Family Worker - Entry Level
Team: Sandy/Biggleswade Children's Centre Teams
Job Family: Supporting - CBG6
Salary: £26,403 - £28,142 per annum pro rata
Hours: 23 hours per week
Location: Sandy and Biggleswade Children’s Homes
Contract Type: Fixed - Permanent
Closing Date: 28th November 2025
Interview Date: w/c 8th December 2025
About the role
We aim to give every child excellent care and a promising future. By supporting families and keeping children safe we are helping to make CBC a great place to live. As a Family Worker, you will be critical to the success of the 0 - 12's Family Service. You will provide universal support, groupwork and early intervention approaches to empower families and improve outcomes.
In this important and varied role, you will be part of a team offering a welcoming and accessible service that meets and adapts to local needs. Day to day you will be working independently, with team members and with partner agencies, within the children centre and in outreach venues to offer a range of drop ins, groups and programmes to support children's emotional, social, cognitive and physical needs; keeping an eye on risk to ensure they are safe. You will support families to help themselves by working with them to identify their needs, suggesting support and services, and enable them to achieve their goals.
You will be confident and resourceful and keen to learn and develop new knowledge and skills. As this is an entry level role, we invite candidates who are unqualified to apply. With lived experience and a passion for making a difference to children and families, we will support you to achieve a Level 3 qualification in a relevant subject area. Experience in volunteering or working with children and families would be an advantage.
You will be working as part of an established Children's Centre team working across the Sandy and Biggleswade area and will need a positive and flexible attitude towards change as the team and service develops. A clean driving licence and use of a car is essential.
Join us, and you'll enjoy attractive benefits plus excellent in-house training. This includes specialist courses covering specific areas of interest. Even better, you'll find your greatness by ensuring that every child is happy, safe and well.
At Central Bedfordshire we are passionate about having a workforce that reflects our community. This is why we are committed to creating equal opportunities, to embrace diversity.
Please note: this role requires you to work all year round and is NOT term time only.
Our Offer
We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff, to view these please visit our Rewards and Benefits page
Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer. We welcome discussion on location, hours and working pattern as part of the application process.
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You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies in this Recruitment Pack.
Our Competency Framework and Qualification Guidance are to be read in conjunction with our Recruitment Pack.
For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Cathy Brighton at catherine.brighton@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk or call 0300 300 6311.
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Safeguarding:
Central Bedfordshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, volunteers and contractors to share this commitment. This post is subject to the disclosure of criminal records.
To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicants, it is Central Bedfordshire Council's policy to only consider applications made via our online application system and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline.
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