Family Practitioner – North/East London Local Authority
£18 per hour | No sponsorship available | Must have right to work in the UK
Driving Licence preferred
Looking for a Family Practitioner role where your relationship-building skills make a real difference?
We're recruiting for a London local authority's Family Support Service, moving into the new Family Help model — working alongside social workers to deliver whole-family, strengths-based support to children and families across the borough.
What you'll need:
- NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in child and family work, or substantial direct experience
- Good understanding of child development, risk and safeguarding
- Confident report writing and case recording
- Enhanced DBS (ideally on the Update Service)
- Flexible for some early mornings, evenings and occasional weekends
What you'll be doing:
- Practical, evidence-based support in family homes and the community
- Task-centred, behavioural and systemic work to build parenting capacity
- Building trusted relationships with children, young people and families
- Contributing to assessments, plans and multi-agency meetings (incl. Child Protection Conferences)
Interested? Get in touch for a confidential chat:
[email protected]
07487 649219
Pay: £18.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Cycle to work scheme
- On-site parking
- Work from home
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Hackney, Greater London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Application question(s):
- How many years of direct, hands-on experience do you have working with children and families in a statutory or family support setting (e.g. local authority, YOS, residential care)?
Education:
- Diploma of Higher Education (preferred)
Experience:
- Family Support: 2 years (required)
Language:
Licence/Certification:
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Location:
- Hackney, Greater London (required)
Willingness to travel:
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Hackney
