Advanced Practitioner (Family Help Lead Practitioner)

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Advanced Practitioner (Family Help Lead Practitioner x2) REF: 2965

PO5: 43308 pa rising in annual increments to 45852 inc LW.

12Month Secondment Opportunity/ Fixed Term Contract and Full Time

Hybrid Working

Champion Excellent Practice. Support Families. Develop Others.

We are seeking an experienced Advanced Social Work Practitioner to take a key leadership role within our Family Help Team.

The Family Help Lead Practitioner will provide professional guidance modelling and support to colleagues while working directly with children and families experiencing complex needs.

About the Role:

You will:

Lead and model high-quality Family Help practice
Support practice development across the team
Provide mentoring coaching and guidance to colleagues
Undertake direct work with children and families
Coordinate support plans and multi-agency interventions
Promote strengths-based and restorative approaches

About You

You will:

Have significant social work experience working with children and families
Be recognised for your strong practice skills
Understand safeguarding contextual factors and family resilience
Have experience of multi-agency working
Be passionate about supporting colleagues to develop and succeed

This is an opportunity to influence practice standards while maintaining meaningful direct work with families.

Family Help is about building on strengths creating opportunities and working alongside families to achieve sustainable change. If you share our ambition to deliver excellent support and improve outcomes for children and young people wed love to hear from you.

Join us and help shape the future of Family Help within the Families First Programme.

How to Apply:

To be considered for interview your CV and supporting statement will clearly evidence how you meet the shortlisting criteria on the personal specification marked A for application:

Job Description and Person Specification

We operate an anonymised application process so be sure to remove personal details when uploading your CV or personal statement.

Recruitment Timelines:

Advert close date: 23:55pm on 9th of August 2026

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Contact Information:

For an informal discussion please contact: Maura Banda on

Successful candidates will be asked to apply for a Enhance Certificate from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Further information about the DBS can be found at will be required to undertake a Cifas check. Further information about Cifas can be found hereCifas

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