Job Reference:P1935
Location:Birmingham
Closing Date:29 May 2026
Hours Per Week:30
Employment Type:Temporary
Vacancy details
Temporary to cover 9 months maternity leave
SCP 27 £30,572.55 (pro rata – actual pay £24,788.55)
30 Hours per Week
Father Hudson’s Caritas has a vacancy for a Family Support Worker to cover 9 months maternity leave. To provide a range of support services to address social and emotional needs of children and their families. We are looking for an experienced Family Support Worker with knowledge and skills to undertake direct work with vulnerable primary and secondary aged children and their families. This is a school-based role, and you will be required to work in three schools.
This role iswhole year, and you will be required to work during some of the school holidays.
Locations:
HT -Mrs Jayne Logue
St Margaret Mary Catholic Primary school
Perry Common Road
Birmingham
B23 7AB
Thursday & Friday (15 hours)
HT -Mr Peter Foley
St Bernards Catholic Primary School
Wake Green Road
Moseley
Birmingham
B13 9QE
Could be Monday & Tuesday or Tuesday & Wednesday) (15 hours)
The salary scale for this post is SCP 27 paid at £30,572.55 per annumpro rata – actual pay £24,788.55
It is essential that you hold a full driving licence and have access to a car.
Working with schools, health and social care agencies and the voluntary sector, our Family Support Service supports children and families to overcome adversity and disadvantage they face, particularly where these are affecting a child’s emotional wellbeing, mental health and educational achievement. The service benefits the child, the family and the school.
Father Hudson’s Caritas is a committed employer that proactively pursues our ambitions for equality, diversity and inclusion in all that we do, building on our core values.
As a reward for your dedication to our services we offer the following:
- Enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service funded by the Society.
- Supported and bespoke full induction programme
- Opportunity for overtime
- Enhanced Society Sick Pay and Statutory Sick Pay upon qualifying period
- Enhanced Annual Leave entitlements
- Free Parking
- Group Company Pension Scheme upon qualifying period
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme offering confidential support on personal and professional matters
- Refer a friend scheme
- Employee suggestion scheme accessible via intranet
- On line Payslips
- Long Service Awards
You do not need to be catholic to work for us or use our services, but we do expect our employees to work inline with our organisational values which are: we are respectful, we are inclusive, we are compassionate, we work with peoples strengths, we are collaborative, we challenge injustice and we seek excellence
About Father Hudson’s Family Support
We are a bespoke service, offering a diverse range of support packages to the most vulnerable children and their families in local schools.
We work across the midlands, Newcastle under Lyme and Oxfordshire, providing 1;1 support in around 18 primary schools/High schools.
As a Family Support worker, you will be working directly with the individual children, their parents/carers, and working collaboratively with key staff in school to deliver a package of tailored interventions to strengthen and improve their outcomes, to build their resilience and help them to be the very best they can be.
Please send completed applications to recruitmenthr@fatherhudsons.org.uk
Closing date: 9am Friday 29th May– we do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Interviews TBC are to be held at our head office in Coleshill.
If you would like to discuss our services to schools, or the role and/or your experience and qualifications, please call or email Zena Wedgwood the Family Support Manager on 07823526789 zenawedgwood@fatherhudsons.org.uk who would be more than happy to discuss in more detail.
Previous applications need not apply.
This post is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
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