Family Practitioner

NHS; Dudley; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits as a Family Practitioner in the Family Safeguarding Team at Dudley. You will provide mental health support to families, using a whole-family approach to promote positive change. This role requires a professional qualification and offers a fixed-term contract until February 2026.

Qualifications

• Professional registration is essential for this role.
• Experience in children's safeguarding context is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support families through a whole family approach focusing on safeguarding needs.
• Facilitate individual and group work to change abusive behaviors and improve mental health.

Skills

Knowledge of governmental directives

Experience managing diverse client groups

Motivational Interviewing

Education

Professional qualification in Nursing, Social Work, OT, or Allied Health Professional

Job description

Job summary

Band 6 - Family Practitioner (Mental Health)

Fixed Term/Tempary Contract (until end February 2026)

37.5hrs Full Time

Family Safeguarding Team - Dudley Locality

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHFT)

A very exciting opportunity has developed within Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust!!

We are recruiting into a new Family Safeguarding Team within BCHFT.

Professional qualification and active registration is essential for this role (Nurse, Social Worker, OT, and Allied Health Professional).

The post holder will be employed by BCHFT for the duration of the contract (noted above) and will be based within the Dudley Local Authority Safeguarding Team.

Main duties of the job

Family Safeguarding is a "Whole Family Approach" to working with children and families that supports parents to create sustained change for themselves and for their family.

The purpose of the service is to provide psychological and mental health support to the adults within a family concerning their safeguarding needs.

The post holder will be part of a team who work with the parents of families under the Family Safeguarding Model.

This fresh approach allows practitioners to focus on the 'whole family'andmakes it easier for parents to access support that they need, to help them deal with the complex issues of domestic abuse, mental health and drug/alcohol abuse that harm their lives and those of their children.

The post holder will be part of a multi-disciplinary team and will work directly with the parent providing help and support to create lasting change. In your role you will demonstrate your ability to support and provide a level of containment to some of the most complex of clients and may assist in opening pathways to secondary care where required.

About us

The Family Safeguarding model is built on core foundations of social work practice with shared values across the partnership workforce including:

o Supporting the development of stable relationships

o Having a shared model across agencies

o A focus on strengths and balance with need

o Promoting purposeful interactions

Details Date posted

18 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year PER ANNUM

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

10 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

285-0481A-CYPF

Job locations

Dudley CAMHS

Dudley

DY1 2LZ

Job description Job responsibilities

The model requires the use of Motivational Interviewing to harness motivation to change and make it easier to access help. By using motivational practice to enable many more parents to accept help, Family Safeguarding provides specially designed individual and group work programs to change abusive behaviours, improve parental mental health and reduce harmful substance misuse.There will be an expectation that group work is facilitated and undertaken with those parents who are assessed as appropriate participants.

For an informal discussion, please contact Scott Hathersmith - Service Manager on 07976 849482 or 01922 922538

Job description Job responsibilities

The model requires the use of Motivational Interviewing to harness motivation to change and make it easier to access help. By using motivational practice to enable many more parents to accept help, Family Safeguarding provides specially designed individual and group work programs to change abusive behaviours, improve parental mental health and reduce harmful substance misuse.There will be an expectation that group work is facilitated and undertaken with those parents who are assessed as appropriate participants.

For an informal discussion, please contact Scott Hathersmith - Service Manager on 07976 849482 or 01922 922538

Person Specification Experience Essential

• Knowledge and skills of working within a diverse client group
• Experience of managing and organising own workload
• Knowledge of governmental directives and current policies in relation to families and safeguarding
• Professional Registration

Desirable

• An understanding of the context of children's safeguarding
• Knowledge of safeguarding issues for children and adults

Person Specification Experience Essential

• Knowledge and skills of working within a diverse client group
• Experience of managing and organising own workload
• Knowledge of governmental directives and current policies in relation to families and safeguarding
• Professional Registration

Desirable

• An understanding of the context of children's safeguarding
• Knowledge of safeguarding issues for children and adults

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Dudley CAMHS

Dudley

DY1 2LZ

Employer's website

https://www.blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Dudley CAMHS

Dudley

DY1 2LZ

Employer's website

https://www.blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)