Intensive Family Help Practitioner
| Posting date: | 17 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £31,067 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Please note - roles within Intensive Family Help (Edge of Care) also have an additional local agreement pay enhancement |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 November 2025 |
| Location: | DN31 1HU |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | North East Lincolnshire Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Join a service that empowers you, supports you and values your skills.
Make the change, be the difference to our children, our future.
Intensive Family Help Practitioner (Edge of Care)
As an Intensive Family Help Practitioner you will provide a range of interventions to children and families and undertake planned and emergency intensive support with families to try to reduce family crisis, improve family functioning and prevent children entering care using a range of intervention methods and skills.
What's the role all about?
You will work on a rota basis covering evenings and weekends routinely to provide support for families in crisis, prevent breakdown, meet need at lowest level and prevent escalation to statutory services.
What will your day look like?
You will deliver specific evidence-based programmes to individuals and groups of children, young people or families to improve outcomes, raise aspiration, introduce positive activities and safely keep families together.
Who are we looking for?
We’re seeking passionate, resilient, and skilled practitioner who is committed to making a real difference in the lives of children and families. You’ll thrive in fast-paced, emotionally complex situations and bring a calm, solution-focused approach to every challenge.
For more information, please refer to the role profile or email: Kal Alcock-Murtagh - Service Lead – kal.alcockmurtagh@nelincs.gov.uk
Key Dates
We aim to interview candidates w/c 01 December 2025
We reserve the right to close our adverts early if we have received a significant volume of suitable applications.
As part of your RewardNEL package, you will have a generous leave entitlement (including bank holidays) and enrolment into a local government pension.
You will also have access to our exclusive RewardNEL platform.
This includes a variety of salary sacrifice schemes including Cycle2Work, Holiday Extra and Tusker (Car Lease), discounts at local coffee shops and bars, direct access to our inhouse wellbeing support, free and discounted local car parking as well as instant access to new savings at major retailers, entertainment and hotels.
NELC staff can also benefit from flexible working and excellent training and development opportunities and a Fostering friendly scheme.
In order to fully comply with Safer Recruitment guidelines, if you are successful with your application, you must meet the below criteria and be able to provide:
At least one reference must be from your current or most recent employment, placement or work experience (if you are an agency worker at NELC, please provide your agency as a reference)
You must provide a professional/company email address (we cannot accept personal email addresses)
References must cover the last 3 years, any reasons for gaps should be detailed in your enhanced reference form. Your references will only be requested if you are offered and have accepted a position
Please note: This role requires a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at a level appropriate to the post. It is a contractual and essential requirement that the successful candidate is registered with the DBS Update Service. You have 30 calendar days from the "date of issue" printed on your standard or enhanced DBS certificate to register for the DBS Update Service using the certificate number.
Do you need support?
If you need any help applying for this position, please contact Wendy Trask on 07702 338542 (text or call). Wendy can support with digital access as well as offering advice and guidance about completing the different sections of the application form.
Your earnings go further in North East Lincolnshire, house prices are four times less than in London. Learn more about what our place has to offer at Life in North East Lincolnshire | NELC (nelincs.gov.uk) #FindYourSpace
Get to know us better
Check out our Council Plan and read about all of the exciting new developments we have in the pipeline.
We regularly review data to ensure our recruitment processes are fair, transparent and promote equal opportunities for all. We also have an in-house Equalities Champions Group that works to promote and embed inclusivityin the workplace, helping us identify areas where we can take positive action, and make the organisation a safe space for colleagues to feel connected.
Make the change, be the difference to our children, our future.
Intensive Family Help Practitioner (Edge of Care)
As an Intensive Family Help Practitioner you will provide a range of interventions to children and families and undertake planned and emergency intensive support with families to try to reduce family crisis, improve family functioning and prevent children entering care using a range of intervention methods and skills.
What's the role all about?
You will work on a rota basis covering evenings and weekends routinely to provide support for families in crisis, prevent breakdown, meet need at lowest level and prevent escalation to statutory services.
What will your day look like?
You will deliver specific evidence-based programmes to individuals and groups of children, young people or families to improve outcomes, raise aspiration, introduce positive activities and safely keep families together.
Who are we looking for?
We’re seeking passionate, resilient, and skilled practitioner who is committed to making a real difference in the lives of children and families. You’ll thrive in fast-paced, emotionally complex situations and bring a calm, solution-focused approach to every challenge.
For more information, please refer to the role profile or email: Kal Alcock-Murtagh - Service Lead – kal.alcockmurtagh@nelincs.gov.uk
Key Dates
We aim to interview candidates w/c 01 December 2025
We reserve the right to close our adverts early if we have received a significant volume of suitable applications.
As part of your RewardNEL package, you will have a generous leave entitlement (including bank holidays) and enrolment into a local government pension.
You will also have access to our exclusive RewardNEL platform.
This includes a variety of salary sacrifice schemes including Cycle2Work, Holiday Extra and Tusker (Car Lease), discounts at local coffee shops and bars, direct access to our inhouse wellbeing support, free and discounted local car parking as well as instant access to new savings at major retailers, entertainment and hotels.
NELC staff can also benefit from flexible working and excellent training and development opportunities and a Fostering friendly scheme.
In order to fully comply with Safer Recruitment guidelines, if you are successful with your application, you must meet the below criteria and be able to provide:
At least one reference must be from your current or most recent employment, placement or work experience (if you are an agency worker at NELC, please provide your agency as a reference)
You must provide a professional/company email address (we cannot accept personal email addresses)
References must cover the last 3 years, any reasons for gaps should be detailed in your enhanced reference form. Your references will only be requested if you are offered and have accepted a position
Please note: This role requires a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at a level appropriate to the post. It is a contractual and essential requirement that the successful candidate is registered with the DBS Update Service. You have 30 calendar days from the "date of issue" printed on your standard or enhanced DBS certificate to register for the DBS Update Service using the certificate number.
Do you need support?
If you need any help applying for this position, please contact Wendy Trask on 07702 338542 (text or call). Wendy can support with digital access as well as offering advice and guidance about completing the different sections of the application form.
Your earnings go further in North East Lincolnshire, house prices are four times less than in London. Learn more about what our place has to offer at Life in North East Lincolnshire | NELC (nelincs.gov.uk) #FindYourSpace
Get to know us better
Check out our Council Plan and read about all of the exciting new developments we have in the pipeline.
We regularly review data to ensure our recruitment processes are fair, transparent and promote equal opportunities for all. We also have an in-house Equalities Champions Group that works to promote and embed inclusivityin the workplace, helping us identify areas where we can take positive action, and make the organisation a safe space for colleagues to feel connected.
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