Family support worker blog

Georgia shares what a typical week is like working as a Family Support Worker at Rainbow Trust. Monday I was in Bournemouth today visiting Tony and his family. Tony is 14 years old and has Sanfili...

Very shortly after Zak joined Rainbow Trust in 2011, he started supporting Ruby’s family when she was four years old. Ruby’s mum, Lauren, had learnt during her pregnancy that she suffered from the hea...

Shelly shares what a typical week is like working as a Family Support Worker at Rainbow Trust. Monday Today was an office day. I had a team meeting with colleagues, did some much needed admin, con...

If I mention the role ‘Family Support Worker’ what would you imagine this role to entail? Would it be outings with children, delivering arts and crafts or activities, and holding group events? Liste...

Rainbow Trust’s Family Support Workers take on a number of roles within their day-to-day work: Transport provider. Tea maker. Hug giver. Day out facilitator. Tear wiper. Food shopper. Face painter. ...

Amelia is a Family Support Worker in our Swindon team. She supports up to 25 families at any one time, helping them cope through caring for their child who has a life threatening or terminal illness. ...