Role: Family Support Practitioner

Location: Bath, Somerset

Hours: Permanent, Part Time 21 hours per week

Salary: Circa £21,000 pro rata

Are you a naturally empathetic, focused and passionate Early Years Practitioner? If so, you are in luck as we are currently recruiting for a Family Support Practitioner who takes pride in providing the best level of support to Families with Children under 5. This is an exciting and rewarding role with the opportunity to make a huge personal impact.

How do Action for Children work?

Action for Children does what's right, does what's needed and does what works for children across the UK. Every year, our team changed the lives of 370,000 children, young people and their families - but for every child who needs help to get help, there's plenty more to do. That's where you come in.

Action for Children Bath West Children's Centre Services provides groups and individuals support for children under 5 and their families in the Twerton and Moorlands areas of Bath.

As a Family Support Practitioner, you will be providing sessions to support and build family resilience, promote play and learning as well as support emotional development and wellbeing.

This role includes the exciting opportunity to develop and roll out a new targeted intervention for families - The Family Table. You will be training colleagues and other professionals to deliver this initiative.

How will you make a difference?

Delivering targeted evidence -based services to children under 5 and their families on a 1:1 and group basis, in the family home or community setting.
Planning and delivering play groups in the community based on the EYFS.
Assessing the needs of children and families and planning support interventions with the family.
Attending and participating at relevant multi agency meetings.
By establishing excellent rapports with other professionals and partner agencies to promote a strength - based model.

What will you need?

NVQ Level 3 in Early Years or equivalent with at least two years post qualifying experience
Previous experience working closely with local communities, children and their families
A Positive and Caring attitude is a MUST
Excellent interpersonal skills
The ability to prioritise and manage workloads
Be able to work alone as well as within a team
A strong work ethic and the ability to work in a fast - paced and challenging environment

What are the benefits?

As an appreciation towards our staff, we offer:

An excellent company pension scheme
Minimum of 29 days Annual Leave (pro rata for part time staff)
Season ticket travel loans
Childcare vouchers
Professional development with access to 100's of courses available from the first day
Discounts at major high street retailers

(And that's just to list a few)

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference to vulnerable children's lives and to build a fulfilling and meaningful career with a leading UK children's charity. So don't delay, apply today!

https://careers.actionforchildren.org.uk/vacancy/family-support-practitioner-2446-8612-2100000/2464/description/

If you would like further information, please do not hesitate to contact Ewelina Suchocka on 07776657442 or alternatively you can send your CV to Ewelina.suchocka@actionforchildren.org.uk for immediate consideration.

**Please note that candidates will only be considered if their application matches the person specification.

Guidant is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.