Family Support Practitioner
Job Description
Salary: £26,006.84 per annum
Location: South Lanarkshire
Contract/Hours: Permanent / Full Time- 37 hours per week- Flexible working to meet the needs of families, evenings and weekends will be required
Interviews to be held: Tuesday 7th July 2026
Benefits:
A generous annual leave entitlement of 29 days PLUS bank holidays
Up to 5 more days leave for continuous service plus the option to buy and sell leave.
Gain professional qualifications with excellent training, and development opportunities.
Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages.
A pension with a up to a 7% employer contribution rate. Plus, if you pay in to the pension you will receive life assurance cover.
Staff discount portal with your favourite brands.
Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 discounts from national retailers.
Vulnerable children in the UK need your help
Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you'll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK.
Last year, we helped more than 670,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.
Why Action for Children?
Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It's the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.
A bit about the role
South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership have commissioned Action for Children based in South Lanarkshire to work alongside families in a flexible and strengths-based way to help them achieve positive outcomes. As part of South Lanarkshire Councils strategy, the service will promote the wellbeing of children and young people aged 12+ years to support them to stay at home and thrive with their families within their local communities by offering the right support at the right time.
Our shared vision is to support children and young people to live with their family, where this is in the best interest of children, or with their extended family, enabling them to grow up in their community with their friends, and attend their local school creating brighter futures.
How you'll help to create brighter futures
Effective assessments will be undertaken to identify the needs, strengths and challenges that each family faces, the intensive interventions will involve advice, guidance, parenting support, 1:1 work with children and liaising with partner agencies.
You'll carry out assessments, intensive planned support, reviews and support families to overcome barriers. Working as part of a fantastic team, you'll attend various meetings and work alongside partner agencies, working to amplify the voice of children, families and young people in influencing plans for their future.
You'll be part of a dynamic multi-disciplinary team, working side by side with families to support and enable positive change and to improve outcomes.
Let's talk about you
SVQ 3 in social care or equivalent.
Post qualification experience of working with children, young people and families and achieving positive outcomes through direct contribution with support activities and intervention.
Experience of working with vulnerable families and a broad understanding of their barriers and legal context.
Knowledge and experience of implementing methods of assessment and interventions.
Must have full UK Driver’s licence and access to a car for work purposes.
Good to know
Application Process
There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.
Contact: Jessica Jarvis Recruitment Partner via email; [email protected] Quoting reference 13249
Diversity, equality and inclusion
At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.
Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.
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