🌟 Join Us as a Family Help Worker – Be Part of Something New and Exciting in St Helens!

4 Posts Available – Fixed Term for 2 Years
2 based at Central Link Family Hub
2 based at Parr Children’s Centre

We Are St Helens Borough Council

Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a transformational Council passionate about supporting and empowering our communities. We deliver a wide range of services for residents, families, schools, businesses, and visitors—and our skilled, dedicated workforce makes this possible.

Our workplace vision and values guide everything we do. We’re proud of our culture, and we invest in our teams with excellent wellbeing support, flexible working opportunities, financial benefits, and learning and development opportunities at every career stage.

🌱 A Brand-New Role – Be Part of Families First in St Helens

This is a fantastic opportunity to be at the forefront of positive change. As we implement the Families First Model, we are excited to introduce Family Help Workers—a dynamic new role designed to strengthen early intervention, build meaningful relationships, and support long-term family resilience.

👉 Families First will bring together Early Help and Child in Need Support, creating a more integrated, responsive, and relational service for children and families across the borough.

We are now recruiting four passionate, motivated Family Help Workers to help shape this new offer.

💫 Make a Difference as a Family Help Worker

Working within Children’s Services, you’ll support children and families from pre-birth up to age 18, working directly in homes, community settings, and Family Hubs.

You will take a lead practitioner role, undertaking Family Help Assessments, developing Family Help Plans, and coordinating support aligned with the Families First approach.

In this role, you will:

• Carry out holistic Family Help Assessments with families experiencing a range of needs and challenges.
• Create and deliver family-centred plans that keep the voice of the child at the heart of every decision.
• Build trusting relationships with families, helping them identify strengths, overcome barriers, and achieve positive, sustainable change.
• Support families experiencing issues including domestic abuse, mental health needs, substance misuse, neglect, parenting challenges, or wider social pressures.
• Work as the Family Help Lead Practitioner, coordinating multi-agency support and advocating for families.
• Provide support in homes and community venues using evidence-based approaches.
• Maintain high-quality case records and work to safeguarding standards.
• Model positive, strengths-based practice consistent with the Families First Model.

👥 Who Should Apply?

We welcome applicants who have:

• A professional qualification within statutory or community services (essential).
• Experience working directly with children, young people, and families.
• Strong skills in assessment, planning, and delivering family support.
• Excellent communication and partnership-working skills.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, child development, and anti-oppressive practice.

If you are passionate about early help, committed to supporting families, and excited by the opportunity to shape a new way of working—we’d love to hear from you.

🚗 Additional Role Requirements

• A valid driving licence and access to a car (essential), unless prevented by disability.
  In these cases, we welcome applicants to explain how they can meet the travel requirements with reasonable adjustments.

🤝 Interested in Joining Us?

If you’d like an informal chat about the role before applying, feel free to get in touch:
📨 billyireland@sthelens.gov.uk

Full details are available in the Job Description and Person Specification attached to this vacancy listing.

🌟 Be part of our journey. Be part of St Helens. Be part of strengthening families.

We look forward to receiving your application.

St Helens Council is officially recognised as one of the region’s leading fair employers, achieving accredited status under the Liverpool City Combined Authority Fair Employment Charter. The Charter recognises the ongoing commitment to fair pay, secure work, training & progression & staff well-being whilst celebrating employers who go above and beyond for their workforce providing an inclusive and supportive environment.

Equality & Diversity

We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. The Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within selection.

All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan Principles