussed, committed, and adaptable individuals who have an aptitude to work in a fast-paced environment and have good organisational and communication skills.
North Yorkshire's Children and Families service has an excellent reputation and received Outstanding across all areas when inspected by Ofsted. This role offers the successful candidate a unique opportunity to join one of the best Children and Families services in the country, as well as the opportunity to develop your professional skills and your career in an exciting, challenging but supportive environment.
For more information or to ask any questions please contact: Claire Morton, Practice Coordinator on or
Key dates:
Closing date: 30th September 2025
Interview date: 9th October 2025
Venue for Interview: Selby North Children and Family Hub, Flaxley Road, Selby, YO8 4DL.
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North Yorkshire Councils' purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other's contributions, we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.
Children and Families Support Worker
Salary: £25,992 - £28,163
Posted: 15/09/2025
Closing date: 30/09/2025
Closing time: 23:59