Senior Family Wellbeing Worker (Group Work)

Job Description

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall Glenfield LE3 8RA & localities

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: £35,451 - £39,165 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)

Working Hours: 37 per week

Contract Type: Fixed term until 31.03.2029

Closing Date: 15th February 2026

Interview Date(s): 6th March 2026

Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can make a difference with children and their families?

Do you want a job where no two days are the same?

About the Role

We are looking for a leader who is experienced at managing people from the initial HR recruitment processes through to being to co-delivering services.

Are you someone who is competent at following evidence-based programmes and aware of the need to keep delivery inline within set frameworks?

Do you have a working background with children aged 0-19 (25 SEND) with an awareness of children's development?

Are you someone who can engage families effectively and have a track record of evidencing outcomes for those you have supported and able to model best practice?

An enhanced with barred list DBS check is required for this post.

For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement.

About You

To apply for this post, you must have:

Qualification to level 4 in a relevant subject, for example health and social care, psychology, education, health education or considerable demonstrable experience
Experience working with children, young people, or families in a group or one-to-one setting with Strong understanding of parenting challenges, child development, and family dynamics.
Excellent communication and group facilitation skills & Understanding of the barriers that come families face to engage with support & Ability to engage and motivate parents from diverse backgrounds.& Commitment to delivering structured programmes with fidelity.
Understanding of safeguarding and child protection procedures.
Knowledge of the importance of programme fidelity in the delivery of group work programmes & Knowledge of case management systems and use of data for planning service delivery/ evaluating effectiveness
Ability to contribute towards high quality and succinct written reports which will include analysis of data and recommendations for senior managers & ability to evidence the achievement of outcomes through robust data recording on group work interventions ability to undertake practice development sessions with group work facilitators and ensure latest information and guidance from evidence-based providers is followed as appropriate
The ability to undertake practice development sessions with group work facilitators and ensure latest information and guidance from evidence-based providers is followed as appropriate

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Parina Ahmed, Quality Assurance & Performance Officer

Telephone: 07769 881304

To contact me by email, please click here .

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ Plus communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support.

By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.

About Us

About Leicestershire County Council

Leicestershire County Council is a Disability Confident, Menopause Friendly, Mindful Employer, Fostering Friendly, Forces Friendly, and Cycle Friendly organisation. In August 2021, we also signed up to the Race at Work Charter. We are strongly committed to promoting equality and opportunity, championing employee wellbeing and investing in staff training and development.

Our aim is to work with communities and partners to deliver public services that make Leicestershire the best possible place to live and work for everyone. Our employees play a key role in supporting this goal and helping us deliver the vital services we provide to the people of Leicestershire.

For further information on what it's like to work for us and the benefits we offer, please refer to the following:

Our Recruitment Process
Our Organisational Values
Our Employee Benefits
Working for Us