Family Time Co-ordinator

Would you like to work for an 'Outstanding' local authority - one with an established management team, committed to developing excellent practice and ensuring that our staff receive the best support we can offer?

Here at Telford and Wrekin Council, we have been judged to be outstanding overall in terms of effectiveness (the only Authority in the West Midlands with this judgement). Here's just some of the great things Ofsted had to say when they visited us in 2020:

• Children are cared for and cared about


• Social Workers and other staff who support children are very committed and they are exceptionally well trained


• Children are listened to and their experiences are well understood


• Senior Leaders aspire to a service for every child that they would welcome for their own


• Children benefit from a stable workforce which is highly committed and experienced


• Staff experience a wide range of development opportunities


If you share our passion for making a difference, we would be delighted if you joined us.

The Family Time co-ordinator will be responsible for arranging and co-ordinating family time for children who require supervised and supported time with their parents and family members.

The Family Time Co-ordinator will support family time workers to arrange schedules and assist children, carers and family members. The Family Time Co-ordinator will provide a professional and quality family time service to Children and Families within Telford and Wrekin.

We've implemented a new system from Monday 4th March which will improve your candidate experience!, Telford & Wrekin Council is an award winning council, and we were recognised as Local Authority of the Year 2022 at the Municipal Journal Awards, and the Association for Public Service Excellence Council of the Year in 2021.

At Team Telford we work hard to protect, care and invest to create a better borough and our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Having the right people, with the right skills, in the right roles allows us to deliver the excellent services that residents and businesses on the borough expect from us.

Our friendly and passionate teams are trusted by leaders and managers to deliver this ambition. We invest and nurture our workforce and support our employees to develop and thrive. The better we are the bigger difference we make to the people we serve.

We value our employees and offer staff rewards and plenty of opportunities for personal development and career progression including:

• Competitive rates of pay


• Automatic access to a secure, flexible and tax efficient Local Government Pension Scheme


• Staff benefits and discounts including salary sacrifice schemes


• Free on-site parking


• Generous leave entitlement (24 days rising to 32 days) plus 8 bank holidays and an additional concessionary day


• Free access to our employee assistance programme and confidential counselling


• Flexible and mobile working policy - we are well adapted to a hybrid model of working which includes a combination of time spent in the office and at home - our approach is to promote greater level of flexible working around personal and family commitments, In return we also offer a great range of benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working hours and work arrangements, employee discounts, salary sacrifice schemes, a local government pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.


At Telford & Wrekin Council, we know that having a diverse workforce is key to providing the best possible services to our community. We celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where people are able to be themselves at work, and everyone has a voice and we know we are stronger and better connected as a result.

We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and where our data shows that specific groups are under-represented within our workforce, our adverts will actively encourage applications from these groups.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities or other health conditions. You can find out more about this and our 'guaranteed interview scheme' here

You can also read more about our Recruitment and Selection Policy commitments and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders here