Family Practitioner Required: London

WhereToTalk; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave increases with service

Comprehensive learning and development

5% contributory pension scheme

Life assurance of four times your annn

Employee assistance programme

Mobile Phone Discounts (EE network)

Wellbeing days

Christmas holidays closure period

Job summary

Place2Be is seeking a Family Practitioner for London South & Bexley. This permanent, peripatetic role supports children and families across several primary schools, delivering parenting interventions and linking with school staff.

You will travel between sites, with some remote delivery (about one day per week), and work with clinicians to help families access mental health support. A level 4 diploma in Health and Social Care, Early Years or Counselling and Psychotherapy is required.

Qualifications

• Requires a level 4 diploma in Health and Social Care, Early Years or Counselling and Psychotherapy.
• Experience in family support services or early years settings delivering parenting interventions.
• Willingness to travel across multiple boroughs and work with school-based staff.

Responsibilities

• Deliver parenting interventions with parent and child together.
• Travel between schools to deliver face-to-face sessions.
• Collaborate with school staff and clinicians to support families.

Education

Level 4 diploma in Health and Social Care, Early Years or Counselling and Psychotherapy

Job description

Family Practitioner Required: London South & Bexley

Place2Be

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: 13 Sep 2026

We know early intervention and working with parents significantly increases successful outcomes for Children. We know that positive parenting has a major impact on a child's life chances. That's why our Family Practitioner role is fundamental to our whole school approach. Working with Children and their families you'll help the adults better understand and support their child's mental health needs. You'll be fundamental in establishing relationships with parents demystifying and reducing stigma around mental health so all children will have opportunities to access the support they need. You'll help parents develop the skills they need to parent effectively and confidently.

This is a peripatetic role across a group of primary schools, where you'll spend most of your time delivering parenting interventions that involve both the parent and child together. Sessions take place in a designated room within each school, offering a consistent and contained space for your work.

You'll collaborate closely with the Place2Be school-based staff member in each setting, with additional contact from the school link as needed. Much of your week involves travelling between schools to deliver face-to-face interventions, with some sessions held online for carers when appropriate. There will also be delivering of parenting workshops by agreement with schools.

The rhythm of the role is varied and rooted in building strong, supportive relationships across your allocated schools.

The schools being covered by the role are based across several boroughs including 1 in Ilford, 1 in Bexley, 5 in Croydon, 2 in Greenwich, 1 in Blackheath, 1 in Bermondsey and 1in Nine Elms.

You will not be required to attend all of them on a weekly basis, but instead will manage your diary across the school year so ensure each school has some input. There is flexibility for some remote delivery amounting to 1 day a week.

You'll have a level 4 diploma in Health and Social Care, Early Years or Counselling and Psychotherapy and will have worked in family support services or early years children's centres, supporting children and families and delivering parenting interventions or programmes. You'll have access to an enormous range of training and development and a pathway to develop and grow your career. Working closely with the clinicians in school and across your region you will be part of a wider community sharing best practice, developing new concepts and shaping our services for the future.

Together we can change children's lives. At Place2Be, we believe every child should have easy access to mental health support whenever they need it. We create a safe place in schools where children and young people can open up without pressure or stigma. Allowing our highly skilled and diverse counsellors to reach children, young people and their families who need us.

As part of a huge community across the United Kingdom you'll have opportunities to bring your fresh thinking and ideas to the table to help us shape our programmes for today and tomorrow. You'll have access to an enormous range of training and development and a pathway to develop and grow your career.

For a career with purpose, this is your place.

To achieve this, we ask that you bring your best self to your role and our commitment to you, is to welcome you into our community, and help you progress. Because we know that you being at your best, means the best outcomes for the children we support. Here's just a few things we have on offer:

• Annual Leave that increases with service
• Comprehensive learning and development to enable you to progress your career
• 5% contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance of four times your annual salary
• A comprehensive employee assistance programme
• Mobile Phone Discounts (EE network)
• Wellbeing days to allow you some 'you' time
• Christmas holidays closure period in addition to your annual leave

We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic candidates and disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented within our organization.

We are proud to be a disability confident employer and will ask you during your application If you wish to be considered for a guaranteed interview under the disability confident scheme. Under the scheme we commit to offering an interview to disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria as outlined in the job role.