Job Title: Family Practitioner
Location: Milton Keynes and nearby counties
Rate: £30 per hour (Umbrella)
Contract Type: Locum
Hours: 37 hours per week
Start Date: 1st September 2026
Working Pattern: Hybrid
Sanctuary Personnel is recruiting for an experienced Family Practitioner to join a children and families service in the area. This is a hybrid locum opportunity supporting children, young people and families through complex transitions and helping to achieve safe, stable and positive outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
- Support children and young people through significant transitions, including moving between residential care, foster placements and family homes.
- Provide practical and emotional support to children, young people, birth families and foster carers.
- Deliver interventions that promote stability, resilience, emotional wellbeing and positive family relationships.
- Provide parenting support to strengthen attachment and family relationships.
- Contribute to assessments, care planning, reviews and safeguarding processes.
- Work collaboratively with social workers, foster carers, residential staff, education providers and healthcare professionals.
- Ensure the voice of the child remains central to planning and decision-making.
- Identify and respond appropriately to safeguarding concerns and risks.
- Help prevent placement breakdowns and promote long-term placement stability.
- Monitor progress and adapt support plans to meet changing needs.
- Provide practical and emotional support during complex or challenging periods.
Requirements
- Experience working with children in care, fostering, family support or similar children's services.
- Good understanding of safeguarding, child development, attachment and trauma-informed practice.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to work effectively within multi-agency teams.
- Relevant qualification in Social Work, Psychology, Family Support or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
- Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
- Flexibility to work occasional evenings or out-of-hours where required.
Desirable
- Experience delivering therapeutic interventions or structured parenting programmes.
- Training in restorative practice, mediation or systemic approaches.
- Knowledge of Children in Care processes and care planning frameworks.
Why Work with Sanctuary Personnel?
Sanctuary Personnel is an award-winning recruitment agency with an Excellent Trustpilot rating from over 1,000 reviews. We specialise in connecting skilled professionals with rewarding opportunities across the UK, offering competitive locum rates, dedicated consultant support and access to a wide range of social care assignments.
INDCONTINGENCY
Pay: £30.00 per hour
Benefits:
Experience:
- children in care or family support work: 2 years (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle (required)
- qualification in social care, family support or related (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire, South East Region)
