Overview
Family Connection Worker – NN1 1ED
Our Benefits
We are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do.
We really value our workforce and offer you a great benefits package including:
- 28 days annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days, after 5 years
- Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health pension protection.
- Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days annual leave
- Employee Assistance Programme – We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
- Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
- Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
- A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions
- Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
- Subsidised town centre car parking scheme
About the role
This is an empowering, relational role within the Circle to Success Support Team, supporting children and young people on a positive path toward long-term success by working directly with them, their families and/or those who care for them to help build connections with the people who are important to them or to rebuild and nurture relationships, thus enabling young people to live securely within their family, care or extended networks.
Working in partnership with children,young people, their families and their carers to deliver and provide services as their needs dictate. You will play a vital role in contributing to long-term planning for them, within which they are able to understand and tell their stories and build positive individual and family identities and shared connections.
Whilst Circle to Success Support team is based within the Corporate Parenting Service, the role will work across different service areas and teams including children requiring safeguarding and support, cared for children, care experienced young people and children placed for adoption, ensuring a consistent and child-centred approach to relational work.
We welcome the opportunity to speak with interested candidates. If you’d like to learn more about the role or the team, please feel free to email Sarah Noble Kendrick on Sarah.Noble-Kendrick@NCTrust.co.uk to arrange a mutually convenient time for a conversation.
Interviews will be held on Tues 4th & Weds 5th November 2025
About you
- You are passionate about making a meaningful difference in the lives of children and young people. You bring warmth, creativity, and resilience to your work, and are confident in building trusting relationships with children, families, and carers. Ideally, you have experience and understanding of trauma-informed practice and attachment, and how these experiences influence behaviour, development, and relationships.
- Experienced using an assessment framework you possess strong assessment and analytical skills. Your verbal, written, and communication skills are excellent, and you are well-organised.
- You are passionate about making a meaningful difference in the lives of children and young people. You bring warmth, creativity, and resilience to your work, and are confident in building trusting relationships with children, families, and carers. Ideally, you have experience and understanding of trauma-informed practice and attachment, and how these experiences influence behaviour, development, and relationships.
- You are skilled in delivering relational, and trauma-informed work, and can adapt your approach to meet the unique needs of each child or young person. You’re confident working both independently and as part of a wider professional network, and you’re comfortable visiting families in their homes and engaging in creative, child-centred interventions including life journey work.
When applying please ensure your supporting statement covers how you fulfil the essential criteria set out in the person specification as this will be used for shortlisting. You will need to provide a full employment history including any gaps since leaving full time education
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
