Family Support Practitioner

• Vetting Level Required DBS Enhanced Adult & Children

Salary: £25,000 per annum

Location:

Norwich, Norfolk (You will be expected to travel across City districts and South Norfolk).

Contract/

Hours:

Temporary 12-month fixed term contract 37 hours per week, some evening and weekend will be expected to meet the needs of the service. We will consider applications for Part-time Job share.

29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays plus an 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.

Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts.

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.

As a Family Support Practitioner, you will work with Children and their families to help overcome challenges, improve wellbeing and build stronger, safer home environments. You will deliver parenting programmes, behaviour strategies, emotional wellbeing and help with practical skills within the home.

Norfolk's Early Childhood and Family Service provide targeted support to families with children aged 0-5 years. The service offers a range of early childhood services for parents, prospective parents, and young children to support in areas including bonding, speech and language development, parenting challenges, mental well-being, and healthy relationships.

• Deliver parenting programmes.
• Assessing and responding to referrals into Norfolk's Early Childhood and Family Service.
• Communicating with parents / carers and partners to ensure the families need can be met by the Service.
• Maintaining accurate records by following process and procedure.

Our job description for the Family Support Practitioner outlines the requirements of the role but the ‘must-haves' are:

• Level 3 or above qualification in social care, health, education, or early years.
• Experience of working with children/young people and families.
• Good IT skills and ability to record concise, accurate case notes.
• Ability to understand and reflect on daily practice.
• Good communication skills with the Confidence to speak to professionals.
• Flexibility to be able to work occasional evenings and weekends to meet the needs of the service.
• Ability and willingness to work in a variety of premises across the county (the role will be required to work across more than one district at times).

Interviews will take place week commencing the 9th Of February 2026.

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.

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.

Erika Brinkman at recruitmentserv quoting reference 12443

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.

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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