Job Description

Job Introduction

Our Family Practitioners play a key role in working with children and families to support children to remain within their families. Providing crisis intervention and working collaboratively with social workers to support children in need, children on child protection plans and children in care.


You'll be expected to undertake flexible, creative and imaginative approaches to support children, young people their families whilst underpinning our restorative approach.


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.


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.

The Ideal Candidate

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.

"We're happy to talk flexible working"

This role is currently subject to a review of weekend working arrangements, including any paid enhancements.

For more information about this role please contact Mary Stephens 07814 192 990 mary.stephens@staffordshire.gov.uk or if I'm on leave call duty 01283 239617 and ask to speak to the Family Practitioner Lead.


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

Our Recruitment Process:

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.




About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.


Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:


We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.


We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.


In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.


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


As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.


As you'll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that's why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.