Senior Family Support Practitioner

About the role

Hertfordshire's Family Centre Service is made up of the Public Health Nursing Service (Health Visitors and School Nurses) and the Family Support Service. Our purpose is to support children and families to have the best start in life, develop well and thrive. We provide families with children aged up to 5 years with a wide range of services, information and support on a key areas relating to family life.

Are you passionate about improving outcomes for children and families and ready to take the next step in your family support career? We are looking for an experienced Senior Family Support Practitioner to provide leadership, day to day supervision and professional guidance to a team of Family support Practitioners, whilst ensuring vulnerable children and families receive the right support at the right time.

In this rewarding role, you will lead on referral allocation, provide case supervision, oversee quality practice, and work closely with multi-agency partners to deliver effective, evidence-based support. You will also hold a small caseload of complex families, supporting practitioners to achieve positive outcomes through targeted interventions, parenting programmes and coordinated family support plans. The successful candidate will have significant experience of working with children and families, a strong under standing of safeguarding and Early Help processes, excellent partnership-working skills, and experience of supervising or mentoring staff.

This is a permanent Full time role

37.5 hours a week

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Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and shortlisted candidates will be asked to share any relevant criminal history prior to interview.

The successful applicant will also be subject to enhanced DBS and barred list checks in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.