Family Worker

Contract Type: Temporary until December 2027

Contract Hours: 37 hours per week

Salary: Grade F SCP 19-24 £33,119 - £36,581 per annum (plus 2 increments)

Closing Date: 9th September 2026 at 23:59pm

Our children’s services team is leading the way with exciting developments to further improve the lives of children and families in Blackpool. As a result, a fantastic opportunity has arisen for experienced Family Workers to join us in delivering Early Help services across the town.

Family Workers work closely with our Family Hubs delivering all age targeted services to children and their families and working alongside partners in a locality to build a strong system of Early Help.

We are looking for family workers who are experts in engaging families and other agencies; experience of holding a case load of families and in delivering evidence based programmes is vital.

This is a unique opportunity to join a supportive team who are passionate about Early Help and committed to ensuring improved outcomes for children and their families.

Are you the passionate candidate we’re looking for? You’ll need:

- A background in case management with a proven ability to work creatively with families
- Excellent communication skills and a tenacious approach to working alongside partner agencies.
- The ability to deliver high quality practice and embrace our Blackpool Families Rock approach
- To be a reflective practitioner who embraces and promotes strengths based work.

If you’d like to join us at this exciting and innovative time, and want to make a real difference to people’s lives, apply today!

For further information and to discuss this role, please contact Andrew Singleton (Andrew.singleton@blackpool.gov.uk) or Rob Smith (Robert.smith@blackpool.gov.uk)

The Council operates an Introduce a Friend Scheme for a small number of agreed jobs in Children’s and Adults Services which encourages our Blackpool Council employees to initiate a successful introduction. This job is one of those roles, therefore if you have received a recommendation from a friend please ensure you select ‘Introduce a Friend’ when asked on the application where you heard about the vacancy.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children/vulnerable adults. This post is subject to satisfactory reference history of at least two years, Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, medical clearance, evidence of any essential qualifications and proof of Right to Work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and amendments to the exemptions order, which mean that certain offences are ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed, guidance on the "filtering" of offences can be found at New filtering rules for DBS certificates (from 28 November 2020 onwards) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The successful applicant will be required to work outside of a 7am to 8pm Monday to Friday work pattern and will receive an additional payment on top of the quoted salary as a result.