Family Worker – Connected Carers

• Family Worker – Connected Carers
• (Children and Families Social Care, Fostering Services)
• £28,143 to £40,444 pa (Bar at £32,578 pa)

An exciting employment opportunity has arisen for a family worker to join the growing and developing Kinship Team.

South Tyneside Council is committed to supporting children to remain within their birth families and networks, when it is safe for them to do so and also recognises that caring for children in connected care arrangements can be hugely rewarding yet challenging at times. The Connected Carers Team undertakes focussed and specialised assessments of connected carers and delivers tailored support to connected care families.

Our June 2026 Ofsted inspection found that services for children and families have improved significantly, supported by a ‘child-focused, stable, skilled and consistent workforce’ committed to restorative and relational practice.

We are looking for a child focussed, skilled and enthusiastic person to join the service who is committed to:

• Providing timely and effective packages of support to children and connected carers in response to assessed need.
• Contributing to interventions designed to help children benefit from stability in their care arrangements.
• Ensuring that the child is at the centre of all decision making and interventions.
• Participating and contributing to multi-agency assessment, planning and review.
• Working in partnership with children, connected carers and colleagues within the team and from other agencies and organisations.
• Providing individual and collective support to connected carers, which includes maintaining the established support group in place, whilst ensuring this is strengthened, is creative and it is responsive to connected carers’ needs wherever possible.

Staff within the Kinship Team work with key partners to develop a shared understanding of the service and to gather feedback to help shape further development.

Please see the attached job description and person specification which provides more detail about the role. If you would like to discuss this post in more detail please contact Rachel Deacon, Assistant Team Manager on (0191) 424 4764.

We offer an excellent benefits package and further information is available here - www.southtyneside.gov.uk/workinghere

South Tyneside Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure will be sought along with other relevant pre-employment checks.

We do not currently offer skilled worker visa sponsorship.

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Closing date: Noon, 25 September 2026

Interviews will take place on 16 October 2026