Family Practitioner

Cityfamily; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Supportive team environment

Job summary

A community support organization in the UK is seeking a Family Practitioner to empower parents and improve family outcomes. This role involves delivering tailored support programs for families, especially those dealing with anxiety or emotional challenges. The successful candidate will have experience working with families and excellent communication skills. This fixed-term role offers flexible hours, annual leave, and a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience supporting families with children aged 10 and above.
• Experience in facilitating group-based parenting programmes.
• Sound understanding of child emotional and development needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead group programmes for parenting education.
• Provide one-on-one support to parents.
• Maintain accurate records and produce reports as required.

Skills

Understanding safeguarding procedures

Experience with disadvantaged families

Facilitating parenting programmes

Good communication skills

Education

Degree in relevant field

Level 1 Safeguarding

Domestic abuse awareness certificate

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Are you passionate about empowering parents and improving outcomes for families?

Join us as Family Practitioner and help deliver tailored parenting support, 1:1 and group-based programmes to families with children aged 10 and above — especially those affected by anxiety, emotional distress, or school-related challenges.

• Hours: To be agreed, 16-18 hours per week, with one later start/finish per week
• Contract: Fixed term until November 2026

Key Responsibilities

• Be the lead facilitator on group-based programmes, parenting education, emotional support, and child development
• Provide cover for the triage service (occasionally)
• Provide 121 support to parents/carers
• Working with partners to tackle barriers faced by families and barriers in accessing appropriate services
• To lead planning of sessions for groups and education classes
• To be familiar with the security procedures of venues (e.g. evacuation procedures and risk assessment) and maintain a high level of safety during the sessional delivery.
• To keep updated on local service provision to best support families
• To identify parents and or children who may benefit from additional support and signpost as appropriate.
• Keep and maintain high quality, accurate records and produce reports and impact statements as required
• To be fully compliant with the GDPR.
• To comply with all organisational policies
• To attend supervision, team meetings and training sessions

What You'll Need

Experience

• Sound understanding of safeguarding procedures.
• Proven experience in working with families, especially those facing disadvantage or vulnerability.
• Experience providing 121 support to families with children age 10 and/or above or delivering evidence-based parenting programmes to families with children age 10 or above
• Good understanding of the social, emotional and development needs of children
• Experience of recording, monitoring data and retrieving information
• Significant experience in facilitating and/or delivering group-based parenting programmes

Knowledge and Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in a relevant field, or evidence of recent and continuing professional development in relation to child development and/or family support practice.
• Level 1 Safeguarding.
• Evident awareness of Early Help, Team Around the Child process and Children Social Care processes.
• Recent completion of a parenting course programme (for facilitating to parent/carers)
• Domestic abuse awareness certificate.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to work with parents and to encourage their involvement.
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
• Good IT skills including use of Microsoft Word, Office, internet and email
• Commitment to continuing professional development
• Ability to communicate with people from diverse backgrounds, and strong communication skills to remove any barriers to access.

Working Pattern

To be agreed, but must include one late finish (7pm), occasional Saturdays

Additional

• Full, clean driver's license and access to a vehicle is essential
• This role includes one late start/finish per week and occasional Saturday work
• 26 days annual leave (pro-rata)
• 1 day for birthday leave (FTE)
• 1 additional day in December (FTE) (for business close down)
• Pension scheme (3% employer contribution, 5% employee contribution)
• Supportive team environment

City Family CIC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. It is a requirement of all staff that they share this commitment and follow the prescribed policy and procedure to continuously promote a culture of safeguarding across the whole organisation.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and does require a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Applicants must be prepared to disclose any convictions they may have and any orders which have been made against them.

City Family CIC's vision is to bridge and tackle the disparities that impact happy healthy childhoods. Our mission is to break down barriers to opportunity and empower families to raise happy, healthy children.

The role closes at 5pm on Monday 20th October.