About us at Hounslow We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be. We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before. About our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer. We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias. As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form. Our Benefits If you join us, you’ll have access to a range of employee benefits. Read more about these here. About the Role This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our Family Help Team as a Family Support Practitioner. In this role, you’ll primarily be working with parent/carers, children, and young people to help them achieve good outcomes. You will be the lead professional working with partner organisations and local communities to achieve best outcomes for families. You will have the opportunity to attend trainings and develop your skills as a family support practitioner. About the Team You’ll Be Working In We are currently looking for dedicated and experienced Family Support Practitioner to join our Family Help Team. This team consists of 16 family support practitioners including 3 housing Family Support Practitioners and 1 screening Family Support Practitioner. They offer support to children, young people and parents/carers who are experiencing various difficulties. We also have social workers within the team and work closely with them. The team is passionate about achieving positive outcomes for these families with a strong focus on multi-agency collaboration to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children is promoted. We also focus on developing our practitioners through training, group supervision and workshops to enhance your skill set. About You 1. Experience of working with children and families presenting with various difficulties. 2. Be enthusiastic and take initiative in your own learning. 3. Ability to assess needs of the family and write concise, informative, and evidence-based reports. 4. Be able to do one-to-one direct work with parents, children and young people 5. Be flexible and have time management skills. 6. Be able to work collaboratively with partner agencies and voluntary organisations. If the points below resonate with you, we’d love you to put in an application: 1. Working in a fun and supportive team. 2. Working with families to achieve best outcomes for them. 3. Making a difference for children and young people. 4. Learning new skills and opportunity too access trainings. Read more about the work you’ll be doing in the Role Profile. When Interviews Will Be Held and Who to Contact The key information you need about the role should be in the role profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact: Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Interviews for this job will be held during week commencing 2nd of Sep 2024. Closing Date: 23 August 2024 (Internal Candidates: please seek line manager approval before applying for this role as secondment.)