Youth and Family Practitioner

Help shape the future of Family Help in Greenwich.

We’re transforming how we work with children, young people and families through Families First for Children, creating integrated services that provide the right help at the right time and keep children’s needs, strengths and relationships at the centre of everything we do.

As part of this exciting development, we are recruiting a number of Youth & Family Practitioners to join our newly designed Family Help, Adolescent Services and Wellbeing in Schools Hubs.

These are key frontline roles, working directly with children, young people and families to build resilience, strengthen relationships and achieve lasting change

As a Youth & Family Practitioner, you will work alongside children, young people and families, providing practical help, targeted interventions and intensivesupport where needed.

You will use evidence‑based approaches, systemic practice, professional curiosity and trauma‑informed principles to help families recognise their strengths, overcome challenges and achieve sustainable improvements in their lives.

No two days will be the same. You could be supporting a young person at risk of exclusion, helping a family navigate a period of crisis, delivering interventions in a school or community setting, facilitating family‑led plans, or working with parents to strengthen relationships and improve outcomes for their children.

This role sits at the heart of our Families First approach, bringing together relationship‑based practice, family‑led solutions and community resources to help children and families thrive.

• Build strong, trusting relationships with children, young people and families.
• Deliver direct work and evidence‑based interventions that promote safety, wellbeing and positive outcomes.
• Supportfamilies to identify strengths, develop solutions and achieveagreedgoals.
• Work with parents, carers and wider family networks to strengthen family relationships and reduce risks.
• Act as aLead Practitioner for targetedsupportcases undertaking assessments and developing help plans.
• Deliver both one‑to‑one and group‑based interventions with children, young people and parents.
• Support children and young people who are disengaged from education, training or employment.
• Work with young people involved in, or vulnerable to, risky behaviours, anti‑social behaviour or youth violence.
• Promote family‑led planning and support children to remain safely within their family networks wherever possible.
• Work flexibly in homes, schools, community settings and neighbourhood locations.
• Maintain high‑quality records and contribute to effective multi‑agency planning and decision‑making.
• Respondto emerging needs through targeted group work and prevention programmes.

We are looking for enthusiastic, skilled and resilient practitioners who:

• Have experience working directly with children, young people and families.
• Understand the challenges faced by families experiencing complex needs and adversity.
• Arecommittedto relationship‑based, strengths‑focused and trauma‑informed practice.
• Have experience delivering targeted interventions,supportprogrammes or youth and family work.
• Can engage children, young people and parents who may be reluctant to work with services.
• Are skilled at building partnerships and working collaboratively with professionals across agencies.
• Can maintain accurate records and manage a varied caseload.
• Are passionate about improving outcomes and helping families create lasting change.
• Arecommittedto anti‑racist, anti‑oppressive andinclusivepractice.

• Family Support
• Early Help
• Youth Work
• Children's Social Care
• Education Welfare
• Youth Justice
• Community and Voluntary Sector Services
• Family Intervention Service
• Safeguarding and Adolescent Services

This is a unique opportunity to be part of one of the most significant changes to children’s services in recent years.

At Greenwich, we are investing in a Families First approach that prioritises relationships, early intervention and meaningfulsupport for children and families.

You’ll be joining acommitted, innovative and supportive workforce that believes lasting change happens through strong relationships and community‑based solutions.

Together, we'll help children grow up safe,supported and able to achieve their potential.

For an informal discussion about these opportunities, please contact Karen Scholtz Karen.

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Royal Greenwich iscommittedto safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all employees tosharethiscommitment. An enhanced DBS check will be required for successful applicants.