Senior Family Help Practitioner — Lead, Agency Support

Tripod Partners; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Tripod Partners is seeking 3 experienced Senior Practitioners to join the Family Help Team in the West Midlands. You will lead assessments, deliver targeted support for families, and coordinate multi-agency plans within a strengths-based, trauma-informed framework.

As Lead Practitioner, you will work with families open under Child in Need, chair Team Around the Family meetings, and ensure high-quality documentation while complying with safeguarding requirements.

Qualifications

• Social Work qualification.
• Current Social Work England registration.
• Significant experience within Children's Social Care.
• Experience completing assessments and working with Child in Need cases.
• Strong understanding of safeguarding and statutory children's social care practice.
• Experience working collaboratively with families and multi-agency professionals.
• Ability to manage complex cases, assess risk and make sound professional decisions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Commitment to strengths-based, trauma-informed and relationship-based practice.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Lead Practitioner for children and families requiring Family Help and support.
• Complete needs-led Family Assessments and develop multi-agency Family Help plans.
• Lead on Early Help and Child in Need plans, providing evidence-based support to families.
• Establish and facilitate Team Around the Family (TAF) meetings and ensure services work effectively together.
• Complete high-quality assessments and reports within required timescales.
• Identify strengths, risks and areas of need and make professional judgments about appropriate interventions.
• Build positive and purposeful relationships with children, young people and their families.
• Ensure children's wishes, feelings and experiences are central to assessments and planning.
• Contribute to Strategy Meetings, Child Protection Conferences, Care Planning meetings and MARACs where required.
• Offer and facilitate Family Group Decision Making (FGDM) to help families identify their own solutions.
• Apply trauma-informed and relationship-based practice when working with children and families.
• Maintain accurate, timely and comprehensive case records in line with statutory and organisational requirements.
• Work closely with partner agencies to achieve positive outcomes for children and families.
• Develop sustainability plans with families to support continued progress after Family Help involvement ends.
• Ensure practice complies with relevant legislation, Working Together guidance and the National Framework.
• Participate in supervision, team meetings, training and professional development.
• Work outside normal office hours when required.

Job description

Tripod Partners is seeking 3 experienced Senior Practitioners to join the Family Help Team in the West Midlands. You will lead assessments, deliver targeted support for families, and coordinate multi-agency plans within a strengths-based, trauma-informed framework.

As Lead Practitioner, you will work with families open under Child in Need, chair Team Around the Family meetings, and ensure high-quality documentation while complying with safeguarding requirements.