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Family Worker in Blackpool

On-site in Blackpool·Full-time·Added today (last checked 28 Oct)

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Salary
£33,119 - £36,581 a year

About £2,280 - £2,490 a month after tax.

Work mode
On-site, Blackpool
Contract
Permanent, full-time hours

Skills

greater.jobs is hiring for this role in several places. This vacancy is in Blackpool.

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • A background in case management with a proven ability to work creatively with families
  • Excellent communication skills and a tenacious approach to working alongside partner agencies.
  • The ability to deliver high quality practice and embrace our Blackpool Families Rock approach
  • To be a reflective practitioner who embraces and promotes strengths based work.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

Salary: NJC Grade F SCP 19-24 £33,119 - £36,581 per annum

The role

Our children's services team is leading the way with exciting developments to further improve the lives of children and families in Blackpool. As a result, a fantastic opportunity has arisen for experienced Family Workers to join us in delivering Early Help services across the town.

Family Workers work closely with our Family Hubs delivering all age targeted services to children and their families and working alongside partners in a locality to build a strong system of Early Help.

This is a unique opportunity to join a supportive team who are passionate about Early Help and committed to ensuring improved outcomes for children and their families.

What you'll do

We are looking for family workers who are experts in engaging families and other agencies; experience of holding a case load of families and in delivering evidence based programmes is vital.

How you'll work

Contract Hours: 37 per week

Contract Type

Contract Type: Permanent

Requirements

Are you the passionate candidate we're looking for? You'll need:

Hiring process

Closing Date: 4th November 2026 at 23:59pm

If you'd like to join us at this exciting and innovative time, and want to make a real difference to people's lives, apply today!

For further information and to discuss this role, please contact Lisa Burgess (Lisa.burgess@blackpool.gov.uk) or Faye McCulloch (faye.mcculloch@blackpool.gov.uk)

Click here to view the Job Description.

Please click here to see the benefits of working for Blackpool Council.

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About the company & team

This post is open to employees currently On Notice/At Risk and Internal. Please note applications from employees currently On Notice/At Risk will be given priority. On Notice/At Risk employees should complete the application form as normal, upon submission you must email the Recruitment Team - recruitment@blackpool.gov.uk to ensure that your application form is marked as priority.

Additional information

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children/vulnerable adults. This post is subject to satisfactory reference history of at least two years, Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, medical clearance, evidence of any essential qualifications and proof of Right to Work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and amendments to the exemptions order, which mean that certain offences are 'protected' and do not need to be disclosed, guidance on the "filtering" of offences can be found at New filtering rules for DBS certificates (from 28 November 2020 onwards) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The successful applicant will be required to work outside of a 7am to 8pm Monday to Friday work pattern and will receive an additional payment on top of the quoted salary as a result.

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