Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 284-26-8137120-DWAB
- Employer
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Birmingham Women's
- Town
- Edgbaston
- Salary
- £28,392 - £31,157 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/08/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 18/08/2026
Employer heading
Teenage Pregnancy Senior Community Family Support Worker
NHS AfC: Band 4
Flexible working:
Flexible working arrangements may be considered and discussions with the recruiting manager regarding this are encouraged.
Job overview
The post holder will lead the support provided for teenage mothers, babies & young families and assist in the co-ordination of care for families with complex needs and safeguarding procedures.
Support may include provision of practical help, arranging accommodation, helping with travel for families, and assisting with liaison with agencies.
More complex support may be required such as caring for parents with additional and complex needs, assisting and making complex safe guarding referrals. The post holder will lead the Right Help, Right Times framework, Early Help Programme and support families in times of challenge and stress and liaise with Health and Social Service providers.
Main duties of the job
The candidate will need to be able to:
- Build trust with young parents
- Be trauma-informed
- Non-Judgmental
- Be culturally and religiously aware
- Be aware of honor-based abuse and how to refer to agencies for support
- Be able to risk assess for exploitation (CSE) and grooming
- Be able to support young women experiencing domestic abuse
- Support with providing antenatal education and transition to parenthood
- Be flexible with service provision for parents in education
- Be able to support young families with building independent living skills and offer housing support
- Be able to signpost young families to services that can help with finances and benefits
- Be able to liaise with the specialist midwives, perinatal mental health midwives and safeguarding team
Working for our organisation
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure that you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
The closing date for this job advert may be brought forward should we receive a high volume of applications. Early applications are therefore welcomed.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Foundation degree or equivalent level 5 study
- Mathematics and English level 2/GCSE grade 4 or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Level 3 counseling course or equivalent, or counselling experience
- Mentoring or line managers course or experience
PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of safe guarding procedures
- Able to use Microsoft IT and email
- Competent in the use of IT and NHS systems and programmes and able to document in the electronic and written patient records
PERSONAL SKILLS / ABILITIES AND ATTRIBUTES
Essential criteria
- Able to manage own workload and time
- Ability to work under pressure
- Team member
- Prioritise and effectively time manage clinical and other responsibilities
- Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required
- Excellent attendance record
KNOWLEDGE & NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Specialist knowledge and experience working with families with complex needs
- Experience working with families in need
- Knowledge of Social Services and benefits systems to enable assisting families through benefits applications
ANALYTICAL AND JUDGEMENT SKILLS
Essential criteria
- Able to make judgements and decisions in a range of situations. Able to make some analysis of complex or highly complex facts or situations.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of equality and inclusion in the delivery of this role
- Demonstrate alignment with the values and beliefs of the Trust
- Physical: Hand eye co-ordination required; Must be physically mobile, good health and attendance; Able to drive and must be a car owner for attendance of community work; Able to attend families in their own home situation, clinics and hospital situations
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emily Handley
- Job title
- Lead Midwife for CoC and FSW
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07970445181
- Additional information
Mon-Thu 9am-5pm
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