Family Support Practitioner

Salary
: £26,800 per annum

Location:Plymouth, Devon

Contract/Hours
:
Fixed Term until 31 March 2028 – Full-time 37 hours per week

Benefits:

• Over 7 weeks inclusive paid leave and the option to buy or sell leave. consideration of continued service leave balance
• 1 wellbeing day per year
• Excellent support and leadership opportunities
• 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

Interviews to be held on 9th November 2026

At Action for Children, we offer more than just a job. Join us andyou’llbe part of a team dedicated to giving children safe and happy childhoods.

See howyour skills can make a real difference, helping solve the problems children and young people face every day.

Our Family Support Practitioner role is integral to the Family Hub network.

As aFamily Support Practitioner, you will work with Children and their families to help overcome challenges, improve wellbeing and build stronger, safer home environments. You will deliver parenting programmes, behaviour strategies, emotional wellbeing and help with practical skills within the home. You will work across Green Ark Family Hub & Manor Street Family Hub, as well as the wider city area as needed.

We see the role incorporating some planned evening and/or weekend working.

Green Ark & Manor Street Family Hubs are open to the whole community, offering a welcoming and supportive environment for families.

We work in partnership with a range of local services, including health visitors, midwives, nurseries, and schools, to ensure families receive the best possible support.

Our Family Hubs play a vital role in helping children and families access early support, giving every child the best start in life.

• Child and family health services
• Parenting programmes and antenatal support
• Free early years education opportunities
• Stay and Play sessions
• Step by Step sessions (for child development support)

• Practical workshops
• Access to volunteering opportunities to support pathways into employment

As a Family Support Practitioner, you will co-ordinate and direct the support to children, young people and families and will make a difference by:

• Providing a high-quality service to children, and their families by understanding their needs and delivering appropriate interventions.
• Delivering to groups as well as working with families on a one-to-one basis.
• Achieving the highest standards of safeguarding, whether through supporting the children and their families who meet our service, or by appropriately reporting concerns about any child.
• Working in partnership with other agencies to keep children at the centre of our work.
• Working collaboratively with colleagues and families to achieve positive outcomes.
• Listening to children, and families.

Ourjob description for the Family Support Practitioneroutlines  therequirementsof the role but the ‘must-haves' are:

• Level 3 or above qualification in social care, health education,or early years.
• Experience of supporting children and families in an engaging manner and to maintain independent professional relationships, boundaries.
• Confident in communicating and working within a multi-agency social care, early years or health environment and applying safeguarding procedures
• Experience of managing cases, in accordance with agreed procedures and completing assessments, planning and reviews to ensure positive outcomes, whilst keeping accurate and concise records.
• Ability to undertake home /site visits, ensuring compliance with lone working policies and…