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Action for Children
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Our summary
- Salary
- £26,007 a year
About £1,850 a month after tax.
- Work mode
- Hybrid, Carmarthenshire
- Contract
- Part-time
- Closing date
- Apply by Sunday 22 November
Skills
This job advert was originally written in CY.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- Experience of working with children, young people and families in a support, education, health or community setting.
- Strong assessment, planning and case management skills.
- Ability to build positive relationships and engage families facing a range of challenges.
- Good written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to maintain accurate records.
- Understanding of safeguarding, confidentiality and professional boundaries.
- Access to own transport and driving license, due to travel across Carmarthenshire
- And to build positive relationships and engage with families facing a range of challenges.
- Good written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to keep accurate records.
- An understanding of safeguarding, confidentiality and professional boundaries.
- Access to your own transport, due to travel across Carmarthenshire
Pay & benefits
What you'll get
- Over 7 weeks inclusive paid leave and the option to buy or sell leave. consideration of continued service leave balance
- As part of our commitment to staff wellbeing, you'll receive a paid annual Wellbeing Day to use however you choose, supporting a healthy balance between work and life.
- Excellent support and leadership opportunities
- Flexible maternity, paternity and adoption packages
- Up to 5% employer contribution and life assurance cover
- Blue Light Card eligibility with discounts at 15,000 national retailers
- Over 7 weeks of inclusive paid holiday with the option to buy or sell holiday. Consideration of continuous service holiday entitlement
- As part of our commitment to staff wellbeing, you will receive an annual paid Wellbeing Day to use however you choose, supporting a healthy work-life balance.
- Excellent support and leadership opportunities
- Flexible maternity, paternity and adoption packages
- Up to 5% employer contribution and life assurance
- Blue Light Card eligibility with discounts to a national value of £15,000.
The role
As a Family Support Practitioner, you will manage your own caseload, delivering tailored interventions and evidence-based parenting programmes that build confidence and strengthen family relationships, whilst supporting positive outcomes both at home and within the wider community.
Working directly with parents, carers, and children, you will provide practical and emotional support, which will help families overcome challenges, develop resilience, achieve their goals, and create lasting positive change for their children and young people.
As a Family Support Practitioner, you will manage your own caseload, providing tailored interventions and support programmes based on evidence that builds confidence and strengthens family relationships, while supporting positive outcomes at home and within the wider community.
Working directly with parents, carers and children, you will provide practical and emotional support, which will help families overcome challenges, develop resilience, achieve their goals, and create lasting positive change for their children and young people.
What you'll do
- Manage a caseload of families, ensuring support is delivered in line with agreed plans and outcomes.
- Complete assessments, reviews and accurate case records to monitor progress and identify emerging needs.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with partner agencies to ensure coordinated support for families.
- Safeguard and promote the welfare of children, responding appropriately to concerns and risks.
- Signpost and refer families to relevant services, helping them access the support they need.
- Manage a caseload of families, ensuring that support is provided in accordance with agreed plans and outcomes.
- Complete accurate assessments, reviews and case notes to monitor progress and identify emerging needs.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with partner agencies to ensure joined-up support for families.
- Safeguard and promote child wellbeing, responding appropriately to concerns and risks.
- Refer families to relevant services, helping them to access the support they need.
How you'll work
Salary: £26,006.84 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)
Location: Carmarthenshire
Contract/Hours: Permanent, Part-time - 30 hours per week
Contract/Hours: Permanent, Part-time - 30 hours per week
About the service
Our Family Support Service provides early help and intensive family support to families with children aged 0-18 across Carmarthenshire. We work alongside families who may be experiencing challenges that impact their wellbeing, relationships or ability to access community support.
Through flexible, person-centred interventions our aim is to empower families to make positive changes, improve outcomes for children and ensure families receive the right support at the right time.
Our Family Support Service provides early and intensive support to families with children aged 0-18 throughout the county of Carmarthenshire. We work alongside families who may be experiencing challenges affecting their wellbeing, their relationships or their ability to access community support.
Through flexible, person-centred interventions, our aim is to empower families to make positive changes, improve outcomes for children and ensure families receive the right support at the right time.
What you do could make a difference
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Family Support Practitioner
Salary: £26,006.84 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)
Location: Carmarthenshire
This is what you could do, making a difference
Let's talk about you.
Hiring process
At Action for Children, we offer more than just a job. Join us and you'll be part of a team dedicated to giving children safe and happy childhoods. See how your skills can make a real difference, helping solve the problems children and young people face every day.
If you require any support to apply, please contact: Scott Jones via email at recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting reference 13933
Interviews to be held week commencing 30th November 2026
About Action for Children
- Industry
- Children's charity
In their own words
About the company & team
Every child should have a loving home, food, warmth, the chance to grow and learn - the support to cope with life's challenges. But too many children don't.
By bringing your passion and unique skills and experience, you'll help us create change that really matters. And when we succeed, we'll recognise what you did to make a difference.
We've been driven by love to take action for children for over 150 years, giving them the protection and practical help they need. A lot's changed since 1869. But what children really need, hasn't. So as long as children need us, we'll be here.
Will you join us?
At 'Action for Children', we offer more than just a job. Join us and be part of a team dedicated to providing safe and happy childhoods for children. See how your skills can make a real difference, helping to tackle the problems that children and young people face every day.
Every child should have a loving home, food, warmth, the opportunity to grow, access to education and the support to cope with life's challenges. But not every child has this.
By bringing your passion and your unique skills and experience, you'll help us create change that truly matters. And when we succeed, we'll recognise what you did to make the difference.
We have been driven by a love to act for children for over 150 years, providing the advocacy and practical help they need. Much has changed since 1869. But what children need in reality has not. So before children need us, we will be there.
Will you join us?
Additional information
At Action for Children, we are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and able to thrive. We know that racism and discrimination create barriers, and we are taking active steps to challenge these inequalities in our organisation and in the communities we serve.
We strongly welcome applications from people who are Black, Asian, or from other racialised and ethnically marginalised communities, as well as disabled people, who are currently under-represented in our workforce. We are committed to removing barriers in our recruitment processes and ensuring fair access to opportunities.
We also encourage applications from men, who are under-represented in our Children's Services roles. We recognise that people hold multiple identities, and we value the richness this brings to our team.
At 'Action for Children', we are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected, valued and able to thrive. We know that discrimination and difference create barriers, and we are taking active steps to challenge these inequalities in our organisation and in the communities we serve.
We strongly welcome applications from Black, Asian, or other communities that have been marginalised and ethnically underrepresented, as well as disabled people, who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. We are committed to removing barriers in our recruitment processes and ensuring fair access to opportunities.
We also encourage applications from men, who are underrepresented in our Children's Services roles. We recognise that people have diverse identities, and we value the richness this brings to our team.
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