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Family Practitioner

Duration: Initially 3 months
Location: Totnes
Hours: 37 hours per week
Rate: £19 umbrella an hour (£15 PAYE an hour)

Devon County Council are looking for a Family Intervention Practitioner to join their team. This role is family facing so you will need to be agile and to be visiting families. Office attendance is 2-3 days per week.

As a Family Intervention Practitioner you will:

Work directly and intensively with a mixed caseload of complex children, their families or carers with other involved professionals to provide practical hands on intervention to enable children to stay at home or in other agreed accommodation safely
Support families working with short term intensity in a crisis resolution model with some and for a longer period
Monitor and manage any risks to or from children and young people as part of direct work undertaken and escalate such risks
Work with the family as a whole, including absent parents and wider family members
Requirements

Experience working with challenging and resistant families in a range of settings
Experience of working with children and young people, including young people who may display challenging behaviour
Relevant qualification in Health, Social Work, Education, Youth Work or a related field to 3 level
Valid UK driving license and access to a vehicle