Family Support WorkerCouncil

Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024.

We are an Accredited employer under the Liverpool City Region Fair Employment Charter, demonstrating that we are committed to the principle of fair employment and we are dedicated to providing a healthy, fair, inclusive and just workplace.

1 x 36 hour post permanent / 1 x 18 hour post - Fixed Term until March 2029

Please specify in your application whether you are applying for the 18-hour post or 36-hour post.

Are you passionate about supporting children and families?

Do you enjoy working with children and families to enable them and empower them to make positive changes

If so, you may be the perfect candidate for this role.

To work as a member of the Knowsley Family Support service delivering targeted, tiered and co-ordinated interventions to families with a range of interacting needs.

These will include effective parenting skills, relationship breakdown, family dynamics; emotional health and well-being, sexual health and self-esteem. Support will also be offered to children and parents to tackle issues such as poor school attendance and exclusion, risk-taking behaviour including crime, anti-social behaviour and employability.

Support to children and young people will largely be delivered via direct work sessions in the family home, school and community venue’s. Sessions will include safety planning, stay safe work, creative tools to gain the ‘voice of the child’ and their ‘lived experience’.

The Family Support Worker may also deliver a variety of individual and group-based interventions to children and families, which will help move them forward, raising their aspirations and belief in their capacity to change their own lives.

The Family Support worker will be supporting children and families with family time.

At Knowsley Council we will consider requests for flexible working. For most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, working from home, compressed hours, part-time. There is a requirement for you to attend your work base at least 3 day’s per week.

We welcome applications from residents and beyond, regardless of background, belief, or identity, recognising the value that diversity brings to our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from individuals from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and candidates with disabilities as we acknowledge their underrepresentation in our workforce.

Please note sponsorship is not available for this role.

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We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applicants.

At Knowsley we value our applicants and want them to feel well-informed and welcomed. If you have any questions about this specific job role or what it is like to work at Knowsley, please contact:

Kelly O'Farrell - Kelly.O'[email protected] / 07353132913

Lisa Jones - [email protected] / 07717301313

If you are interested in this vacancy, please upload your CV along with a supporting statement as one document in PDF or Word format. Your CV and supporting statement should be tailored to reflect the competencies within the person specification. Please note if a CV and supporting statement does not reflect the person specification it is unlikely to be shortlisted.

Interview Date: 30 November 2026

Position type: Full Time, Part Time