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About the Role

We are looking for dedicated and skilled Family Support Practitioners to join our Early Help service and play a key role within our Family Hubs. This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside families, Family Hub Navigators, schools, health professionals, social care colleagues and community organisations to provide integrated support that helps families thrive. As a Family Support Practitioner, you will work directly with children, young people and families who are experiencing challenges that may impact their wellbeing, relationships and future outcomes. You will hold a caseload and provide targeted, strength-based interventions that help families build resilience, achieve positive change and access the right support at the right time. Working closely with our Family Hub Navigators, you will form part of a seamless pathway of support. While Navigators provide information, advice, guidance and access to services through Family Hubs, Family Support Practitioners deliver more intensive, targeted family support where additional intervention is required. Together, you will ensure families receive coordinated support that prevents issues from escalating and reduces the need for specialist services. Support may take place in family homes, Family Hubs, children's centres, schools and community settings, enabling you to build meaningful relationships and respond flexibly to family needs.

Responsibilities

Provide direct support to children, young people and families facing a range of challenges including financial hardship, housing difficulties, parental mental health, SEND, domestic abuse, family breakdown and education concerns.
Complete assessments, develop outcome-focused support plans and monitor progress with families.
Work collaboratively with Family Hub Navigators and partner agencies to ensure families can access universal, targeted and specialist support services.
Champion the voice of children and families, ensuring their views shape planning and decision-making.
Contribute to multi-agency working, including Team Around the Child, Early Help and other partnership meetings.
Deliver support that is family-centred, strengths-based and focused on sustainable outcomes.
Maintain accurate records and evidence impact through excellent case management and reporting.

Requirements

Has experience of working with children, young people and families in an early help, education, health, social care or related setting.
Is committed to relationship-based and strengths-focused practice.
Can manage a varied caseload and work effectively within a multi-agency environment.
Understands safeguarding responsibilities and is committed to achieving positive outcomes for children and families.
Is passionate about reducing inequalities and supporting families to achieve their full potential.

Skills

Excellent communication skills
Excellent organisational skills
Excellent partnership-working skills

Location

Hammersmith & Fulham Civic Campus, 1 Unity Square, Hammersmith, London W6 9JU

Work Type

Temporary up to 6 months
Hybrid working
Flexible working options

Salary/Compensations

£43,308 - £47,925 per annum

Benefits

High quality regular reflective supervision
Clinical family therapist allocated to each service
Access to a comprehensive total reward package

About the Company

Family Hubs are welcoming, inclusive community spaces where families can access information, advice and support from pregnancy through childhood and adolescence. They bring together services across health, education, SEND, social care and the voluntary sector to create a "one-stop-shop" approach for families.
Our People Values: We are fair, We are caring, We are collaborators, We are driven.
We believe an inclusive workplace is about the visibility and representation of our local diverse community - it is about open and transparent decision making co-produced with staff and residents.
It is about respect for diversity and a shared identity that seeks to encourage fair and transparent recruitment, retention, and career progression.
We take a proactive approach to equity, diversity, and inclusion so that it is part of the fabric of the Council with a shared understanding of the role all colleagues play in realising the inclusivity of the workplace.
At H&F, our workplace ensures that everybody has equitable access to opportunities.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.

Equal Opportunity

In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equitable access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of their age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Qualification (GOQ) applies.
We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
Corporate Equalities Employment Policy: In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Qualification (GOQ) applies.