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Who are we?
We are a busy and dynamic team who support children in care to spend time with their parents, anyone with PR who is not their parent, siblings, relatives or any other connected person under supervision which we call “family time”. It is important that children are supported to maintain and build safe positive relationships with members of their family ensuring that their family time is focussed and shaped around the child’s needs. We receive a variety of referrals as part of the assessment process by direction of the court, children under child protection plans, private law arrangements and long-term care plans. We also support in the delivery of life story work, which may be direct with children or completion of life story books.
We are an exciting time as Warwickshire begins to embed our Families First teams who support the young people in our County. Our approach is about locality working, multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams that support the whole family. We build strong partnerships with local services, Health, Police and Education.
Family Support Worker – Life Story Worker
As a Life Story Worker, you will play a vital role in helping children in care make sense of their experiences, understand their journey and develop a strong sense of identity and belonging. Role highlights:
- Deliver life story work with children and young people using creative, age-appropriate and trauma-informed approaches.
- Gather and organise information from a range of sources, including case records, professionals and carers.
- Create and maintain high-quality life story books that are clear, accurate and accessible to the child.
- Support children to process complex feelings and experiences, recognising and responding appropriately to behaviours.
- Work closely with social workers, foster carers and other professionals to ensure consistency and up-to-date content.
- Organise workload effectively, manage competing demands and travel across the locality as required.
Qualifications and Experience
- Relevant qualifications and experience in child protection or related field.
- Strong child-centred approach and ability to work with trauma-informed methods.
- Excellent organisational, communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to travel across the locality.
Benefits
- Supportive managers with recognition and robust supervision policy focused on wellbeing and workload.
- Volunteer & Wellbeing Day plus generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas.
- Refer a Friend package for some roles.
- Agile working, generous annual leave entitlement, bank holidays, additional day at Christmas and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.
- Employer contribution pension scheme.
Application and Contact
To discuss the role please contact Dominique Mckenzie – DominiqueMckenzie@warwickshire.gov.uk.
Closing Date: 26th June 2026
Interview Date: 6th July 2026
Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk.
Equality and Safeguarding
Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. The successful applicant will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
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