# Teenage Pregnancy Senior Community Family Support Worker > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/teenage-pregnancy-senior-community-family-support-worker/b2365a1f-06b7-4d0f-814d-c38be1070b01 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/teenage-pregnancy-senior-community-family-support-worker/b2365a1f-06b7-4d0f-814d-c38be1070b01.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Birmingham - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-04T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-22T15:51:35.833Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Edgbaston/Birmingham_Womens_Childrens_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Maternity/Maternity-v8137120 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8137120?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bwc.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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 ### 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** - Foundation degree or equivalent level 5 study - Mathematics and English level 2/GCSE grade 4 or equivalent **Desirable** - Level 3 counseling course or equivalent, or counselling experience - Mentoring or line managers course or experience ### OTHER REQUIREMENTS **Essential** - 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 ### ANALYTICAL AND JUDGEMENT SKILLS **Essential** - Able to make judgements and decisions in a range of situations. Able to make some analysis of complex or highly complex facts or situations. ### KNOWLEDGE & NATURE OF EXPERIENCE **Essential** - 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 ### PERSONAL SKILLS / ABILITIES AND ATTRIBUTES **Essential** - 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 ### PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE **Essential** - 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 ## Documents - [generic jd/ps for fsw (pdf, 808.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10435304) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.