Family Practitioner

Family Practitioner

Duration: Initially 3 months
Location: Totnes
Hours: 37 hours per week
Rate: 19 umbrella an hour (15 PAYE an hour)

Devon County Council are looking for a Family Intervention Practitioner to join their team. This role is family facing so you will need to be agile and to be visiting families. Office attendance is 2-3 days per week.

As a Family Intervention Practitioner you will:

• Work directly and intensively with a mixed caseload of complex children, their families or carers with other involved professionals to provide practical hands on intervention to enable children to stay at home or in other agreed accommodation safely
• Support families working with short term intensity in a crisis resolution model with some and for a longer period
• Monitor and manage any risks to or from children and young people as part of direct work undertaken and escalate such risks
• Work with the family as a whole, including absent parents and wider family members

Requirements

• Experience working with challenging and resistant families in a range of settings
• Experience of working with children and young people, including young people who may display challenging behaviour
• Relevant qualification in Health, Social Work, Education, Youth Work or a related field to 3 level
• Valid UK driving license and access to a vehicle