Family Practitioner - Family Support - 2544
| Posting date: | 29 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £26,033 to £30,361 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 September 2025 |
| Location: | B8 3QU |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Spurgeons |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 2544 |
Summary
The Vacancy
Support Families. Build Stronger Futures. One Step at a Time.
Are you passionate about helping families overcome challenges and thrive? Do you have experience in early help, family support, or community-based work? We’re looking for a Family Practitioner – Family
Support to join our Spurgeons Birmingham Family Hub team, working across Erdington, Hodge Hill, Perry Barr and Sutton Coldfield. You’ll support families with children aged 0–5 (with flexibility up to 19), delivering targeted support and building strong relationships that make a lasting difference. Please note, we have 2x 37 hour and 1x 33.5 hour vacancies available. You will be required to work across Hodge Hill and Sutton in this role.
What your week will look like
• 3-5 days delivering in local hubs, schools, Family Homes or community venues, meeting
families face to face, working with families and professionals in providing the right help at the right time to families.
• Virtual and face-to-face support tailored to families needs across the streams, including occasional evening and weekend sessions
• Using Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and SharePoint to complete admin and reporting tasks
• Gathering feedback from parents and partners to support quarterly data and evaluation
• Working collaboratively with Family Hub Practitioners, Parenting and Group Workers and Community and Family Navigators, as part of a supportive, multi-skilled team
You’ll receive a strong induction, regular supervision, and the opportunity to develop your skills in a dynamic and values-led environment.
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
• Experience supporting families with young children (0–5), including home visits, assessments, and structured interventions
• Confidence working with a wide range of families and professionals to create strong support plans
• Excellent listening, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of safeguarding, early help pathways, and community resources
• A Level 3 qualification (e.g. Health & Social Care, Working with Parents) or equivalent experience.
• The flexibility to work across locations—and occasionally during evenings or weekends to meet family needs
Why join Spurgeons?
We’re a Christian children’s charity that puts children and families first. In Birmingham, our Family Hubs provide trusted early help services where families can access practical support, parenting advice, emotional wellbeing help and more.
We offer:
• A compassionate, inclusive and values-led team
• Ongoing training and development
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme and wellbeing resources
• A generous pension scheme
• The opportunity to make a real difference to families' lives
Interview Dates - 25th & 26th September 2025
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.
The Benefits
Continuous professional development
In house learning platform
Employee Assistance Programme
Salary sacrifice pension with employers contribution of up to 7%
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
BHFS Health Cash Plan
Life assurance 2 times annual salary
Enhanced annual leave
Additional paid time off at Christmas
Flu vouchers
Eye test reclaim
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.
Support Families. Build Stronger Futures. One Step at a Time.
Are you passionate about helping families overcome challenges and thrive? Do you have experience in early help, family support, or community-based work? We’re looking for a Family Practitioner – Family
Support to join our Spurgeons Birmingham Family Hub team, working across Erdington, Hodge Hill, Perry Barr and Sutton Coldfield. You’ll support families with children aged 0–5 (with flexibility up to 19), delivering targeted support and building strong relationships that make a lasting difference. Please note, we have 2x 37 hour and 1x 33.5 hour vacancies available. You will be required to work across Hodge Hill and Sutton in this role.
What your week will look like
• 3-5 days delivering in local hubs, schools, Family Homes or community venues, meeting
families face to face, working with families and professionals in providing the right help at the right time to families.
• Virtual and face-to-face support tailored to families needs across the streams, including occasional evening and weekend sessions
• Using Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and SharePoint to complete admin and reporting tasks
• Gathering feedback from parents and partners to support quarterly data and evaluation
• Working collaboratively with Family Hub Practitioners, Parenting and Group Workers and Community and Family Navigators, as part of a supportive, multi-skilled team
You’ll receive a strong induction, regular supervision, and the opportunity to develop your skills in a dynamic and values-led environment.
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
• Experience supporting families with young children (0–5), including home visits, assessments, and structured interventions
• Confidence working with a wide range of families and professionals to create strong support plans
• Excellent listening, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of safeguarding, early help pathways, and community resources
• A Level 3 qualification (e.g. Health & Social Care, Working with Parents) or equivalent experience.
• The flexibility to work across locations—and occasionally during evenings or weekends to meet family needs
Why join Spurgeons?
We’re a Christian children’s charity that puts children and families first. In Birmingham, our Family Hubs provide trusted early help services where families can access practical support, parenting advice, emotional wellbeing help and more.
We offer:
• A compassionate, inclusive and values-led team
• Ongoing training and development
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme and wellbeing resources
• A generous pension scheme
• The opportunity to make a real difference to families' lives
Interview Dates - 25th & 26th September 2025
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.
The Benefits
Continuous professional development
In house learning platform
Employee Assistance Programme
Salary sacrifice pension with employers contribution of up to 7%
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
BHFS Health Cash Plan
Life assurance 2 times annual salary
Enhanced annual leave
Additional paid time off at Christmas
Flu vouchers
Eye test reclaim
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.