Family Worker (Permitted Work Scheme)

Hours 15.5 hours per week
Location Worcester
Salary £9,542 per annum

Emerging Futures (EF) works across the country to support people affected by homelessness, addiction, and mental health challenges. Our greatest resource is our people, so we also offer generous annual leave, pension, employee assistance programme and other benefits.

About the role

As a Family Worker, you will assist family members and other loved ones to access a range of support to promote resilience and wellbeing. You will support the delivery of our five day Family Coaching training and support a team of volunteer coaches to deliver the Foundations of Family programme across Worcester.

You will work with other local services and community assets to promote EF’s family service, ensuring family members have access to a range of both individual and peer support.

This role is suitable for those undertaking permitted work whilst receiving certain benefits, please get in touch if you would like more information. 

About you 

• You are confident, fun, approachable, and warm – someone who can deliver their best!
• You are a problem solver who likes to see things through to the end.
• You have good interpersonal and listening skills.
• Patience and resilience come naturally to you, as this role can be emotive.
• Above all, you will be enthusiastic and have a genuine desire to support people to transform their lives.

What do our staff say about working for us?

“My professional development is being addressed all the time. I have had so much training while I have been here.”

“We try to create an environment where it’s ok not to be ok. I feel very blessed to be part of this organisation.”

Interested?

We’re just as interested in hearing why people want to work for EF as we are in reading their CVs!

Anticipated interview dates are to be confirmed. 

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.

We would be grateful if you could complete the Equal Opportunities Form attached along with your Application Form to help monitor the effectiveness of our recruitment practices and assess the success of different advertising methods in attracting applications.

This information is separated from the application and used for statistical purposes only.  It will not be made available to anyone directly involved in the selection process.

Convictions/Disqualifications

If successful in securing an interview we will need to ask you about any unspent convictions as part of our duty of care.  A criminal conviction will not necessarily prevent you from being offered a role; the decision will depend on the type of offence and its relevance to the role.  All of our roles require a criminal record check.

If you would like to discuss any convictions you may have beforehand, please contact info@emergingfutures.org.uk. All information will be dealt with according to the Emerging Futures Confidentiality Policy.

Data Protection

By submitting an application by way of a CV, you acknowledge that you have read the Emerging Futures CIC Privacy Policy on our website here, and you consent to the processing and storage of your data for the purposes of the recruitment process in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK GDPR.