Family Practitioner

Warwickshire County Council; Radford Semele; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Agile working

Generous annual leave

Employer pension scheme

Job summary

Warwickshire County Council is seeking experienced, compassionate practitioners to work directly with children, young people and families to understand needs and deliver evidence-based interventions. You will engage across Warwickshire, coordinating with multi-agency partners to keep children included in education and supported at home.

The role emphasises building strong relationships, flexibility across local areas and a commitment to safeguarding in public services.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering evidence-based interventions with children and families.
• Understanding of SEND, neurodiversity and mental health needs.
• Ability to build relationships with families and multiple agencies.
• Wamiliarity with Warwickshire local context and services.

Responsibilities

• Undertake direct work with children, young people and families.
• Deliver practical interventions to enable and sustain change.
• Take Lead Practitioner role when appropriate within a coordinated plan.
• Work with multi-agency partners to support inclusion in education.

Skills

Direct work with families

Multi-agency collaboration

Engagement with children/young people

Flexible across Warwickshire

Education

Level 3 child and family qualification

Level 4 or equivalent qualification

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join the service from the beginning and influence how the new team develops. You will undertake direct work with children, young people and families to understand their strengths, needs and barriers, delivering practical, evidence-based individual and group interventions that enable and sustain change. This may include support around emotionally based school avoidance, persistent or severe absence, school refusal, exclusion risk, SEND-related family stress, SEN Support, the graduated response and neurodiversity pathways. You will work with families and multi-agency partners through one coordinated plan, taking the Lead Practitioner role where appropriate, and helping children remain included, engaged and supported in education.

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

We are looking for experienced, confident and compassionate practitioners who:

• Have experience of effective direct work with children, young people and families.
• Hold a relevant child and family qualification at Level 3, or a relevant Level 4 or equivalent qualification.
• Have a strong understanding of family dynamics and child development, and of the complex SEND, neurodiversity, mental health and education needs children and families may experience, with the ability to deliver evidence-based interventions that enable and sustain change at the earliest opportunity.
• Can build strong relationships and work confidently with families and multi-agency partners.
• Are organised, reflective, solution-focused and able to work flexibly across Warwickshire.

Now is an exciting time to be part of our team as Warwickshire begins to embed our Families First teams who support the young people in our County. Our approach is about locality working, multi disciplinary and multi agency teams that support the whole family. Building strong partnerships with local services, Health, Police and Education. Working for Warwickshire - This is the difference you make.

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them! At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire's economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage - Warwickshire Pension Fund

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.