Requisition ID:
13926
Posted date:
20 May 2026
Family Partner
Team: Children with Disabilities Team
Job Family: Supporting - CBG8
Salary: £31,022 - £33,851 per annum pro rata
Hours: 18.5 hours per week
Location: You will be expected to attend a CBC office location as often as needed to carry out your role, which will be no less than twice per week.
Contract Type: Hybrid – Permanent
Closing date: 3rd June 2026
Closing date: 3rd June 2026
Interview Date: 22nd June 2026
About the role:
In Children’s Service’s we aim to give every child excellent care and a promising future. By supporting families and keeping children safe, we’re helping to make Central Bedfordshire a great place to live. As a Family Partner, you will be critical to the success of the Children with Disabilities team in Central Bedfordshire. You will work with families at an early stage to make a difference and prevent escalation of needs and concerns.
In this important and varied role, you will adopt an assertive and persistent approach to work collaboratively with families and other teams/agencies in order to undertake an assessment of need following referral, and to get Early Help in place to prevent escalation of concerns for families with children who have a disability. You will deliver a high-quality assertive service to engage with chidlren and families with multiple and complex needs and provide direct work that meets the individual child and family needs. You will case manage and take on the lead professional role (including chairing and coordinating meetings) for children and families, working with the whole family on the basis to bring about positive change.
You will work with a range of multi-agency service providers to co-ordinate and deliver a proactive service according to families identified needs on the basis of 'One Family One Plan' including support on child and parental mental health, online safety, bullying, self-esteem, drug and alcohol problems and domestic violence, ensuring that support is regularly reviewed and the case is closed when needs have been met.
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.
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: Julia Overton at Julia.Overton@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk or call 0300 300 4008
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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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Please note we are unable to offer sponsorship for our roles. Successful applicants that may require a visa will need to consider the options for obtaining and/or maintaining the legal right to live and work in the UK for the duration of the contract offered.