Family Practitioner

Main Responsibilities

As a member of the East Staffordshire district team, you will:

• Be a key worker for children and families leading on early help assessments and plans completing home and school visits.
• Work collaboratively with social workers to support children in need, children on child protection plans and children in care.
• Work with children and families including contributing to parenting assessments, support mediation, crisis prevention, conflict resolution and Life Story Work.
• Carry out work outlined within assessment and planning on specific topics with children & families (including but not limited to) staying safe, loss and grief, behaviour management, parenting support, attachment and exploitation.

You will:

• have direct experience of working with children & families including home visiting.
• hold a Minimum standard of NVQ3 in respect of working with children and their families or equivalent, plus an understanding of child development and the knowledge of mental health, substance misuse, domestic abuse, poverty and other vulnerabilities and how these impact on families.
• have the ability to communicate effectively with children, their families and carers.
• have the ability to build relationships and deliver interventions to children, families and carers as well as being able to work effectively in conflict situations.
• have the ability to use IT systems and to keep effective records written to a good standard.
• have the commitment and ability to demonstrate restorative approaches when working with children and families.

Core hours are 37 hours each week Monday - Friday travelling around Burton & Uttoxeter in East Staffordshire. You may need to be available outside of traditional working patterns including evening and weekends to provide support to children, families and carers when it is needed.

For more information about this role please contact Mary Stephens  mary.s or if I’m on leave call duty and ask to speak to the Family Practitioner Lead.

Interviews will be held in Burton Grange Street Office on 26th and 27th Jan 2026.

We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities.