Family Support Practitioner

Family Support Practitioner

Salary: £26,006.84 per annum

Location: Caerphilly

Contract/

Hours:

Fixed term contract until 31 March 2027 – 37 hours per week

• Over 7 weeks inclusive paid leave and the option to buy or sell leave
• Excellent training and the opportunity to undertake professional training for some roles
• Flexible maternity, paternity and adoption packages
• Up to 5% employer contribution and life assurance cover
• Blue Light Card eligibility with discounts at 15,000 national retailers

At Action for Children, we offer more than just a job. Join us and you’ll be part of a team dedicated to giving children safe and happy childhoods. See how your skills can make a real difference, helping solve the problems children and young people face every day.

Action for Children's Gwent Family Intervention Team is a targeted early intervention therapeutic service for children, young people and their families aged 3‑16 delivering across Gwent. Our work is underpinned by psychological therapies including attachment, systemic psychotherapy, and behavioural approaches.

Our aim is to reduce the development of more entrenched mental health issues by delivering high‑quality therapeutic family support which can involve one‑to‑one support with parent and child, as well as whole family sessions. The service offers needs‑led interventions that are focused on each family being regarded as unique using formulation and curiosity approaches to help build an understanding of the context that the family live in.

We aim to empower families to help support relationships, improve communication patterns, build on resilience, and explore healthy ways to communicate feelings and emotions.

• Working with a range of professionals to ensure the children and young people you support develop their full potential.
• Working with a Practice Team Leader, Clinical Psychologist to explore the needs of children and young people where emerging social, emotional, behavioural and emerging mental health issues have been identified.
• Delivering a time limited intervention up to 12 weeks in collaboration with the child or young person and their family.
• Liaising closely with your Practice Team Leader, colleagues and our partners to ensure compliance and excellence.

We're looking for a Family Support Practitioner who has:

• Strong work experience of working with children, young people and their families providing one‑to‑one and family work in the community.
• Ideally you'll have experience of delivering targeted early interventions for children and young people.
• A proven record of working collaboratively with schools, social services and health partners and responding to safeguarding concerns.
• Experience in managing and holding a caseload of 10 minimum including managing risk and safeguarding.
• Experience of attending and inputting to Team Around the Family (TAF) meetings to meet the needs of vulnerable children and families.
• Experience in delivering time‑limited interventions including one‑to‑one support and group work delivery and facilitation.
• An ability to work on your own initiative but as part of a wider team.

Every child should have a loving home, food, warmth, the chance to grow and learn – the support to cope with life’s challenges. But too many children don’t. By bringing your passion and unique skills and experience, you’ll help us change that where it really matters.

We've been driven by love to take action for children for over 150 years, giving them the protection and practical help they need. A lot’s changed since 1869. But what children really need, hasn’t. So as long as children need us, we’ll be here.

Please note, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

If you require any support with the application process, please contact Scott Jones at recruitmentserv quoting reference 13368.

At Action for Children, we’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and able to thrive. We know that racism and discrimination create barriers, and we’re taking active steps to challenge these inequalities in our organisation and in the communities we serve.

We strongly welcome applications from people who are Black, Asian, or from other racialised and ethnically marginalised communities, as well as disabled people, who are currently under‑represented in our workforce. We are committed to removing barriers in our recruitment processes and ensuring fair access to opportunities.

We also encourage applications from men, who are under‑represented in our Children’s Services roles. We recognise that people hold multiple identities, and we value the richness this brings to our team.

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