Family Help Practitioner

Family Help Practitioner

Location: Abingdon & Didcot Children & Family Centres (Vale of White Horse)
Contract: Agency – Initially 3–4 months (with potential extension)
Pay Rates: £25 umbrella an hour (£19 PAYE an hour)


About the Role
Oxfordshire County Council is recruiting an experienced Family Help Practitioner to support the Families First Test and Learn Pilot running in the South of the county. One agency practitioner will be recruited into each of the Didcot and Abingdon Family Help Teams for the duration of the pilot.

The Family Help Practitioner provides timely, purposeful support and interventions to vulnerable children, young people, and their families. The role focuses on addressing safeguarding concerns, reducing risk, and improving outcomes, while promoting children’s welfare and family resilience.

This post sits within the Family Help Team, part of the Family Solutions Service (Children’s Services), and is based at the Abingdon Children & Family Centre.

Key Responsibilities

• Work directly with children, young people, and families to address safeguarding concerns and identified needs
  
  
• Deliver targeted interventions to reduce risk and support positive outcomes
  
  
• Build strong, professional relationships with families and partner agencies
  
  
• Contribute to multi-agency plans and reviews
  
  
• Maintain accurate, timely case recording and planning
  
  
• Promote child-centred, strengths-based practice aligned with Families First principles
  
  

Working Arrangements

• Practitioners must be working within the Vale of White Horse area at least 3 days per week, due to the direct nature of family work
  
  
• Recording, planning, and admin can be completed from home, the Abingdon office, or any Oxfordshire County Council building
  
  
• All team members are required to attend the Abingdon office every Wednesday morning, which alternates between team meetings and peer supervision
  
  

About You You will be:

• An experienced practitioner with a background in family support, early help, or children’s services
  
  
• Confident in direct work with families where safeguarding and risk are present
  
  
• Comfortable working in a multi-agency environment
  
  
• Organised, reflective, and committed to improving outcomes for children and young people