Family Support Practitioner

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Permanent / Full Time – 37 hours per week (including evenings and weekends)

Closing date for applications is midnight of Sunday 4th January and interviews are provisionally scheduled to take place on 14th and 15th January

• 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover
• Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts.

We are one of the largest children’s charities in the UK and have been making a difference to the lives of the UK’s vulnerable children for over 150 years.

Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership has an exciting new initiative in the Northeast of the city, aimed at delivering flexible, strengths-based support to families in need. This innovative service is part of a broader city-wide strategy focused on improving outcomes for children and young people aged 0–12 years. By offering timely, tailored support, the service is designed to help families overcome challenges and create stable, nurturing environments where children can thrive.

The core mission of this service is to promote the wellbeing of children and young people by enabling them to remain safely at home with their families. Whether living with parents, siblings, or, when in the child’s best interest, with extended family members, the goal is to ensure children grow up surrounded by familiar faces, within their own communities, attending local schools and maintaining friendships that are vital to their development.

Some key responsibilities of a Family Support Practitioner role are:

• Effective assessments will be undertaken to identify the needs, strengths and challenges that each family faces, the intensive interventions will involve advice, guidance, parenting support, 1:1 work with children and liaising with partner agencies.
• You’ll carry out assessments, intensive planned support and reviews and support families to overcome barriers. Working as part of a fantastic and passionate team, you’ll attend meetings and work alongside partner agencies, advocating on behalf of children and families.
• You’ll be part of a dynamic multi-disciplinary team, working collaboratively with families to support and enable positive change and to improve outcomes.

• SVQ 3 in social care or equivalent.
• Post qualification experience of working with children, young people and families and achieving positive outcomes through direct contribution with support activities and intervention.
• Experience of working with vulnerable families and a broad understanding of their barriers.
• Knowledge and experience of implementing methods of assessment and interventions.
• Able to work flexibly (evenings and weekends)
• Must be competent in report writing and using computer software packages such as Microsoft excel, Microsoft word, teams, and outlook.
• Driving licence and access to a car. The job requires the ability to travel according to the needs of the job, with reasonable adjustments, if required, according to the Equality Act.

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

At Action for Children, we’re dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.

We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.

Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.