Make a Real Difference to Children and Families

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Families First as we expand our Family Support Worker workforce across Gloucestershire. This is an important time for the service as we prepare to implement the Department for Education’s Families First Partnership Programme (FFPP) reforms, shaping how early help and social care work together to better support families.

These roles will be at the forefront of key changes in the services as we move to implement our new Family Help teams by October 2026. This means that these roles will develop to take on the statutory responsibilities and job title of the Family Help Lead Practitioner working across targeted early help and child in need later this year. This is key to reducing unnecessary changes of lead practitioner and providing continuity of support for families. If successful, you will be supported through a package of workforce development and training to build yo...