Family Intervention Worker

Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

8/22/2024

We are looking for enthusiastic and skilled individuals to join the Family Intervention Service (MAST) and make a difference to the lives of vulnerable children and young people in Sheffield. As a Family Intervention Worker, you will work in partnership with families and multi-agency colleagues, to deliver a range of targeted interventions and support, to build on existing strengths within the family and address areas of need. We are particularly interested in potential candidates who have experience of working in the early years sector and with primary and secondary age children and their families. With direction and support from your manager, you will utilise appropriate assessment and evaluation tools, using a strengths-based approach to develop and inform packages of support for children and families.

As a member of our Family Intervention Service a commitment to whole family, solution focused, integrated working is essential to achieve the best possible outcomes for children, young people and families. We work with a range of internal and external partners such as Education, Health and Police.

You must have GCSE or O’ Level in Maths and English (grade 9-4) or equivalent and a minimum of NVQ Level 2 in Social Care, Early Years, Youth work or other relevant experience.

Applicants must have significant experience of working with vulnerable children and their families, around child development, the importance of parental engagement and working with other agencies or in a relevant setting and be skilled at understanding information and assessing risk. Understanding the complexity of relationships in some families and the ability to resolve conflict and work with families to support them with parenting skills is also required.

The Application form must be written by addressing the person specification attached to the job description.

Please apply by completing the attached application form addressing the person specification in the Job Description by 15th of September 2024

If you have questions regarding this post, please contact Lisa May on 0114 2930844 or email

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.