Grade H SCP 27 £38,220- SCP 31 £41,771 plus Essential Car User Allowance up to £963pa and this role attracts 7% enhancements for weekend and Bank Holiday working
Contract: Permanent
Essential Requirement: Full Driving Licence, DBS
Essential Qualification: A minimum level 4 qualification in a relevant subject for example, Child Development, Health and Social Care
Interview date: 13th/ 14th April 2026
For further information about this role, contact Amy Udall Amy.Udall@bolton.gov.uk

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

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The Role
This is an exciting opportunity to become part of our newly established Family Group Conference Team within our Family Help Service, to deliver and support the Family Group Conference approach. The role will be pivotal in ensuring the principles of FGC are embedded to enable families to find culturally sensitive solutions to their own problems within a professionally supportive framework.
We are looking for FGC experienced people to join our wonderful team!
The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of Family Group Conference sessions with children and their families as part of a case load. They will mediate and facilitate Family Group Conferences and ensure that the organisation of meetings are in the best interests of Children. This will include responsibility for ensuring meetings are organised and managed in the best interests of Children. The post holder will also support the embedding of a wider Family Network approach.

In order to support a work life balance, we are happy to consider flexible working patterns and compressed hours.

About You
You will be a passionate and experienced worker, with an understanding and experience of working with Children and Families, and a developed understanding of Family Group Decision Making approaches. You will have a good understanding of wider Family Help developments, and experience of Family Group Conference and Family Network approaches in practice.
You will have experience of utilising a restorative approaches to working with families. You will have experience of working with Children’s Services and partners in practice and understand integrated working.
You will be a team player, who is able to use their own initiative and someone who embraces creative approaches to working with children and families. You will approach change with a ‘can do’ attitude to overcome challenges and take a strengths based approach to the role.

If you think you could be what we are looking for please apply now with your CV and covering letter.
Within your covering letter with specific reference to the job description and person specification please demonstrate

Your working knowledge and experience of delivery Family Group Conferences and Family Network approaches.
Your proven experience of complex case work with children, young people and families; understanding levels of risk/need and when the level escalates to a threshold that requires a referral to Social Care. (this should also include your experience of Child Protection Investigations, Child Protection Conference System or planning for Looked After Children).
Your in depth understanding of restorative approaches and how these apply to family led, solution focussed interventions to empower families.

For an informal discussion about the role before applying please contact Amy Udall amy.udall@bolton.gov.uk

Interviews will be held 13th/ 14th April.
This vacancy may close earlier than the advertised deadline if a high volume of applications is received.

About Us
This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

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Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) clearance - this post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (amended in 2013). Employment offers are conditional subject to satisfactory clearances. For roles where a criminal records check from the DBS is required, this includes satisfactory clearance of this check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily bar an individual from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of an individual’s offence/s. Information provided by you or the DBS will be dealt with in a confidential manner and in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here. Bolton Council’s policy on the Employment of Ex-Offenders is available here.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk