Salary £27,269 - £31,067 per annum l Permanent l Full time, 37 hours per week l Children and Family Wellbeing Service l County Hall, Preston
International Sponsorship – this role is not open to international sponsorship
An opportunity has become available to join the Children and Family Wellbeing Service, SEND team as a Family Support Worker. This is a permanent full time position, working within a small team of family support workers, in geographical areas across Lancashire. This posts offers the opportunity to provide long term support to children and young people and their families, where there are assessed needs with care provision.
Children and Family Wellbeing Service SEND Family Support Worker, work in partnership with wider support services to provide specialist, personalised, support for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and / or Disability (SEND) and their families across the footprint of Lancashire.
CFW SEND Family Support Workers will work with education and health professionals and care providers to ensure that the child or young person is supported to achieve, thrive and reach their full potential. They will lead on the implementation and review of inclusion plans that are co-produced with families and will deliver on these, alongside other key partner agencies through a Team Around the Family approach.
Proposed interview date will be Tuesday 2nd September.
For an informal discussion regarding the role please contact:
Anne Cookson Inclusion Development Officer, at
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Further information can be found on the 'Our Recruitment Process' tab.
Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for the role. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence.
In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.
We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.