Childrens Practitioner (2 Posts)

Purpose of this role:

The postholder will be a key member of a specialist team focusing on the prevention of family breakdown by using systemic and social learning theory to provide evidence based interventions. The team will work with predominantly parents and their families where there is a risk of a child/children entering into care or there is the potential to return home from care, when safe to do so. They will work directly with families providing the required support to build relationships, resilience and safety so that the child can remain or return home to their family networks.

Furthermore, there will be an element of crisis intervention where you will be required to work with children, parents and their families to stabilise & support the home environment to prevent an immediate risk of breakdown within the family and to rebuild the relationship. This will be on a rota basis and this will include evenings and weekends.

The service is county wide; however, you will be linked in with either North or South.

Provisional Interview Date: 16 or 19 January 2026

Due to this post having access to children and/or vulnerable adults, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided. Click here to see our policy on criminal background checks.

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