An exciting opportunity has arisen within Warwickshire Youth Justice Service (WYJS), for a family help practitioner, this will be a unique role which the successful candidate will help establish. The role is funded by the ministry of Justice Turnaround programme funding and will be a fixed term contract for 3 years with hopes that funding will be extended.
WYJS are a multi agency team rated GOOD in recent HMIP inspection, we are well integrated within Warwickshire Children’s Social Care and benefits from a robust restorative approach across the partnership. The successful candidate will have a dedicated focus on families whose children and young people are open to YJS prevention service-pathways.
Now is an exciting time to be part of our team as Warwickshire begins to embed our Families First teams who support the young people in our County. Our approach is about locality working, multi disciplinary and multi agency teams that support the whole family. Building strong partnerships with local services, Health, Police and Education.
If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service. Click here to find out more about Warwickshire County Council’s Children and Families Service.
Our Offer to you includes:
1. Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focussed on wellbeing and workload.
2. A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas
3. We also offer a Refer a Friend package for some roles. Terms and Conditions apply
This role is a dual role and will provide support to both parents/carers and their children and young people to address concerns at an earlier stage ,to prevent the escalation of offending behaviour. To ensure a think family approach is taken within the prevention service the successful candidate will offer practical and emotional support to parents, take part in parenting programme facilitation and offer consultation to youth work practitioners. They will also undertake assessments, collaboratively create intervention plans and undertake some direct work with children and young people aged 10-17 who are assigned to the Turnaround Programme. You will be supported throughout your role with training, quality supervision and strong links with other agencies. The position will be based Leamington Spa Justice Centre this is to ensure service support for the south of the county.
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For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification below;
Family Practitioner
Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make:
Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!
At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.
Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund.
The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.
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Additional Information:
Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.
If you are applying for this role on a secondment basis please ensure you have permission from your line manager.
Closing Date: 11th June 2026
Interview Date: 1st July 2026
Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. Seemore