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Northamptonshire Children's Trust; Wellingborough; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Northamptonshire Children's Trust is seeking a Strengthening Families Practitioner to build positive relationships with parents, children and young people, delivering structured family support within the Family Hubs in the North Northants locality (Wellingborough or Kettering).

You will manage a caseload, lead or co-work as lead professional, undertake whole-family needs and risk assessments, coordinate services with partner agencies, and work intensively in families’ homes to bring about

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organisational skills.
• Experience delivering structured one-to-one family support.
• Experience coordinating services with partner agencies.

Responsibilities

• Carry out whole-family needs and risk assessments and develop tailored support plans.
• Coordinate services and partner agencies to ensure families receive the right support at the right time.
• Have extensive, hands-on experience in preventative work with children and families facing escalating, complex needs.
• Work intensively with families in their homes, using creative and evidence-based interventions to bring about positive change.
• Have excellent communication skills, written and verbal. You must be able to write assessments and support plans by building positive relationships with families.
• Provide practical advice and interventions around parenting, child development, household routines, and access to health, housing, and employment support.
• Participate in safeguarding processes, case reviews, and multi‑agency meetings and have a good understanding and experience of partnership working.
• Work on your own initiative and as part of a team
• Lead Team Around the Family meetings

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Job description

Do you have the skills and experience to build positive, trusting relationships with parents, children, and young people—helping them make positive changes and improve life opportunities?

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, self-motivated individual with excellent interpersonal, communication, and organisational skills to join our dedicated team as a Strengthening Families Practitioner.

Strengthening Families is part of our Children and Family Support Services. Using a multi‑agency approach, the service offers intensive support to children, young people and families with identified complex needs, to support and empower them to achieve good outcomes. The service delivers a range of interventions from direct work with families using a Family Help approach, to parenting and domestic abuse groups, and works collaboratively with partners to create a supportive team around the family to help families to sustain changes.

You’ll be based in one of the Family Hubs in the North Northants locality (Wellingborough or Kettering) working as part of a hard‑working team committed to improving outcomes for families.

We welcome interest from both new applications and those who applied previously as long as the gap between applications is more than 3 months.

This is an 18 month fixed term contract until March 2028

What will you be doing?

You’ll manage a caseload of families and act as a lead professional or co‑worker, delivering structured one‑to‑one family support and group work. You will:

• Carry out whole‑family needs and risk assessments and develop tailored support plans.
• Coordinate services and partner agencies to ensure families receive the right support at the right time.
• Have extensive, hands‑on experience in preventative work with children and families facing escalating, complex needs.
• Work intensively with families in their homes, using creative and evidence‑based interventions to bring about positive change.
• Have excellent communication skills, written and verbal. You must be able to write assessments and support plans by building positive relationships with families.
• Provide practical advice and interventions around parenting, child development, household routines, and access to health, housing, and employment support.
• Participate in safeguarding processes, case reviews, and multi‑agency meetings and have a good understanding and experience of partnership working.
• Work on your own initiative and as part of a team
• Lead Team Around the Family meetings

Your work will make a real difference—helping families overcome challenges and achieve better outcomes for their children.