Community Wellbeing Worker

Rutland County Council

Are you passionate about early intervention, community wellbeing and improving outcomes for children, young people and families?

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Community Wellbeing Worker to join our Health and Community Wellbeing Service on a fixed-term basis to cover maternity leave. Working with a dynamic team you will support a wide variety of interventions and activities. From parenting courses to early years sessions and sessions for young people.

Who you are…

To succeed in this role, you will need:

• Relevant experience of direct work with children, young people and families, including both 1:1 and group work
• Experience of creativity and innovation.
• Knowledge of safeguarding legislation, Early Help thresholds and multi-agency working
• Experience of working with a wide variety of agencies in an effective way to improve outcomes for children and families.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• A commitment to promoting equality, inclusion and positive outcomes for children and families

About the role…

As a Community Wellbeing Worker, you will play a role in delivering Family Hub and active services across universal provision. Your responsibilities will include:

• Linking individuals to professional and community-based support
• Planning, coordinating and delivering targeted and bespoke early intervention support for children, young people and families. This will be across a variety of venues in Rutland
• Identifying early and supporting, those children, young people and families with emerging needs
• Working closely with the Living Well Rutland teams, Libraries and Adult & Community Learning as well as partners including Social Care, Family Help, SEND, health and voluntary sector organisations
• Contributing to performance monitoring, evaluation and continuous service improvement

As a Community and Wellbeing Worker, you will be required to work flexibly, when the community needs support. A full UK driving license is required to enable the post holder to travel around the county. Evening and weekend work may also be required.

The successful applicant for the Community and Wellbeing Worker post will be subject to an enhanced check by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The costs for the DBS are paid by us.

The Community Wellbeing Worker interviews will be held on 08 June 2026. Please be advised this could be subject to change, in which case we will give appropriate notice.

Our offer to you:

Rutland Council is committed to Flexible Working and understands the benefits of supporting employees to manage their work and life balance, whilst meeting the needs of the service.

We are committed to supporting and empowering our staff to be the best workers that they can be and Rutland Council is the place you want to be. Our benefits go beyond the salary – being part of a great team, excellent Local Government Pension, generous annual leave, opportunities to learn and develop your career, and a demonstrable commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our staff.

Whilst the base for this post is Oakham, Rutland, the Local Authority offers a hybrid working practice. As well as working from home, we feel it is important that you have the opportunity to spend time in the workplace with your colleagues to help you learn, develop and engage.

Find out more:

To learn more about working with us visit or if you have any queries about this role please contact Steph Logue, Wellbeing and Prevention Team Leader on View email address on findajob.dwp.gov.uk View phone number on findajob.dwp.gov.uk or Donna Cartmell-Fry at View email address on findajob.dwp.gov.uk

If you are experiencing problems or have any queries about the application process, please call us on View phone number on findajob.dwp.gov.uk or email us at View email address on findajob.dwp.gov.uk

If you are experiencing problems or have any queries about the application process please call us on View phone number on findajob.dwp.gov.uk or email us at View email address on findajob.dwp.gov.uk

All recruitment correspondence, including interview details, will be sent out via email from the Jobs Go Public site. If you require documentation/correspondence in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment team.

Rutland County Council is committed to Equality and Diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Everyone at Rutland County Council has a responsibility for, and is committed to, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults and for ensuring that they are protected from harm.