Location
Romford, London Borough of Havering

Salary
Grade 6 - £39,276 to £42,771 per annum

About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for ten Family Practitioners to join our Early Help Service within Starting Well – MASH & Family Intervention/Early Help & Targeted Family Support. You will work passionately with children and families to provide targeted, individual, and group interventions aimed at improving outcomes.

The primary purpose of this role is to work alongside social workers and partner agencies to deliver tailored support and interventions based on the identified needs of families. This includes intensive work with children in care, those on the cusp of care, or stepping down from statutory services, always promoting positive and healthy outcomes while ensuring safeguarding.

Our approach is systemic and family-centred, focusing on fitting the system to the family rather than the family to the system. Through collaborative ongoing conversations with children, young people, and families, we aim to deliver the most effective interventions and sustainable positive outcomes.

Duties include managing a caseload of families with multiple needs, conducting whole family assessments, working directly with children and young people to ensure their voices are heard, facilitating parenting workshops using programmes such as NVR (Non-Violent Resistance), collaborating with adolescent safeguarding services, and attending visits and meetings across the borough and occasionally nationally. You will also be responsible for maintaining performance standards and participating in regular supervision and skills development.

Experience
- Delivering high quality, outcome-focused support to children, young people, and families.
- Undertaking systemic assessments and co-producing effective plans with families.
- Working with diverse families in public or voluntary sectors.
- Empowering families and encouraging participation.
- Multi-agency partnership working.
- Delivering practical parenting support and parenting programmes.
- Preparing reports and assessments, including court presentations.
- Effective communication and engagement with partner agencies to ensure sustainable long-term change.

About You
You will work collaboratively with families, partners, and colleagues to achieve excellent outcomes that support children and families to lead happy, healthy lives. You must demonstrate:
- Ability to build positive relationships and partnerships internally and externally.
- Commitment to innovative, tailored support based on family needs.
- Understanding of policies affecting children and families.
- Promotion of equality, diversity, and inclusion.
- Flexibility to work evenings and weekends as needed.
- Strong communication skills, both oral and written.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and use management information systems effectively.
- Skills to support children and young people at risk or who have suffered abuse.
- Knowledge of child development stages and parenting strategies.
- Cultural sensitivity and ability to work with diverse backgrounds.

Qualifications
- GCSE grade C or equivalent in English and Mathematics.
- Relevant practice qualification in childcare, education, health, or social care (e.g., NVQ Level 3 or equivalent).
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience working with young children and families.
- Additional qualifications or training in specialist areas such as Makaton signing, Braille, or First Aid (or willingness to obtain).