Family Intervention worker

Portsmouth City Council; Portsmouth; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Working from home

Job summary

Portsmouth City Council is seeking a Family Intervention Worker to join the Family Intervention Service. The role involves supervising family time sessions and delivering direct parenting support in the community, with two part-time configurations: 22.2 hours/week fixed-term and 18.5 hours/week permanent.

You will work with families to improve parent/child relationships, using a restorative approach and collaborating with professionals to plan interventions. DBS checks apply.

Qualifications

• Has a childcare, health and social care, education or equivalent qualification (e.g. NVQ3, NNEB).
• Has experience working with children and families in social care, health, education or related settings.
• Can build positive relationships while providing both support and challenge to families.
• Has strong communication, observation and report-writing skills.
• Can work independently and as part of a team in sometimes challenging situations.

Responsibilities

• Supervising 'family time' sessions in the centre between families and their children where the children are no longer living in their family home.
• Work with families independently using a restorative approach and as part of a team with other professionals to contribute to the planning and intervention of a programme of work.
• Carry out interventions with families to enhance parent/child relationships, prevent family breakdown and support changes.
• Work independently within families' homes completing direct work with parents and children on a one-to-one basis.
• Produce reports for child protection meetings, court hearings and other multi-agency meetings as required.

Skills

Communication skills

Report writing

Observation skills

Relationship building

Teamwork

Education

NVQ3 / equivalent

NNEB

Job description

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Salary: Band 6, £28,239 to £32,061 per annum, pro rata

Working Hours:

22.2

Location:

Somerstown family Hub

Closing Date:

13/10/2026

Job Category:

Social Care Children

Region / Division:

UK Region

Directorate:

Job Introduction

We are seeking a Family Intervention Worker to join our Family Intervention Service. This rewarding role combines supervising family time sessions for children who are no longer living at home with delivering direct parenting and family support interventions in the community.

Part time working 22.2 hours per week - Fixed term for up to 1 Year to cover maternity leave.

Part time working 18.5 hours per week - Permanent

About the Role

The role consists of two parts: one part of the role you will be supervising 'family time' sessions in the centre between families and their children where the children are no longer living in their family home.

Within these sessions you will work with families independently using a restorative approach and as part of a team with other professionals to contribute to the planning and intervention of a programme of work.

The interventions you will carry out with families within these family time sessions the aim is to enhance the parent/child relationship, prevent family breakdown and support the families to make changes.

The other part of the role will involve working independently within family's homes completing direct work with parents and children on a one-to-one basis.

For both parts of the role, you will represent children and families and produce reports for child protection meetings, court hearings and other multi-agency meetings as required.

The ideal candidate

We are looking for someone who:

• Has a childcare, health and social care, education or equivalent qualification (e.g. NVQ3, NNEB).
• Has experience working with children and families in social care, health, education or related settings.
• Can build positive relationships while providing both support and challenge to families.
• Has strong communication, observation and report-writing skills.
• Can work independently and as part of a team in sometimes challenging situations.

Working Arrangements: Some working from home offered in line with staff cover in the office and at the managers discretion.

About Portsmouth City Council

Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act.

We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours .

We anonymise applications during application & shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered.

We are a disability confident employer and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard. More information can be found at Equality, diversity and inclusion - Careers portal

We are committed to offering an interview to all those candidates that qualify under our corporate commitments and meet the minimum criteria, however, for roles that receive a large number of applications, we will select the candidates that best meet the minimum criteria.

You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

Safeguarding

Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Children Partnership safer recruitment procedures.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) at Standard/Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Please read the relevant DBS privacy notice before submitting any information.