Job Description

Family Support Practitioner

Salary: £26,006.84 per annum

Location: Great Yarmouth,Norfolk (covering Seagulls and Norfolk East District).

We are a locality-based service meaning you will be required to travel to the above locations to remote areas, travel expenses will be covered by the service.

Contract/Hours: Fixed Term Contract until 30 September 2027- 37 hours per week per.

Benefits:

29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays plus an option to buy or sell leave
Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities
Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover
Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts.

Interviews to be held week commencing to the 10th August 2026

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.

A bit about the role.

As a Family Support Practitioner, you will work with Children and their families to help overcome challenges, improve wellbeing and build stronger, safer home environments. You will deliver parenting programmes, behaviour strategies, emotional wellbeing and help with practical skills within the home.

About the service

Norfolk's Early Childhood and Family Service provide targeted support to families with children aged 0-5 years. The service offers a range of early childhood services for parents, prospective parents, and young children to support in areas including bonding, speech and language development, parenting challenges, mental well-being, and healthy relationships.

How you'll help to create brighter futures

Delivering parenting programmes.
Assessing and responding to referrals into Norfolk's Early Childhood and Family Service.
Communicating with parents / carers and partners to ensure the families need can be met by the Service.
Maintaining accurate records by following process and procedure.

Let's talk about you.

Our job description for the Family Support Practitioner outlines the requirements of the role but the ‘must-haves' are:

Level 3 or above qualification in social care, health, education, or early years.
Experience of working with children/young people and families.
Good IT skills and ability to record concise, accurate case notes.
Ability to understand and reflect on daily practice.
Good communication skills with the Confidence to speak to professionals.
Flexibility to be able to work occasional evenings and weekends to meet the needs of the service.
Ability and willingness to work in a variety of premises across the county (the role will be required to work across more than one district at times).

Why Action for Children?

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?

For more information about our Family Support Practitioner role, please check out job description here

How to apply

If you require any support to apply, please contact: Scott Jones via email at recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting reference 13377

Diversity, equality and inclusion

We work hard to create an inclusive environment. One where individuality is celebrated and where everyone feels valued and supported. Because when we come together, with skills like yours, we’re capable of amazing things.

We  actively  encourage  applications frompeople withBlack, AsianandMinority Ethnicbackgroundsandpeople with adisability,as these groupsare under-represented within Action for Children.

Men are currently under-represented within our Children Service roles. We’d like to change that. So, we really encourage men to apply for any of our Children Service roles.

See below for further information about working with us:

Action for Children Employee Benefits

AfC Commitment Statement

Management Competency Framework

Action for Children Northern Ireland Booklet

Make a Difference - A Career in Residential Services