Family Support Practitioner

London Borough Of Hounslow; Hounslow; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

The London Borough of Hounslow is seeking a Family Support Practitioner to work with children, young people and families to address complex needs and improve family functioning.

You will assess and deliver integrated, outcomes-led packages of intervention, coordinating with colleagues, partner agencies, and carers to reduce the need for statutory involvement and support the Families First Programme.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience of working with children, young people and their families.
• Relationship building and direct work skills.
• An enthusiasm and passion for the safeguarding of children and young people.
• Ability to deliver high quality assessments, care plans and reports and first-class communication and organisation skills.

Responsibilities

• Your primary focus will be supporting vulnerable children and young people in the London Borough of Hounslow.
• As a Family Support Practitioner, you'll assess and support our families in need.

Skills

Substantial experience working with

Relationship building

Direct work skills

Safeguarding of children

Education

DBS - Enhanced (3 years) with children barred list check

Job description

About us at Hounslow

We'd love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.

We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we've built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London's most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.

About our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in "Harness the Mix". It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.

We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.

As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There's space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.

Our Benefits

If you join us, you'll have access to a range of employee benefits. Read more about these here.

About The Role

To work with children and families to address multiple and complex needs, improving family functioning and resilience, reducing the need for statutory interventions.

To develop, deliver and evaluative creative, robust and outcomes led packages of intervention and support for children, young people and their families, based on whole family assessment.

To provide an integrated response to meeting the needs of parents, children and young people through collaborative working with colleagues, partner agencies, young people and their families/ carers.

To contribute to the success of Hounslow's Families First Programme by working competently with families who meet the national Troubled Families criteria.

About The Team You'll Be Working In

Our Family Help Team provides targeted and statutory support to families with children and young people aged 0-18 (up to 25 with additional needs).

We work with families facing a range of challenges, including parenting, wellbeing and school-related issues, using Child in Need (CIN) and Team Around the Family (TAF) plans.

The team brings together Social Workers and Family Support Practitioners to deliver coordinated support that helps improve outcomes and prevent problems from escalating.

About You

Key Responsibilities:

1. 1. Your primary focus will be supporting vulnerable children and young people in the London Borough of Hounslow.


2. 2. As a Family Support Practitioner, you'll assess and support our families in need.

Your Skills:

1. 1. Substantial experience working with children, young people and their families.


2. 2. Relationship building and direct work skills.


3. 3. An enthusiasm and passion for the safeguarding of children and young people.


4. 4. Ability to deliver high quality assessments, care plans and reports and first-class communication and organisation skills.

Professional Qualifications:

You should hold a substantial experience of working with children of school age.

Essential for the Role:

DBS - Enhanced (3 years) with children barred list check.

When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact

The key information you need about the role should be in the role profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact:

Email: [e-mail]

Interviews for this job will be held during week commencing 07/09/2026.