Home-Start Clackmannanshire is a long standing, dynamic charity, striving to ensure every young child (under 12) has
the best possible start in life locally. Raising a family has never been easy; our trained volunteers and staff
are there to support families through challenging times. In Scotland, Home-Starts have over 1,500 volunteers
supporting over 3,500 families and 6,500 children each year through compassionate, confidential help to
parents/carers when they need us most. The parents/carers we support are often overwhelmed and isolated. They
may be struggling with mental health, illness, disability, multiple births, poverty, domestic abuse, separation
and/or trauma. We provide a bespoke support package of 1:1 and group services for families, helping them to cope
with the stresses and strains of daily life and encourage them to build the skills, confidence, and strength
they need to nurture their children for years to come.
We are looking to welcome a new Family Support Group Worker to our team due to an exciting new partnership with
Action for Children, to build a pre-5’s service locally for families. This is a fixed term contract, with
potential for extension, funding dependent.
Purpose of the job
Home-Start Clackmannanshire and Action for Children are working in partnership, with the support of our local Child
Wellbeing Partnership, to develop a communities based, group support system, providing a nurturing and
educational environment for children and their parents/carers. This new service aims to enhance positive
well-being, parent-child attachment, and support early childhood development, providing the foundations for
children to flourish.
We are looking for an enthusiastic practitioner who is knowledgeable in child development and has experience working
with children and their families in both group settings and on a one-to-one basis.
This role will work closely with our current Family Support Group Workers, supporting our aspiration to work in
partnership locally to offer supportive and enriching environments for young families.
As a Family Support Group Worker, you will work closely with our team, and our partners Action for Children, to
support the development of children and parents by creating fun and interesting environments/activities to
enhance skills, promote emotional resilience, encourage positive behaviours and routines.