Family Support Worker

Employer: Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity

Position: Family Support Worker – South West Team
Salary: £24,000 per year + Company Car
Job Type: Full-time (35 hours)
Work location: Bristol 

FULL JOB DESCRIPTION

As a Family Support Worker with Rainbow Trust’s South West Care Team, you’ll deliver needs-led emotional, social, and practical support to families where a child/young person has a life-threatening or terminal illness, working in partnership with health, education, and social care professionals while providing bereavement support, building trusted relationships, and writing case studies within this growing charity reaching more families in crisis. This Bristol-based role covering South West England requires child health/education/social care experience, child protection expertise, and full UK driving licence, offering company car, flexible hours, 25+ days annual leave, and comprehensive training including Mental Health First Aid and counselling skills.

Your Responsibilities include:

• Provide emotional/practical support to families with life-limited children.

• Collaborate with health/education/social care professionals.

• Deliver bereavement support understanding grief/loss processes.

• Write case studies supporting fundraising colleagues.

• Maintain child protection/data protection safeguarding standards.

Work Schedule

Full-time 35 hours per week.

Flexible working covering Bristol/surrounding South West areas.

Company car provided for community visits.

You Will Have 

• Warm, inclusive relationship-builder working at fast pace.

• Confident IT user (MS Office) with accurate record-keeping.

• Practical diversity awareness supporting varied family needs.

• Persuasive communicator creating compelling case studies.

Requirements

• Experienced child health/education/social care professional.

• Full UK driving licence (flexible working essential).

• Child protection/information sharing expertise.

• Enhanced DBS required.

Benefit

• £24,000 salary + company car for front-line care work.

• 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days + additional leave perks.

• 5% employer pension contribution + Employee Assistance Programme.

• Blue Light Card, bike to work, recommend-a-friend bonuses.

• Comprehensive training: Mental Health First Aid, Makaton, counselling.

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Application Process

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