Family Hub Support Worker

Brighton & Hove City Council; Brighton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Brighton is seeking Family Hub Support Workers to provide essential support to families in need. The role involves delivering evidence-based interventions in community settings, with two full-time positions available. Applicants should have strong communication and administrative skills and experience in family support services. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute positively to diverse communities within the city while enjoying a supportive work environment aimed at achieving work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Employee wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Experience in social work or support roles is preferred.
• Ability to work with diverse families, possibly in multiple languages.
• Knowledge of parenting interventions such as Triple P level 3.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based interventions to families.
• Record family work using the Eclipse system.
• Support families at home and community venues.

Skills

Good communication skills

Administrative skills

Experience delivering evidence-based support

Tools

Eclipse recording system

Job description

• Contract Permanent
• Closing Date Apply by 21 January 2026

Location

Hangleton Family Hub

Job Summary

Job reference

• Positions available 2

Working hours

• Working hours 37
• Closing date 21 January 2026

Job category

• Job category Care - Children and Young People

Organisation

• Organisation Brighton & Hove City Council

Job introduction

The Family Hub Support Workers will work preventatively to support families across all levels of need providing groups and interventions.

Deliver groups and targeted interventions including evidence-based interventions to children, young people and families.

For an informal discussion, please contact Sean Stones - (Community Manager Hangleton Family Hub) on 07824 866969

We have two posts available one in Hangleton Family Hub and one in Tarner Family Hub. Please discuss your preferences at interview.

About the role

Support Workers work as front line staff for the Family Hub service. They provide groups and intervention support both in our main Family Hub buildings as well as within family homes and community venues .

No day is ever the same in Family Hubs – our Support workers work with and support a large number and diverse range of families, many of whom do not speak English as their first language or need extra help from us to access our services.

Family hub evidence-based interventions delivered by the support workers include support around speech and language development, parenting interventions such as Triple P level 3, cost of living support to families, and parental relationship support.

The Family Hubs service has received additional funding from the Department for Education for a third year of transformation and we are excited about this next chapter in the development of our service.

We have vacancies for two full time positions, one based in the Hangleton Family Hub and one based at Tarner Family Hub in central Brighton. You will also be expected to travel to other Family Hubs sites and work across the city as part of this role.

Work with families is recorded using the Eclipse recording system and if you have good communication and administrative skills, as well as experience of delivering evidence based support to families we would love to hear from you.

The posts are full-time 37 hours between the hours of 8.30am and 5pm depending on location.

As part of your application, you will need to complete your education and work history and provide answers to some shortlisting questions. Your answers to the shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as they will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (Shortlisting questions guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining.Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visitWhy work for us

Company information

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.