Family Support Worker
Surrey County CouncilEgham, England
Overview
This is a local council role (full time) with Surrey County Council based in Egham. The advertised salary is £28,687 to £32,786 per year. Applications close on 31 August 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
Please note that this vacancy is not part of Surrey County Council, we are advertising this on behalf of a partnership organisation.
The salary range for this role is £28,687 to £32,786 per annum based on a 37 hour working week.
Rewards and Benefits
- Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
- Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
- The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
- A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
- Service related sick pay from day 1
- Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
- Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
- Cycle2work scheme
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
- 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
- Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
- Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
- Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer
About Barnardo's
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
We are looking to recruit a family support worker.
Surrey Family Centres are a commissioned service supporting families with complex and multiple needs with children aged 0-19 years/25 (SEND) years. The Family Support team receive targeted referrals from Surrey County Council's cSPA.
The Family Support Worker meets the allocated family on a regular basis and provides support and signposting through a bespoke programme of work, focused on the child or young person and their family's targeted needs. Our ambition is to empower the parents and carers with new knowledge and skills, while also building resilience and providing essential emotional support. The Family Support Worker will be based at the Family Centre in New Haw, Runnymede, and will be a supportive contact for children, young people, families and professionals.
- Work with children and young people delivering evidence-based support, demonstrating the difference made from the intervention.
- Facilitate group-work with peers in the centre and in venues around Surrey when needed.
- Support and deliver universal and targeted interventions, on a one to one or group basis to achieve positive outcomes alongside the 10 Supporting Families Outcomes.
- Work in partnership with the wider team and local partners to ensure a joined up and fully integrated service provision.
- Support the development of the Centre as a safe place for children, young people and their families to access for support and information.
- Hold a caseload of between 12 to 15 families.
- Complete assessments.
- Work with the family in their home and in the community.
The close date for this advert is 31.08.2026 with interviews planned to follow.
To apply for this role, please click HERE.
How this role compares
We hold 350 council vacancies in England that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £32,140. This role pays less than about 67% of them.
There are 4,945 council roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 386 of them in England.
You have 1 day left to apply. Council adverts we hold typically run for around 26 days, so this is a shorter window than usual.
Surrey County Council has 64 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.
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