Job Title: Family Practitioner North Wales Reports to: Families First Programme Manager Part Time: 22.2 hours/ 3 days per week (Including Wednesdays) Start Date: ASAP Location: Home based in North Wales Salary: £20,100 per annum Are you interested in working for an organisation making a real difference to the lives of blind and partially sighted children, young people and their families? Here at the Royal Society for Blind Children we believe that every blind and partially sighted young person should have the chance to live life without limits.
Our values of Trust, Energy, Ambition, and Motivation underpin everything we do, and by giving children and young people the essential skills to take control of their life, they can unleash their true potential.
We are seeking a part time Family Practitioner who will support families with blind and partially sighted children and young people to develop improved emotional wellbeing, resilience, and coping strategies.
This post will cover North Wales, so the ability to visit families and being a car driver with access to your own vehicle is essential.
Youll be part of a remote England and Wales wide Family Practitioner team, who work closely together to draw on each others skills and experience to ensure families receive the best service from RSBC.
Youll also work closely with the wider Services department to ensure children, young people and families get all the right services and support they need.
The team link together to run online groups that further support families, and this work may be in the evenings.
The team meet weekly online and come together in person for two-day compulsory team training at our London office at least twice a year.
The main purpose of this role is to: To establish and maintain a case load of families with blind and partially sighted children and young people aged 0 to 25 who identify themselves as needing support.
to identify and deliver appropriate interventions that will promote childrens development and emotional wellbeing in collaboration with family members and make and support onward referrals as required.
To ensure that support is high quality and meets the high standard that RSBC sets, with pre agreed performance indicators.
Youll be experienced in providing emotional wellbeing support with families directly and have knowledge of child development from experience or qualification.
Wed like you to have excellent interpersonal skills, and a strong teamwork ethic to fit in with our friendly and knowledgeable team of Family Practitioners across England and Wales.
In return we offer a competitive range of benefits including a generous annual leave allowance of 28 days (rising to 29 days after 3 years service) bank holidays, Employee Assistance Programme, Perkbox, flexible working opportunities, 3% contribution towards pension, and season ticket loan.
We are a welcoming, diverse and inclusive workforce and are a Disability Confident Employer.
W/C 6th October 2025 There may be a 2nd interview if required To apply you will need to have the right to work in the UK The Society is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.