Family Support Practitioner | 10694 | Permanent Contract | 37 hours per week | £34,434 to £36,363 per annum | Grade H | West Norfolk & Breckland
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Family Practitioner to work in Family Help in West Norfolk & Breckland. Your office base will be at Elizabeth House, Dereham.
If you have experience of working with children and families and have a passion for supporting them in effecting sustained change, then we would like to hear from you.
We are looking for an experienced practitioner who can manage a complex caseload of Family Support cases.
We will be able to offer you a friendly and supportive working environment where learning and development is promoted through the support of an experienced management group.
Our purpose in Family Help is to keep children and young people safe through early intervention to prevent the need for statutory involvement. We do this working alongside the family, their network and other professionals naming and addressing worries, creating plans which identify the support needed to achieve positive outcomes and empower the family to effect change.
Your role as a Family Practitioner will be varied and challenging, so a high level of resilience is required. It is fast paced so you will need to be flexible, use your initiative and skill set to manage your workload and support the wider team. A family’s needs and situation can change so you will need to be able to prioritise, adapt your practice and remain calm when under pressure.
Family Support is a strengths-based service where the child is at the centre of our work, their voice and views are the most important. You will need to be able to identify and understand risk and keep this under review this throughout the case.
You will need good IT skills, proficiency in Word, Excel and databases and be able to communicate effectively at all levels.
Before you apply, we recommend reading the full to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.
These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:
Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job
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