Family Solutions Practitioner

**Family Solutions Practitioner - part time**:
**Employer**: Medway Council

**Salary**: £31,283 per annum - full time salary. £15,641.50 - pro rata salary.

**Location**: To be confirmed

**Contract**: To be confirmed

**Working Pattern**: Part Time

**Hours**: 18.5.

**DBS Check**: No

**Closing Date**: 22/06/2025 at 23:55

**Reference**: CSC/25/446/LB

Family Solutions work holistically with families with multiple and complex needs to enable them to see their strengths and build upon these to make positive changes to their lives. This will be achieved through the Family Solutions Practitioner providing both practical and specialist advice to the family as well as acting as a lead co-ordinator for any additional support services. The Family Solutions Practitioner will undertake assessments and formulate a plan of intervention or deliver interventions via an Intervention Plan with the family with the support of relevant partner agencies, which will give the child and their family every opportunity to address the identified difficulties with a positive outcome. The role will also include facilitating groups to children and their families.

For an insight into what Family Solutions has to offer, please view this video

**About You**:

- Children, Young People and Families Practitioner Level 4 Apprenticeship
- Be passionate about changing outcomes for children and young people
- Have good communication skills to engage children and young people and their families
- Have the ability to maintain accurate and update records in line with GDPR and legislations effective case management. You will be respectful and able to build positive relationships in all aspects of the role
- Have knowledge of safeguarding and relevant legislation
- Experience of working in a multi agency environment
- It is preferable that you hold a full driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work purposes.

**In return we offer you**:

- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Generous local government pension scheme package
- Access to wider training and development qualifications
- Flexible working scheme
- Travel plan discounts
- MedPay - opportunity for pay progression
- Access to CAREFIRST advice & counselling service
- Employee discount scheme for national and local retailers

**Career Progression Framework**:
Career Progression Frameworks (CPF) have been introduced for all roles at Medway Council. These frameworks provide a mechanism for employees to take ownership of their development within their post and be rewarded accordingly. This means that the salary you will be offered will be at level A unless, based on an assessment against the CPF criteria, you demonstrate that you are meeting the criteria of level B or C. There will be further opportunity once in post to progress from level A to B, and B to C.

The person specification of a job profile is split into three levels:
Level B details the developed competencies that an individual who is practised in this role would be able to demonstrate and will be a progression of knowledge, experience and skills from level A.

Level C requires the highest level of competence and applicants would need to fully meet and demonstrate all aspects of the job profile, including qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience.
- For an informal discussion regarding this role, please contact Karen Harper on 01634 338859_

**Our Organisation**:
Medway is a unitary authority in the South East of England, made up of the towns of Strood, Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham and more rural areas, including the Hoo Peninsula.

Situated in Kent in the South-East of England, the area has plenty of green spaces, excellent facilities and easy access to the national motorway and rail networks, facilitating superb transport links to London.

We provide all local Government services for a quarter of a million people, looking after education, environment, social care, housing, planning, business and much more - everything from frontline services such as rubbish collection and events like the Dickens Festival to work that goes on behind the scenes to ensure services in Medway run smoothly and cost effectively.

Working at Medway Council means that you get to be part of this journey working alongside talented, professional colleagues to drive forward change to transform the lives of our residents and the communities they live in.

**Important Information-**

Applicants must be able to demonstrate all essential requirements as listed in the job profile

**Interviews will take place on 14 July 2025 at Chatham Children & Family Hub**

**Equal Opportunities Commitment Statement**:
For further information please refer to the Medway information pack available as a download or to view online

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time prior to the closing date.

If you are not contacted within 3 weeks of the advert closing date then you have not been shortlisted.
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