Family Lead Practitioner

Overview

Family Help Lead Practitioner Tameside Council – Tameside, GB

Contract: Permanent

Salary
:
Full time - Grade

F. Scale 17 £ 31,022 to Scale 22 - £33,699

Base Location
:
St Peter's Family Hub Ashton-under-Lyne

Assessment Date
:
To be arranged

An exciting opportunity has arisen in our Early Help Service; we are seeking an experienced, enthusiastic, motivated Family Help Lead Practitioner, to work across the continuum of need, who is passionate about meeting children’s needs and seeking great outcomes for children and their families. The role involves coordinating services and delivering evidence based interventions to families experiencing multiple and complex issues, taking a whole family approach, and working across services to effect real change for families.

The successful candidate will take a lead or key role in working with families and will collaborate with a range of agencies to ensure the best outcomes for children and young people.

As part of the team, you will work flexibly across 7 days on a rota basis, operating between the hours of 8am to 8pm daily. You will also be required to link closely with the emergency duty team.

Candidates must have excellent communication skills which will enable them to undertake effective family engagement, building on a family’s strengths and coping strategies. This will incorporate a strong degree of challenge to enable families to change by supporting and enabling them to resolve multiple and complex difficulties leading to sustainable change.

The Early Help service has a strong ethos of working in a multiagency environment, developing and maintaining strong professional relationships with partner agencies to ensure services can support positive and lasting change with families.

A strong knowledge and experience of assess, plan, do, and review to ensure quality provision is provided to families while using a restorative approach to planning interventions as part of a multi-agency approach. This will require you to undertake the lead professional role with some families while supporting other agencies where they are lead professional.

Message from Jill Colbert, Director of Children’s Services

“I joined the council at the beginning of 2025 and was instantly charmed by the warmth, openness, and energy of colleagues. I came to Tameside for one reason; because I know we can do fantastic things for our families here. We’re a children’s service on a significant improvement journey. We know what needs to be different for our children and families and we’re ambitious to deliver that change.

We have a growing range of specialist services for children, where you can test and grow your skills and practice. We have a Social Work Academy that is led by people who bring passion to learning and who know that the DCS’ of the future are right in front of them. We are working on our progression pathways so that staying in Tameside is rewarded and recognised.

We have investment in innovation and improvement from the council so that we can grow services and support for families that we can sustain, from family hubs through to complex safeguarding. I am so certain that we can build a proud, inclusive and safe climate for great practice to flourish in Tameside. I’d love you to join me on the journey here at Team Tameside.”

At Tameside, we believe in:

• Compassion – understanding the lived experiences of children and families.
• Curiosity – asking questions that lead to deeper insight and better outcomes for children.
• Collaboration – working together across services to deliver joined-up support.
• Conversation – listening and engaging meaningfully with children, families and professionals.
• Courage – leading with courage, making bold and compassionate decisions that put children first.

We are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We support economic growth, provide high quality health and care services, protect the vulnerable and create strong, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and are our most important resource. Our values underpin our…