Working in early help

What we do

Our Early Help services are about taking action as soon as possible to help families with children to tackle their problems. By intervening early, we can combat any issues that may grow worse with time and become unmanageable later.

Without early help, family problems can become more complex and serious. This can sometimes lead to child safety concerns and the need for statutory children’s social care intervention.


- Choose a career in Early Help

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Our 0–19 Early Help Service offers earlier, coordinated and more effective support to whole families when the risks to the children are increasing. This includes:

  • family keyworkers to work in partnership with families over a period of time to address challenges
  • Early Years and parenting support, and
  • youth workers.

To help assess when is the best time to offer support to a family, we use the Continuum of need.


Job vacancies



Your application

Writing job applications can be time consuming. This is why we have streamlined the process to help you as much as possible.

All you have to do is provide the basics and send us your CV today.

Once we have these, we move fast and if successful, you can expect to be interviewed almost straight away.

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Equality and diversity

We are truly committed to ensuring our workforce represents the rich diversity of our communities. We are taking real steps in this direction and have a fantastic equality strategy and action plan in place. These are helping us pave the way to becoming a more equal and diverse place to work.