About the role
Do you aspire to make a positive difference to the lives of children, young people and families?
At Cambridgeshire County Council, we are seeking three passionate and dedicated Family Workers to join our Huntingdonshire Targeted Support Team. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking service during a significant period of transformation, as we work towards implementing the Government's Families First Partnership programme. FFP is a major children’s social care reform programme in England that aims to help families earlier and keep children safe.
As a Family Worker, you will play a vital role in supporting children, young people and families to overcome challenges, build resilience and achieve positive outcomes. You will work alongside children social care teams to deliver tailored interventions that help reduce risk and prevent escalation of difficulties to enable families to thrive.
About the Team
You will join a supportive multi-disciplinary district team comprising of:
- Targeted Support Family Workers
- Young People's Workers
- Child and Family Centre Family Workers
- Targeted Support Assistant Managers
- Child and Family Centre Assistant Managers
- Targeted Support Service Manager
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact
Ali Betts - Huntingdonshire Targeted Support Assistant Manager
Email: Alison.Betts@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Tel: 07879 431693
or
Kerrin Gilbody - Huntingdonshire Targeted Support Assistant Manager
Email: Kerrin.Gilbody@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Tel: 07770224360
Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.
You will be required to hold a full and valid driving license and have access to a vehicle or have the ability to otherwise travel efficiently across the County.
Interviews may include a young people’s panel in addition to a Targeted Support management panel and you will be required to complete a short case study exercise.
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks.
Closing date for applications: Thursday 22 October 2026
Interviews will be held on Monday 16 November 2026 at Broad Leas Centre, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 5QB
What will you be doing?
No two days are the same in this rewarding and dynamic role. As a Family Worker, you will:
- Build positive, professional relationships with children, young people and families.
- Deliver bespoke packages of support tailored to individual family needs.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues and partner agencies to achieve the best outcomes.
- Identify strengths within families and empower them to make sustainable changes.
- Help reduce risks and prevent the need for more intensive interventions.
- You will complete assessments and be Lead Professional for the family. As lead professional you will work in partnership with a multi- agency team around the family.
- You will organise, plan and deliver evidence-based group work programmes to support parents/carers.
About you
We're looking for individuals who:
- Are passionate about supporting children, young people and families.
- Have excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
- Can work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Are compassionate, resilient and committed to achieving positive outcomes.
- Have experience of working with families and managing complex situations.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to reflect this diversity, which is beneficial to employees, the organisation, and the communities we serve.
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…
- A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy. On your application form you can indicate you are disabled. Some examples of reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
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