Family Time Assistant

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An exciting opportunity has arisen within Children’s Services for dynamic and committed individuals to play a role in Children’s Social Care.

The role available is a Family Time Assistant role, which is key in supporting children to maintain contact with their family as part of any legal proceedings.

This role is full time 37.00 hour per week, Monday to Friday. Part time hours will not be considered for this role.

This position is based at Rink House, Swadlincote supporting South Derbyshire & South Dales Locality.

You will work across the locality, which includes across Derbyshire and further afield as needed (as children may be placed outside of Derbyshire) delivering Family Time sessions in a range of council and community venues.

What will I be doing:

• Driving children to and from Family Time.
• Making observations of parent and child interaction within Family Time.
• Ensuring the health and safety of children within Family Time.
• Maintaining records on electronic systems.
• Maintaining communication with locality Social Workers and Practice Supervisors.

This list is not exhaustive, take a look at the Family Time Assistant job profile for more detail.

Core working times are generally 09.00am to 17.00pm, Monday to Friday. However, for this role you may be required to travel to a venue prior to 9am or return possible after 17.00pm.

Derbyshire have a flexible working scheme which your role will be part of which is from 07.00am to 19.00pm.

What skills and experience do you need to have:

• Be enthusiastic, versatile and self-motivated with the ability to work well as part of a team
• Experience of working/caring for others. It is desirable to have experience of working with children for this role including Level 2 Maths and English as identified in the job description.
• Have good communication skills
• Be able to manage one’s own time and have good organisational skills
• Have good IT skills
• Understand the need for confidentiality

If you would like to have an informal chat about this role, send an email to cs.sdsd.bsmanagers@derbyshire.gov.uk.

Please include your phone number in any correspondence.

Provisional Interview Date: 23.10.2025

Due to this post having access to children and/or vulnerable adults, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided. Click here to see our policy on criminal background checks.

Apply now and take the first step towards a fulfilling career with us! By joining Derbyshire County Council you will have access to a range of amazing rewards and employee benefits, including our generous annual leave scheme, excellent local government pension and fantastic employee discounts. To discover more detail about the rewards and benefits available to you, click here

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