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Support Worker - Family Time and Support Service, Colchester at Essex County Council

Position Support Worker - Family Time and Support Service, Colchester
Posted 16 Jul 2026
Expired 15 Aug 2026
Company Essex County Council
Location Colchester | GB
Job Type Full Time

Job Description:

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Support Worker - Family Time and Support Service - North (Colchester)

Permanent, Full Time

26,284 to 33,256 Per Annum

Location: Colchester

Closing Date: Thursday 23rd July 2026 at 11.59pm.

Interview Date: 11th and 12th August 2026.

Here in Essex, we continue to raise the bar about practice and our investment in our workforce is second to none. It's an exciting time to join us having received our 2nd Outstanding Ofsted rating in a row.

The Opportunity

Children and Families is recognised as a service in which social work can develop and prosper, with a culture of collaboration, integrity, and compassion; promoting development and wellbeing of children, young people, and their families; protecting them from neglect and abuse. Working together with partners delivering a range of early help, family support and effective social work interventions which build resilience, remove barriers, and enable children and young people to look forward to a brighter future.

Child and Family Support Workers work within the Family Time and Support Service, ensuring that children and young people in care have safe and meaningful Family Time with their family members, as well as working alongside the frontline teams in conjunction with Qualified Social Workers to deliver bespoke, targeted intervention work, in accordance with the care plans, to vulnerable children and families. This work will normally be time limited, with measurable impact and meet the assessed needs.

Educated to Level 3 or with activity based alternative experience, in a social care setting, you will be passionate about engaging with and providing direct support in the community, building strong working relationships with partners to jointly deliver improved services.

Accountabilities

  • Responsible for supporting children and young people in care to have safe and meaningful family time with their family members, in accordance with their care plans.
  • Responsible for supporting social workers to implement and monitor care plans, and write reports where required, which deliver interventions for children and families.
  • Responsible for maintaining high standards of professional practice which contribute to continuous improvement across the service.
  • Responsible for highlighting issues and implementing plans to safeguard a child.
  • Building strong, effective relationships with the service users, providing practical advice and support, where necessary and deemed appropriate, enabling children and families to sustain change and function effectively within the community.
  • Work collaboratively across the service, with internal and external professional partner agencies, to ensure improved outcomes for children and families.
  • Provide information and advice in relation to involvement/accessing of third party agencies relevant to the needs of the service user (e.g., benefits agencies, immigration, and housing).
  • Participate in meetings, reviews, case conferences, and court hearings to provide information, insight, and evidence.
  • Writing effective reports which could be used in professional meetings, forums, and court.
  • Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.

The Experience You Will Bring

  • Educated to NVQ/BTEC Level 3 or equivalent experience.
  • Evidence of continuing professional development and in-depth knowledge in relevant professional area.
  • Experience of building strong, effective relationships with children and families in times of challenge and crisis.
  • Experience of observing, facilitating, and reporting on Family Time.
  • Experience of undertaking direct, activity based work with children and families where required.
  • Knowledge and understanding of the issues impacting children, young people, and families, leading them to require support.
  • Knowledge of legislative and policy guidance applicable within Social Care settings.
  • Proven track record of working with partners and external agencies.
  • A certificate in First Aid and/or knowledge of Sign Language is desirable in this role.

The role requires you to be mobile throughout a wider operational area including travelling around the county of Essex and beyond, transporting service users and their belongings and to be able to do so in an emergency. Driving licence and car or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means is essential.

Job Info:

  • Company: Essex County Council
  • Position: Support Worker - Family Time and Support Service, Colchester
  • Work Location: Colchester
  • Country: GB

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