Family Time Leader - England - Golearnleicestershire

Description

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

WorkLocation: Post 1: Hinckley Children & Family Centre / Post 2: Loughborough Children & Family Centre

Salary: Grade 10 – £35,451 - £39,165 per annum (pro rata for part-time)

WorkingHours: 37 hours per week

ContractType: Permanent

Closing Date: 20/02/2026

Interview Date(s): 06/03/2026

About the Role

Are you passionate about ensuring children and families have safe, positive and meaningful time together? We are looking for two Family Time Leaders to oversee the delivery of high-quality Family Time sessions across our Family Safeguarding and Children's Disability Service.

In this role, you will manage a team of Support Workers, oversee the Family Time rota, support staff with challenging situations, and work collaboratively with social care professionals to ensure every child's welfare is prioritised.

These are new roles being added to our service, so this is an opportunity to make a genuine difference for children, young people and families—supporting them through some of the most important moments in their lives.

Please note there are 2 posts available at different bases – please indicate in your application which of the posts you are applying for.

What You'll Be Doing

• Managing and supervising Support Workers delivering Family Time sessions.
• Providing onsite support when needed during Family Time and managing challenging or emotionally demanding situations.
• Ensuring Family Time is delivered consistently and, in a trauma‑informed way.
• Overseeing and contributing to the Family Time rota and ensuring it adapts to demand, priorities and safeguarding needs.
• Collaborating with Family Safeguarding Managers in the management of Family Time Agreement Meetings, Reviews and Reintroduction Meetings.
• Working collaboratively with Social Workers, Business Support staff and other key teams.
• Ensuring paperwork, safeguarding information and training are kept up to date.

This role requires the ability to drive and have access to a car, alongside the willingness to work flexibly during times Support Workers are supervising their Family Time Sessions.

An enhanced with barred list DBS check is required for this post.

For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement.

About You

To apply for this post, you must be able to evidence in your application how you meet the following criteria:

• Have a relevant qualification in social care, child development, or related field (e.g. NVQ Level 3 or equivalent) and have experience working with children, young people and families.
• Have experience of managing challenging situations and supporting staff in emotionally demanding environments. Whilst having experience of supervising staff in a social care or family support setting would also be desirable, it isn't essential.
• Know how to apply Family Time setting safeguarding procedures, relevant legislation and trauma informed practice.
• Be able to lead, motivate and support a team effectively, using excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal.
• Be able to manage conflict and resolve issues sensitively, and professionally to be able to meet the needs of your own team but equally those you work collaboratively with.
• Have strong organisational and IT skills, for record keeping, communication, rostering and analysing data.
• Understand how to ensure equality, diversity and inclusion principles are implemented within service delivery.

In addition, we expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability. We are a Disability Confident Employer.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are open to discussions about flexible working, which may include part time working, job sharing, term‑time working, flexible start and finish times, and hybrid working, depending on the requirements of the role and the service. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.

Contact

Chris Chorlton, Service Progression Team Manager

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Jane Clamp – Family Safeguarding Service Manager (South)

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How to Apply

At Leicestershire County Council we're looking for top talent from all walks of life. Whoever you are, wherever you're from, and whatever your background - we care about what you bring to our organisation, not just what's on your CV. That's why we've designed a recruitment process that's fair, accessible, and focused on potential. And with benefits that support people at every age and stage of life, we make sure you can thrive - both personally and professionally.

If you share our passion to make a difference for the people of Leicestershire, we'd love to hear from you. Click the apply button to submit your application, ensuring that you upload a supporting statement that explains how you meet the criteria listed in the "About You" section above. Without this information, we won't be able to assess your suitability for the role, and your application will be rejected. For tips on how to write your statement, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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