Community Family Worker - 2 Positions

Grade/Salary: £17,112 pa Grade 5 (SP 11) pro rata for 22.5 hours/week permanent, all year round
22.5 hours/week temporary until end December 2026 (£28,142 FTE)
Start Date: As soon as possible
Contract: Permanent x 1
                Temporary x 1

Aspire Foundation is currently expanding and developing high quality family support services for families with young children to help build confidence, social skills and relationships.

As a Community Family Worker, you will work in partnership with parents and local community-based services to provide expert support and services to ensure children thrive and meet their full potential, through group work and bespoke support for the young children and their families.

The post holder will be required to work at any of the Children and Family Centres operated by Aspire Foundation in Cheltenham and Tewksbury as well as provide outreach work in the community in these areas.

For more details, please see the Job Description/Person Specification on our website.

As a member of the Aspire Foundation Team we will offer you:

• Support – through termly or six weekly supervisions and an Annual Performance Review.
• Training – on-going continued professional development which could include on the job training, work shadowing, courses and qualifications – all depending on what you need as a person and what the organisation needs now and in the future.
• A workplace pension scheme to all qualifying staff.

As part of the recruitment process you will be asked to complete an interview and a short task related to the post of Community Family Worker.

Any appointment will be subject to references (which we will request for all short-listed candidates) and a clear disclosure record from the DBS.

In accordance with our data retention policy, we will keep all paperwork related to therecruitment of this post for 6 months after which it will be destroyed.

If you would like to be part of a dynamic and creative organization, please apply before the closing date.

Aspire Foundation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. This position is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Aspire Foundation aims to be an equal opportunities employer and is determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or race.

Application Details:

Please click on Apply Now to view the Job Description and Person Specification or to complete an online application. Please complete and return the application form via details to the right of this advert.