Family Support Worker

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Family Support Worker

Who are we:  Since 1988, Everton in the Community has become a dynamic force for good, harnessing the unifying power of football to drive social change and addressing societal challenges across Liverpool City Region. Supported by a team of over 130 full-time staff and over 200 volunteers, the independently governed and independently financed charity offers an extensive array of more than 60 programmes and initiatives that tackle a diverse range of social issues. These programmes cover areas such as health, employability, anti-social behaviour, crime, exploitation, education, dementia, and disability. 

Everton in the Community stands firmly beside the most at-risk and most in need members of its local communities, but the needs of the city are ever-growing and ever evolving. 

About the opportunity: Everton in the Community is seeking to appoint a Family Support Worker to join our Children and Youth Services team who support children and young people aged 2 to 25 who are at high risk and facing vulnerability, as well as families within our targeted funded areas (L4/South Sefton, and Speke, Garston and Knowlsey) and of the participants we work with.

The Family Support Worker will inspire and empower young people and adults to pursue positive change, live healthier lives and transition and contribute towards creating ‘stronger communities and brighter futures’

The Family Support will be responsible for implementing, delivering and overseeing the targeted support  programme, working closely with the Senior Manager – Youth and Support to ensure it aligns with the goals and objectives of EITC’s five-year strategy - Trinity Project. 

Other key responsibilities will include:  

• Programme Planning and Implementation, Developing, organising, and co-ordinating programmes or projects, ensuring they meet the goals and objectives in line with funding obligations

• Resource Management, coordinating resources, such as budgets, materials, and equipment, ensuring they are available and used effectively

• Monitoring, Documentation, and Evaluation

• Compliance and Safety, complying with all relevant policies, procedures, training and regulations

• Relationship Building, developing and maintaining positive relationships through effective and timely communication methods

• Marketing and Promotion, working alongside internal and external stakeholders to collate impact suitable for external promotion in line with internal and external stakeholder branding guidelines

• Supporting with the Implementation a robust referral process, identifying risk, protective factors, both during referral and throughout participants time on the programme

• Delivery of both 1-1 personalised mentoring support, and small targeted group work, raising awareness of various topics

Safeguarding   

• To understand the Club’s  Safeguarding policy, procedures and best practice guidelines

• To use this understanding to ensure safe working practices, appropriate reporting of concerns and contribute positively to an Anti-bullying environment

Who we are looking for: We are looking for an individual who has a genuine passion for growing and developing programmes that provide life changing opportunities for participants and families.

Experienced in working with complex families and young people and adults from a variety of different backgrounds our successful candidate will also demonstrate the following skills, knowledge and experience:

• VRQ/NVQ Level 2 in Youth Work or willing to work towards the qualification

• Relevant Mentoring qualifications

• Certificate/Training in Safeguarding

• Experience of 1-to-1 support work with young people and adults; to include assessment, intervention planning and deliver of action plans

• Experience of coordinating engagement events, either with children, young people, adults and/or communities

• Experience of working in partnership with a range of agencies

The closing date of this advert is Friday 13th June 2025

 This position will be offered on a 12-month Fixed Term Contract, 35 hours per week Monday to Friday with the role being based across EITC campus, Schools and Community venues across Merseyside (with a particular focus on Speke, Garston and Knowsley)

 Everton Family Safer Recruitment Practices   

The Everton Family is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.   

As a requirement of our safer recruitment practices, this role will require an Enhanced DBS check or evidence that you are subscribed to the DBS Update Service information of which can be found here    

This role is subject to both evidence and verification of relevant qualifications including proof of eligibility to work in the UK which will be discussed with you if your application is successful.    

Equity & Inclusion  

Everton is committed to ensuring everyone is respected, celebrated, and empowered for who they are, regardless of their identity. We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, those who identify as female and those from racially diverse communities.

We are dedicated to supporting the physical and mental/emotional wellbeing of all our people. Should you have a disability or long-term health condition

and require reasonable adjustments to be made to the application/ interview/ onboarding process, please let us know.

To support our pledge to diversify our organisation and through our commitment to the FA’s Football Leadership Diversity Code, Everton welcomes applications from people of all walks of life. As part of our commitment to Disability, Inclusion and Accessibility we are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process should you require.    

Everton Football Club

We are constant innovators in the footballing world, ceaselessly striving to be the best, and the first to accomplish new feats, while establishing new forms. We are one of the Founding Members of the Football League and pioneers of the game.

Throughout our 140-year history we have been recognised as a family-oriented Club based on our proud traditions. Those traditions have also encouraged innovation, ensuring Everton has remained one of the great pioneering Clubs in the history of the game. The first Club to construct a purpose-built football stadium, Goodison Park is one of the most revered stadiums in England.

It was also the first Club to see its players wear shirts numbered 1 to 11, the first Club to go on an overseas tour, the first English Club to install dugouts and undersoil heating, the first Club to feature in a televised match, the first Club to introduce a regular matchday programme, the first Club to present its players with medals for winning the Football League championship and the first Club to have a player, Dixie Dean, break the 60 goals barrier in a single league season.
 

Everton in the Community

EitC is one of the UK`s top sporting charities and firmly established on the world stage of community sports development. We are considered one of the Premier League`s leading community schemes due to the quality and reach of our various programmes. Since 1988, we've been at the forefront of social intervention across Merseyside. We use the power of sport to motivate, educate and inspire people not just in our local communities but around the world to improve their life chances. 

Everton Women

Everton Ladies sits proudly sits as part of the ‘one club’ structure at Everton Football Club. We continue to boast one of the richest histories in the women’s game and were one of the of the founder members of the FA Women’s Super League Everton Ladies’ Regional Talent Centre (RTC) provides players with a clear pathway into the first-team. Development age groups range from Under-9s to Under-16s with our RTC bringing through Ladies players that have gone on to represent their country. 

Everton Family

The Everton Family is committed to equal opportunities and is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We provide a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process, we accept all job applications in a variety of formats and should you need any documents in a different format or require any further support or assistance please contact the Recruitment team on 0151 705 9709 or via email

The Everton Family is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.