Family Support Worker HOTH

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title:
  
  Family Support Worker HOTH
• Job Location:
  
  Gloucestershire
• Salary: £33,143 - £36,363 per annum
• Hours per Week: 37.00
• Contract Type:
  Permanent
• Closing Date: 01/02/2026
• Job Requisition Number: 13239
• This post is not open to job share

Join our new specialist intervention team – Tackling Harm Outside the Home (HOTH).

We are launching a new specialist intervention team focused on supporting children and young people who are at risk of harm outside the home (HOTH). This team will work closely with the HOTH Hub and multi-agency partners to provide targeted interventions for children assessed as experiencing significant harm, and, where appropriate, those with moderate concerns. Our aim is to develop innovative ways of supporting parents, carers, and survivors, including specialist community-based support groups.

Reward and Support

For all your hard work, you will receive the following:

• between £33,143 - £36,363 per annum subject to experience (pro rata for part-time staff)
• flexible and agile working opportunities
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service (pro rata for part-time staff)
• option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
• family friendly policies and benefits to help support you and your family
• supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone
• an in-house Occupational Health service
• employee discount scheme
• links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network
• career development and qualification opportunities
• access to our Social Work Academy
• Cycle to Work scheme (eligibility criteria and t&cs apply)
• Green Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme (eligibility criteria and t&cs apply)

Right child, right support, right time, every time

In our recent inspection in June 2025, our Children’s Services have been officially judged as   ‘ Good’ with ‘Outstanding’ elements. Ofsted also said ‘Leaders have set out a clear vision for delivering success for children, by modelling values and creating a culture where the workforce, children and families feel valued and heard; risk is managed confidently with bottom lines clearly set out.’

This marks an important step in our journey to improve outcomes for our children and young people, and we remain focused on our mission: to continue building on this success and ensure that every child and young person in our county has the opportunity to thrive.

Gloucestershire offers a range of opportunities to develop your career, supported by a phenomenal Social Work Academy offer, a developing systemic practice methodology, an ambitious leadership team and an award-winning workforce.

We are a local authority adopting, and training all colleagues in, systemic social work practice. If you would like to be part of an authority that takes a relational approach to working with families and focuses on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive, then consider a role with GCC.

About the role

As a Family Support Worker, you will play a vital role in delivering practical and emotional support to families, helping them build resilience and reduce risks in the community. This is a full-time role covering the county of Gloucestershire and will require flexibility to meet family needs, which may occasionally include evenings or weekends.

About You

We are looking for passionate individuals with experience in working with children and families, strong communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively in a multi-agency environment. If you are committed to safeguarding and want to be part of a pioneering team making a real difference, we would love to hear from you.

As well as your experience, there are some things we require of you to be successfully appointed to this post:

• Ability to drive or travel across the county in line with service need
• DBS…