Family Practitioner na Action for Children

Role: Family Practitioner 

Salary: Up to £28,000 per annum (according to experience and qualifications)

Location: Newcastle (Inner West)

Contract/Hours:  Permanent - Full Time - 37 hours a week – to meet the family’s needs.

Benefits: 

• 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave.

• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities. 

• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages 

• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover 

• Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers’ discounts. 

Vulnerable children in the UK need your help. 

Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you'll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK. 

Last year, we helped more than 688,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive. 

Why Action for Children? 

Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It's the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives. 

A bit about the role 

We work as part of Newcastle Early Help System, supporting children, young people, and their families with children between the ages 0-19 years old. The service offers a range of family interventions promoting positive outcomes for children.

The service also provides a range of holiday activities for children and families with our Family Practitioners actively supporting us. 

Who we are looking for:

• Level 3 Qualified Family Practitioners.
• Experience of working with vulnerable children, young people, and families.
• Understanding of GDPR, Safeguarding and relevant policies.
• Language skills desirable in Urdu, Slovakian, Czech, or Bengali but not essential
• Someone with knowledge of Early help system and whole family working 

What you'll be doing

• Listening and building trust.
• Delivering evidence-based and evident informed group work. 
• Working whole family, using Early Help assessments 
• Making home visits working with families and their goals 
• Working multi agency such as health colleague s, housing and education 
• Using relational practice an the Solihull approach 
• Understanding safeguarding and GDPR

Good to know.  

Application Process  

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. 

There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration. 
 

Talent Pool 
 

We know talent when we see it. But sometimes we find the right person but not for the right job. We'd love to keep your details for when the right job comes up. Let us know if you'd rather we didn't. 
 

Contact: Sarah Manderfield at [email protected] quoting reference 12090

Diversity, equality, and inclusion
 

At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. 

We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children. 
 

Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.
 

Don't meet every single requirement? 

If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family. 

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Job Description

See below for further information about working with us:

Action for Children Employee Benefits

AfC Commitment Statement

Action for Children - Driven by Love