Family Intervention Practitioner

Family Intervention Practitioners – Multiple Roles

Start salary: £34,434 (pro rata for part‑time colleagues). This role sits within a well defined pay band, offering clear progression as you grow your career  new starters begin at the entry point of the band to ensure fairness and consistency.

Location: Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole (BCP), Dorset

Salary: Competitive + Local Government Pension

Contract: Full‑time & Part‑time, Permanent

As an intervention worker you will use your skills and expertise to work directly with children (pre‑birth to 17) and their families, delivering targeted, strengths‑based interventions that support sustainable change. You will provide focused pieces of intervention as part of a wider multi‑agency plan, working alongside the allocated Family Help Practitioner (Lead Professional) who retains overall case responsibility.

Your work will take place in a range of settings including family homes, schools, and community environments, providing practical, hands‑on support to address specific needs.

Children, young people and families facing a range of challenges:

• Children on the edge of care
• Exploitation
• Domestic abuse
• Drug and alcohol misuse
• Mental health

• Delivering time‑limited, high‑quality, evidence‑based interventions tailored to identified family needs.
• Undertaking direct 1:1 and family‑based work with children, young people and parents in their homes or in the community.
• Delivering intensive pieces of work and providing analysis on capacity to change as a result of the intervention, which could include completion of specific written tasks used within a formal assessment.
• Using tools and approaches to track progress and impact of interventions.
• Building strong, trusting relationships with families and partner agencies.
• Championing child‑centred and anti‑discriminatory practice.
• Engaging in reflective supervision and continuous professional development.

• Child Exploitation (CSE/CCE)
• Parenting interventions and assessments
• Substance and alcohol misuse services
• Domestic abuse services
• Mental health and emotional wellbeing
• Youth justice and offender‑focused work (including AIMS3)

• NVQ Level 4 qualification (or equivalent relevant experience)
• Experience of direct work with children, young people and families
• Knowledge and experience of delivering specific interventions including Domestic Abuse, Exploitation, Parenting Support
• Ability to engage with children and young people of all ages, keeping them at the centre of all interventions and planning
• Knowledge of safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance
• Strong relationship‑building and communication skills
• Ability to deliver structured, outcome‑focused interventions
• A proactive, solution‑focused approach
• Commitment to achieving positive outcomes for children and families
• Competence with IT systems such as Microsoft programmes, MS Teams, etc.

• Full induction and ongoing support
• Excellent learning and development opportunities
• Regular reflective supervision
• Clear career progression pathways
• Flexible working arrangements
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Staff network groups
• A supportive and collaborative team culture

• Enhanced DBS check
• Ability to travel across the BCP area (role involves community‑based work)

BCP Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the community and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. Applicants to this post will be required to complete the appropriate level of Disclosure & Barring Service Check.