Family Practitioner (Reducing Parental Conflict)

As a Family Practitioner, you’ll play a key role in delivering Hampshire County Council’s Reducing Parental Conflict programme, helping families address challenges early and improve outcomes for children. Working within the Early Help system, you’ll provide high-quality, relationship-based support to children and families, with a focus on strengthening family relationships and reducing the impact of parental conflict.

This is a varied and rewarding role that combines direct work with families with supporting colleagues and partners to build confidence in addressing parental conflict. You’ll help embed consistent, evidence-informed approaches across services, strengthening early intervention and reducing escalation into statutory services.

What you’ll do

• Work directly with children and families to identify needs, build on strengths and address parental conflict early.
• Deliver relationship-based, strengths-focused support that improves outcomes for children and families.
• Model effective practice and support colleagues and partner agencies to build confidence and skills.
• Promote a whole-family, early intervention approach across services.
• Contribute to the delivery and embedding of the Reducing Parental Conflict Programme.
• Work collaboratively with Family Help Teams and partners to deliver coordinated, outcome-focused support.

What we’re looking for

• Experience of working directly with children and families, including delivering early help or preventative support.
• Confidence in engaging families in sensitive conversations in a strengths-based, respectful and non-judgemental way.
• A strong commitment to relationship-based practice and improving outcomes for children.
• The ability to support others through modelling good practice, guidance and shared learning.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with professionals and partner agencies.
• A reflective approach, with a commitment to continuous learning and improvement.

Take a look at the Candidate Pack on our website for more information about the Family Practitioner role, team and our values. The section ‘About you’ explains what specific knowledge, skills and experience we want you to tell us about. Make sure you explain how you meet these requirements and demonstrate our values, in your application.

Why join us?

• Support families at the earliest opportunity and help improve outcomes for children across Hampshire.
• Play a key role in embedding relationship-based approaches and strengthening early intervention and prevention.
• Contribute to workforce development while being part of meaningful service change.
• Access to Health Assured's comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme to support your physical and mental wellbeing, including 24/7 telephone support, a suite of online resources, and legal and financial advice.
• Generous annual leave, occupational sick pay, and access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.

Please note that while the role operates countywide, your designated office base will be the Hampshire County Council office closest to your home address.

Applicants can expect to hear from us within two weeks of the advertised closing date.

Important

You must already have the right to work in the UK. We are currently unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

Other job titles you may be searching for: Family Support Worker, Early Help Practitioner, Family Intervention Worker, Children and Families Practitioner, Early Intervention Practitioner, Parental Conflict Practitioner, Case Worker.

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