Family Support Worker
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 23/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This Family Support Worker role is part of a multi-disciplinary healthcare team within the Complications of Excess Weight (CEW) clinic at Addenbrooke's Hospital, serving the East of England. The post involves working with children, young people, and their families who have complex medical needs related to excessive weight. Responsibilities include assessing needs, providing practical and emotional support, financial advice, and liaising with various agencies to ensure comprehensive care. The role aims to facilitate lifestyle changes and improve health outcomes for families.
Essential criteria
- Undergraduate Degree in Social Sciences/Psychology or experience in relevant area of work.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of continual professional development
- Experience of working with sick or disabled children/ young people/families from a variety of backgrounds to improve their social circumstances.
- Experience of advice work/including liaison with statutory and /or volunteer agencies
- Knowledge of policies and legislation relating to welfare benefits, housing rights, and safeguarding
- Working in health/social care and multidisciplinary meetings.
- Skills and Abilities
- Ability to assess parenting skills and provide basic support to build physical and emotional caring abilities through practical activities particularly in relation to behaviour, sleep and physical activity.
- High level of communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
- Excellent time management and organisational skills.
- Genuine interest and enthusiasm in relation to working in the area of family work in Paediatrics
- Must have a positive attitude to disability and understand the impact that this has on a person's life.
- Experience of conducting audits/service evaluation
- Understanding of the development of children and young people.
- Good knowledge of Child and Adult Social Care Services.
- Good knowledge and understanding of the assessment, support planning and care
- Knowledge of the impact of health conditions on children, adolescents and their families.
- Proven ability to research e.g. provision of services, medical conditions.
- Awareness and application of diversity issues in clinical practice.
- Practical Skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Effectively communicate with adolescent and young people, families and team members.
- An understanding of cultural differences
- Able to fulfil occupational health requirements for the post
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings.
- Able to tolerate prolonged periods of sitting.
- Ability to travel independently around the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area meeting required timescales. A full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.
- An interest in working with children and families.
- An interest in working with children and families with severe obesity and/or complex medical presentations.
- An interest in human nutrition and dietetic interventions.
- Education/Qualifications
- Undergraduate Degree in Social Sciences/Psychology or experience in relevant area of work.
- Evidence of continual professional development
- Experience of working with sick or disabled children/ young people/families from a variety of backgrounds to improve their social circumstances.
- Experience of advice work/including liaison with statutory and /or volunteer agencies
- Knowledge of policies and legislation relating to welfare benefits, housing rights, and safeguarding
- Working in health/social care and multidisciplinary meetings.
- Skills and Abilities
- Ability to assess parenting skills and provide basic support to build physical and emotional caring abilities through practical activities particularly in relation to behaviour, sleep and physical activity.
- High level of communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
- Excellent time management and organisational skills.
- Genuine interest and enthusiasm in relation to working in the area of family work in Paediatrics
- Must have a positive attitude to disability and understand the impact that this has on a person's life.
- Experience of conducting audits/service evaluation
- Understanding of the development of children and young people.
- Good knowledge of Child and Adult Social Care Services.
- Good knowledge and understanding of the assessment, support planning and care
- Knowledge of the impact of health conditions on children, adolescent
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Family Support Worker
The closing date is 23 September 2026
Job summary
This post is to work as part of a multi-disciplinary healthcare team working into the Complications of Excess Weight (CEW) clinic, based at Addenbrooke's Hospital. This is a regional service covering East of England. The post involves working alongside Medics, Nurses, Psychologists, Assistant Psychologists, Family therapists and Dietitians. It involves working with children, young people and their families, where there are complex medical needs associated with excessive weight requiring hospital and community-based interventions.
The post holder will be a member of the wider paediatric psychological medicine team and employed by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.
Main duties of the job
The role requires assessment and delivery of care in the community; involving the patient, parents and family systems where there are complex social needs. The intervention level ranges from the specialist tertiary hospital based multidisciplinary team to community teams including: community health teams; social care; education; wellbeing services and primary health care. The main purpose of the role is to liaise with and advocate for services and resources on behalf of families; to provide direct practical support, financial advice, em
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