Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: Loughborough Children and Family Centre Regent St, Loughborough LE11 5BN
Salary: £35,451 – £39,165 per annum (pro rata for part time) (Pay Award Pending)
Working Hours:2x 37 hours per week & 1 x 30 hours Per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 16th July 2026
Interview Date(s): 27th & 28th July 2026
About the Role
Targeted Family Help Charnwood are looking for three Keyworker’s (2 x 37 hours and 1x 30 hours). They are expected to be flexible, willing to have challenging conversations with families, build positive relationships with young people and their families, and have a can-do attitude. Experience of providing direct support in the home to children and families with complex needs, identifying and delivering evidence-based interventions, working with issues of conflict and confrontation, and diffusing difficult situations is required.
An enhanced with barred list DBS check is required for this post.
About You
To apply for this post, you must be able to evidence in your application how you meet the following criteria:
- A Level 3 qualification in a relevant subject and/or experience of providing direct support in the home to children and families with complex needs which may include mental health, offending, substance misuse, domestic violence, and abuse, and/or educational issues
- Experience of identifying and delivering appropriate evidence-based interventions e.g. solution focussed brief therapy, the Freedom Programme, parenting programmes, brief intervention, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy based approaches, motivational interviewing
- Knowledge and awareness of issues which may have an impact on the lives of families such as domestic violence and abuse, mental health difficulties, substance misuse, poverty, housing
- An understanding of the impact of discrimination on the lives of those from minority ethnic communities and others that experience social exclusion, and an ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds
- Awareness and understanding of good enough parenting and the relationship between poverty and social deprivation and to be able to hold a compassionate position but still hold protection of children as the priority. Be able to recognise cumulative harm and risk indicators of different forms of harm – sexual, physical, emotional and neglect.
- Ability to work proactively, persistently, and persuasively with families who may not be willing to engage with services, using a range of techniques that encourage active participation
- Ability to build professional confidence and resilience, good working relationships with families, ability to overcome barriers to them engaging, recognising reasons for resistance to change, where tensions can exist. Ability to communicate sensitively and effectively with children and adults, focusing on hearing and capturing the child’s voice.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability. We are a Disability Confident Employer.
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