Job Description

Job Title: Early Help Senior Practitioner

Job Location: Birmingham

Salary: 30,065pa

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ontract type: Fixed Term until 31st March 2027 with possible extension

Working hours: 37 hours per week

Close Date: 4th November 2025

About the role

As a Senior Practitioner in Family Support, you will be locality based, working alongside a multi-agency team. You will be reporting to and supporting the Operational Manager by providing operational leadership. You will have a strong understanding of level of needs for statutory intervention and the management of family support in universal plus services. This role includes case-holding, whilst providing line management, advice, guidance, and supervision to up to 3 Early Help Family Support Workers. You will be imaginative and motivated, with a passion for leading practice development. You will be a role model for excellent Family Support Practice based on child centred and restorative principles. You will be aspiring to achieve the best outcomes for children and families.

Please note that if you are successful in this role, we will require a DBS check to be completed. Further details will be sent following offer.

About you

We are looking for dynamic, friendly and empathetic team player, who has a good track record of evidence-based family support case management, teamwork, and holding other professionals accountable. Operating in a superdiverse multi-lingual environment, you will have a strong understanding of how to respectfully challenge and proactively support inclusivity, equity and diversity. You will be highly organised, self-motivated and digitally literate.


As Senior Early Help Practitioner you will demonstrate an informed commitment to safeguarding, client confidentiality, professional curiosity and professional boundaries, with at least 5 years` experience of working with children and families.


Knowledge of additional community language skills would also be advantageous.


Professional multi-agency collaboration with education, health, police, community and faith settings is key to the success of this role. You will be required to accurately record, review and audit team activities to support families and demonstrate the impact of the GSA Early Help Service on a regular basis. This will be supported and monitored by your line manager to meet both internally requirements and the needs of the Early Help Contract.

About us

We are GSA, we provide affordable homes and services that create a foundation from which people in our communities can thrive.


We own and manage 25,000 homes in diverse communities across the West Midlands and Southwest.


Everyone deserves a home, it`s a place from which we build our future, we thrive at home.


We are proud to play an active role in dealing with the consequences of the housing crisis, by providing affordable homes for people in our communities who need them most.


Often a home is all someone needs, but when our customers need more, we offer a range of services, including care, money advice and coaching to support them.


We also provide care and support to some of the most vulnerable people in society. This includes support for people who are homeless, experiencing domestic violence or are part of the criminal justice system.

The GSA Way

We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. To help us make a difference, together, we created the GSA Way.


A culture we commit to, aspire to, and live and breathe. Commitments and behaviours which together make our organisation what it is.


Our five core commitments are:


We believe our customer is everything We are one team We are supportive and caring We are business-minded for social purpose We are curious and ambitious.

You can read more about the GSA Way in our recruitment pack.

Benefits

In support and recognition of our colleagues who will help us deliver our employer strategy, we offer a fantastic benefits package. This includes.


Trust based flexible working and supportive and friendly teams 25 days annual holiday entitlement, increasing to 30 days One day off for your birthday Opportunity to buy or sell annual leave A defined contribution pension scheme GSA matches up to 6% contributions We offer a service which provides 24/7 online GP appointments, second medical opinions, health checks, mental health support, 24/7 medical health helpline, wellbeing app, nutrition advice and fitness plans and legal and financial support. Access to Blue Light discount card membership Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP). Cycle to work Scheme Eligible for occupational sick pay

How to apply

If this sounds like the exciting new challenge you`ve been waiting for, we`d love to hear from you.


All individuals who apply to work at GreenSquareAccord are considered on their merits in line with our Diversity and Inclusion strategy and policy.



GreenSquareAccord are a Disability Confident Employer therefore we actively encourage applications from individuals with disabilities and try to provide access, adjustments, equipment or other practical support where required. All applicants with a disability who meet the `essential eligibility criteria` for the role, as detailed in the job description, are guaranteed an interview.



If you need any assistance, adjustments or adaptations throughout our selection processes please let us know.