Family Support Worker
About the role
SURREY HEATH FAMILY CENTRE
- Do you want to work for the UK's largest children's charity?
- Do you have experience of supporting families?
- Do you have knowledge & experience of working within safeguarding procedures?
- Are you skilled at conducting assessments & developing intervention plans that improve family resilience?
- Do you want to work with a supportive, committed and passionate team?
If you have answered YES to the above questions, you may just be the person we are looking for.
You will be required to:
- Hold a caseload of up to 15 families to deliver 1-1 work
- Facilitate evidence-based group work programmes and courses
- You will be based at Surrey Heath Family Centre and will be required to travel throughout the borough of Surrey Heath, Surrey.
At Surrey Heath Family Centre, we are a friendly, fun and fully inclusive team. We are a fully funded service, commissioned by Surrey County Council, to deliver their Early Help Programme to families with 0-19 aged children and young people.
If you would like to discuss this post, please do not hesitate to telephone Paula Harris, Team Manager on 07565 202053.
Please see our full job description and information on how to apply at www.barnardos.org.uk. We look forward to hearing from you.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
We appreciate our colleagues' dedication and their commitment to delivering excellence in the vital work we do, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values.
We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.We are committed to a rounded colleague experience with an approach to both pay and rewards that are fair, attractive, and progressive. This is in support of our strategic ambition to ensure Barnardo's is a place everyone can belong, grow and thrive.
The salary range advertised is in line with our pay principles, for consistency and fairness while recognising the skills and experience applicants bring to the role. Appointing salaries can be discussed further at appointment stage; we do seek to appoint within this range always exercising responsible stewardship.
Workplace Offer: What it means for you
Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.
Barnardo's require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland)
- Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
- The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
- Service related sick pay from day 1
- Cycle2work scheme
- Interest free season ticket loans
- 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
- Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
- Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
- Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer
*T&C's apply based on contract
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
- Reference number:23615
- Job Title:Family Support Worker
- Location:Surrey Heath Family Centre
- Contract type:Permanent
- Hours:37
- Salary:£28,687.00 - £32,786.00 (FTE)
- Closing Date:13 September 2026
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Additional Info
- Information Sheet for Applicants Applying for Positions Working with Children and Vulnerable Adults (updated July 2021).pdf (107.00 KB)
- Barnardo's Workplace Offer Visual Summary.pdf (27.58 KB)
- Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy Dec 2024.pdf (164.07 KB)
- Project Worker 2 - Job Description and Person Specification.pdf (262.63 KB)