Psychological Family Practitioner (Family Support and Safeguarding)

The Methodist Church in Britain; Packmoor; Sur place; GBP 32 000 - 42 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Relocation allowance (£8,000)

30 days annual leave + bank holidays

LGPS

Flexible working

Employee Assistance Programme

Family-friendly policies

Staff discounts

Learning and development opportunities

Résumé du poste

Oxfordshire County Council's Children’s Social Care is seeking a dedicated practitioner to visit families and provide therapeutic, relationship-based support to strengthen wellbeing. You will help parents regulate emotions and understand how past experiences affect today’s family life, while offering practical assistance and connecting families with local resources.

You will work with a parent and child to strengthen their relationship, model new responses, and collaborate with social workers to

Qualifications

• Warmth, curiosity and creativity.
• Confidence to have difficult conversations and offer appropriate challenge when needed.

Responsabilités

• Visit parents and families to explore their experiences and build confidence and wellbeing through therapeutic, relationship-based approaches.
• Support parents with emotional regulation, relationships and how past experiences affect family life today.
• Give practical, hands-on support such as establishing routines, attending appointments and connecting families with community resources.
• Work with a parent and child together to strengthen their relationship and practise new ways of responding to difficult moments.
• Work with families to overcome barriers that could lead to family breakdown or children coming into or at risk of coming into care.
• Meet social workers and other professionals to share progress and plan what a family needs.
• Build trusted relationships with families and support parents to make changes that last beyond professional involvement.

Connaissances

Warmth

Curiosity

Creativity

Confidence

Description du poste

This post sits in the multi-disciplinary Clinical Team within Oxfordshire County Council's Children's Social Care, led by a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, and is one of the new Families First Partnership roles. Visiting parents and families, the work uses therapeutic, relationship-based approaches to strengthen wellbeing and family relationships, alongside practical help. It stands out for combining therapeutic thinking with hands‑on action, sometimes working with a parent and child together. Funding runs to March 2028.

What the job involves

• Visit parents and families to explore their experiences and build confidence and wellbeing through therapeutic, relationship-based approaches
• Support parents with emotional regulation, relationships and how past experiences affect family life today
• Give practical, hands‑on support such as establishing routines, attending appointments and connecting families with community resources
• Work with a parent and child together to strengthen their relationship and practise new ways of responding to difficult moments
• Work with families to overcome barriers that could lead to family breakdown or children coming into or at risk of coming into care
• Meet social workers and other professionals to share progress and plan what a family needs
• Build trusted relationships with families and support parents to make changes that last beyond professional involvement

Skills & knowledge

• Warmth, curiosity and creativity
• Confidence to have difficult conversations and offer appropriate challenge when needed

What’s offered

• Relocation allowance of up to £8,000 for eligible roles
• Annual leave from 30 days a year plus bank holidays, with the option to buy additional holiday
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Flexible working
• Employee Assistance Programme with health and wellbeing support 24 hours a day
• Family-friendly policies, childcare vouchers, cycle to work scheme and electric car scheme
• Staff discounts on travel, holidays, insurance, food, health and leisure activities
• Learning and development opportunities