Family Solutions Practitioner — Evening & On-Call Support

Telford and Wrekin Council; Shrewsbury; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-call allowance (£25 per day)

Flexible and hybrid working

Learning and development opportunities

Free parking

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Telford & Wrekin Council is recruiting two dedicated Family Solutions Practitioners to join our Family Solutions Service. You will work directly with children, young people and families, delivering intensive, timely interventions in home and community settings to keep children safely within their networks.

We offer on-call weekend payments of £25 per day, flexible and hybrid working, generous learning and development opportunities, and a supportive team working to improve outcomes for vulnerable

Qualifications

• Experience working with children, young people and families.
• Ability to build trusting relationships and communicate effectively.
• Experience safeguarding vulnerable children.
• Ability to manage complex cases and competing demands.
• Creative, persistent problem-solving in challenging settings.
• Ability to work independently within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Deliver intensive and outcome-focused support to children, young people and families.
• Support children to remain safely within their family and community networks.
• Work with families experiencing care entry risk, placement disruption or family breakdown.
• Support reunification home from foster care and residential settings.
• Complete strengths-based assessments and develop evidence-based support plans.
• Deliver practical interventions to improve emotional wellbeing, education, health and family relationships.
• Work collaboratively with Children's Social Care, Early Help and partner agencies.
• Promote safeguarding and ensure children remain at the centre of all planning and intervention.
• Build on family strengths, community resources and support networks.
• Maintain high-quality case recording and outcome-focused practice.

Skills

Relationship-building

Communication

Safeguarding

Creativity

Time management

Independent worker

Teamwork

Job description

Telford & Wrekin Council is recruiting two dedicated Family Solutions Practitioners to join our Family Solutions Service. You will work directly with children, young people and families, delivering intensive, timely interventions in home and community settings to keep children safely within their networks.

We offer on-call weekend payments of £25 per day, flexible and hybrid working, generous learning and development opportunities, and a supportive team working to improve outcomes for vulnerable