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Parenting & Group Work Practitioner 2495 x8
| Posting date: | 13 March 2025 |
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| Salary: | £24,540 to £27,862 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 April 2025 |
| Location: | Birmingham, West Midlands |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Spurgeons |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 2495 |
Summary
The Vacancy
Part time hours will be considered for this role.
ABOUT US
Birmingham Family Hubs are vibrant community spaces dedicated to empowering children, young people, and families across Birmingham. Our hubs are buzzing with energy, offering a wide range of dynamic services that make a real difference. From early years education and parenting support to health advice and safeguarding, we’re here to help families thrive. At Birmingham Family Hubs, we’re passionate about building brighter futures, fostering resilience, and creating stronger, more connected communities—because every family deserves the chance to flourish!
ABOUT THE ROLE
As a Parenting and Group Work Practitioner, you will be at the heart of delivering high-quality support to families, empowering parents and carers to develop their skills and confidence. You will facilitate engaging group sessions, using evidence-based approaches to create a positive, supportive space where families can learn, share experiences, and build strong relationships. Working across Family Hubs, Children’s Centres, and outreach settings, you will ensure services are accessible and tailored to meet the diverse needs of local communities. Collaboration is key, and you will work closely with partner organisations and professionals to strengthen the support available to families. Whether leading parenting programmes, encouraging positive play and interactions, or signposting to wider services, your role will make a lasting impact. If you’re passionate about helping families thrive and want to be part of a team that delivers meaningful change, this role offers a fantastic opportunity to make a difference. This role is based in Birmingham and may involve working across areas in Hodge Hill/Sutton Coldfield and Erdington/Perry Barr.
ABOUT YOU
You are a skilled practitioner with experience in facilitating group sessions and delivering evidence-based parenting programmes. With a background in family support, early years, or social work, you understand the challenges families face and can provide structured, tailored support. Your knowledge of child development, safeguarding, and early intervention enables you to create safe, engaging group environments that promote positive change. Organised and proactive, you can plan, deliver, and evaluate group programmes, ensuring they meet quality standards and achieve outcomes. You work effectively with colleagues, partner agencies, and community organisations to provide joined-up support for families. If you’re passionate about using your expertise to empower parents and improve family well-being, this role offers a great opportunity to make a real difference.
The Company
Spurgeons is one of the UK's leading children's charities, firmly supported by Christian beliefs and values, helping to support vulnerable children and their families through delivering projects to support children, young people, their families, and communities to find long-lasting solutions to the challenges they face.
We create family hubs where we’re needed most, providing support with mental health, special educational needs, domestic abuse and all of family life’s challenges. We work through children and family centres, churches, schools and prisons. Putting children first in everything.
If you want to find out more about working at Spurgeons please visit our website.
We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people we serve. This post is subject to necessary safeguarding checks including an appropriate level DBS Disclosure.
Spurgeons is a Living Wage Employer.
We actively encourage applications from a broad and deep range of backgrounds and experiences. We are a Disability Confident Employer.
Part time hours will be considered for this role.
ABOUT US
Birmingham Family Hubs are vibrant community spaces dedicated to empowering children, young people, and families across Birmingham. Our hubs are buzzing with energy, offering a wide range of dynamic services that make a real difference. From early years education and parenting support to health advice and safeguarding, we’re here to help families thrive. At Birmingham Family Hubs, we’re passionate about building brighter futures, fostering resilience, and creating stronger, more connected communities—because every family deserves the chance to flourish!
ABOUT THE ROLE
As a Parenting and Group Work Practitioner, you will be at the heart of delivering high-quality support to families, empowering parents and carers to develop their skills and confidence. You will facilitate engaging group sessions, using evidence-based approaches to create a positive, supportive space where families can learn, share experiences, and build strong relationships. Working across Family Hubs, Children’s Centres, and outreach settings, you will ensure services are accessible and tailored to meet the diverse needs of local communities. Collaboration is key, and you will work closely with partner organisations and professionals to strengthen the support available to families. Whether leading parenting programmes, encouraging positive play and interactions, or signposting to wider services, your role will make a lasting impact. If you’re passionate about helping families thrive and want to be part of a team that delivers meaningful change, this role offers a fantastic opportunity to make a difference. This role is based in Birmingham and may involve working across areas in Hodge Hill/Sutton Coldfield and Erdington/Perry Barr.
ABOUT YOU
You are a skilled practitioner with experience in facilitating group sessions and delivering evidence-based parenting programmes. With a background in family support, early years, or social work, you understand the challenges families face and can provide structured, tailored support. Your knowledge of child development, safeguarding, and early intervention enables you to create safe, engaging group environments that promote positive change. Organised and proactive, you can plan, deliver, and evaluate group programmes, ensuring they meet quality standards and achieve outcomes. You work effectively with colleagues, partner agencies, and community organisations to provide joined-up support for families. If you’re passionate about using your expertise to empower parents and improve family well-being, this role offers a great opportunity to make a real difference.
The Company
Spurgeons is one of the UK's leading children's charities, firmly supported by Christian beliefs and values, helping to support vulnerable children and their families through delivering projects to support children, young people, their families, and communities to find long-lasting solutions to the challenges they face.
We create family hubs where we’re needed most, providing support with mental health, special educational needs, domestic abuse and all of family life’s challenges. We work through children and family centres, churches, schools and prisons. Putting children first in everything.
If you want to find out more about working at Spurgeons please visit our website.
We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people we serve. This post is subject to necessary safeguarding checks including an appropriate level DBS Disclosure.
Spurgeons is a Living Wage Employer.
We actively encourage applications from a broad and deep range of backgrounds and experiences. We are a Disability Confident Employer.