3 month contract with a local Authority

Job Purpose

• Lewisham Council is on an exciting journey of transformation through the Pathfinder program, and we're looking for passionate, proactive, and skilled Family Practitioners to be part of our Prevention & Early Help Team. In this vital role, you'll work directly with children, young people, and families, providing focused support to improve outcomes, address challenges, reduce risks, and empower families to make and sustain positive changes. You'll build trusting relationships with families, extended networks, and communities to help alleviate social isolation, increase capacity, and create sustainable change. By collaborating with multi-disciplinary partners, you'll ensure the best outcomes for children and families, preventing the need for statutory services and reducing risks of family breakdown.
  

Key Duties/Accountabilities

• Provide intensive, family-centred support to vulnerable children, young people, and their families to improve outcomes.
  
• Undertake holistic assessments and develop action plans to address challenges such as parenting, mental health, domestic abuse, and education.
  
• Facilitate decision-making and ensure children, young people, and families' voices are heard in assessments and plans.
  
• Deliver evidence-based interventions using restorative, trauma-informed, and systemic approaches.
  
• Maintain high standards of case recording and reporting in line with GDPR and service policies.
  
• Build strong links with local services and agencies to provide integrated support. Work flexibly, including occasional evenings and weekends, to meet the needs of families.
  

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience as a Family Practitioner or Family Support worker.
  

• This role is 35 working hours per week.
  
• DBS is required for this role.
  

 
The role closes on 28/04/25