Family Practitioner

Seven Resourcing are looking for a Family Practitioner to work with Lewisham Council. This is a full-time position, and we are paying £20.59 Paye and £26.44 umbrella per hour for this role.

The role:

To work collaboratively with young people and their families to provide focused support to families to improve outcomes, address challenges, reduce risks to children and to enable families to make and sustain change.

To build trusting relationships with children, young people and families and extended family members/friends/communities to build sustainable change within stronger family networks, helping to alleviate their social isolation and increase capacity.

To work alongside families to prevent needs from escalating to the point where statutory services are needed and/or to reduce the risk of family breakdown and children/young people coming into care.

To undertake and contribute to assessments and plans for children and their families in line with practice frameworks and in a way that avoids duplication and promotes holistic, and family led planning.

To work alongside partner agencies as part of a multi-disciplinary Team Around the Family ensuring that each service is contributing to achieving the best outcomes for children and their families.

Key Responsibilities:

To effectively engage families and to work directly with them on multiple issues including parenting and family functioning, employment, school attendance mental ill health, learning difficulties, domestic abuse, drug and alcohol abuse, homelessness, bereavement, risk of going missing and child sexual exploitation, and/or involvement in gangs, criminal and antisocial behaviour.

Providing intensive support to vulnerable children/young people and their families through a family centred approach, facilitating the change needed in families to improve parenting capacity and outcomes for children.

To maximise the involvement of children, young people, and families in decision that after them, and to ensure that the voices of children, young people and families are represented in their assessments and plans, and in service design, review, and delivery.

Assess parenting skills and help parents/carers to build physical and emotional caring abilities by providing advice and practical support with their parenting role, including use of positive activities to promote social inclusion and techniques to avoid conflict and manage challenging behaviour.

Applicant Requirements:

Qualifications: 

GCSEs A-C or equivalent including at least English and Maths.

Educated to A Level standard or equivalent experience.

Experience:  2+ years working within a similar role. 

Compliance:  Current enhanced DBS check. 

Travel:  Clean UK driving license with the ability to commute to and from work independently.

Hours:  37 hours p/w.

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