Job Details

Job introduction

Brighton and Hove City Council has recently reviewed it’s Early Help services across the city. From April 2023 integrated multi-agency teams based in Family Hubs will provide a range of support to families and children aged 0-19 (25 with SEND) including delivering whole family support for families facing multiple-disadvantage.  Our Family Hubs Social Workers will be an integral part of this team - working with families below the social work threshold enabling them to achieve positive outcomes.

If you are a qualified social worker looking for a new challenge we would love to hear from you.

For an informal discussion, please contact Giles Hippisley - (Family Hubs Practice Manager ) on 07795 336405 or Helen Cowling – (Service Manager - Family Hubs) on 07795 335868

About the role

You will be an integral part of the Family Hubs service, coordinating and delivering whole family support for families facing multiple-disadvantage on tier 3 of the threshold document to enable them to achieve positive outcomes including against the Supporting Families 10 outcome areas.

The Family Hubs social worker will supervise all aspects of work undertaken by Family Hub Connectors ensuring oversight of front line practice and the management of risk, including working with some complex Tier 3 families using relationship based practice. This will include the line management of this group of staff.

You will also have responsibility for identified thematic areas within the Family Hub strategy and service offer.

Please read our Apply for a job at the council (brighton-hove.gov.uk) pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.

As part of your application, you will need to complete your education and work history and provide answers to some shortlisting questions. Your answers to the shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as they will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (Shortlisting questions guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

Work Permits: We may be able to obtain a Work Permit for this post but this is subject to meeting the requirements of the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) Points-based Immigration System. Please see Gov.uk for more information on the Skilled Worker Visa.

Part office / part home – hybrid -  We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining.

Working arrangements are subject to Government guidance at the time. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us (brighton-hove.gov.uk)

Company information

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).

Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.

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