Healthy Family Support Practitioner 0-5 years Chelmsford Area
| Posting date: | 15 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £15,502.14 to £18,094.52 per year |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 28 December 2025 |
| Location: | Chelmsford, Essex |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Barnardo's |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 22202 |
Summary
Healthy Family Support Practitioner - Part time Vacancy Working with children and or Young People 0-5 years old and their families -in The Chelmsford Area
We are seeking a passionate, dynamic and experienced 0-5 yrs practitioner to join our Healthy Family Team.
Our teams are fully integrated consisting of Health Visitors, School Nurses, Support Practitioners, Family Hub Practitioners and Community Connectors.
0-9yrs Healthy Family Support Practitioner Role
To work with children, young people and their families, on a one to one or group basis, using a variety of interventions, to identify needs and to achieve positive outcomes.
To work in partnership with parents/carers to empower them and to enable them to achieve better outcomes for their children.
To work co-operatively with children's services, health agencies and other community based services, to provide the most effective service for children young people and families.
Undertake developmental and health reviews of children and young people at key stages of their life
0-5yrs on occasions
Working in an integrated team to support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme
Supporting the delivery of Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home visiting programme (MECSH)
Promoting first relationships and attachment
Promotion of the Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI)
Providing universal and targeted support to families through delivery of group sessions
Working in partnership with individuals and their families to achieve positive outcomes
Deliver evidenced based parenting support to all families
Providing evidence-based interventions with families to support their children to become School Ready and meet age appropriate levels of development
Organising and undertaking Integrated two-year reviews in partnership with the family and the child's Early years setting
To participate in and deliver ECFWS virtual sessions to ensure all families are reached and have meaningful contact and achievable outcomes
To make contact with families where parental conflict has been identified as a ‘risk' factor, providing brief intervention support and advice
Participating and leading on health promotion activities in the family hubs and delivery sites or at external venues and events
5 – 9
To make contact with families where parental conflict has been identified as a ‘risk' factor, providing brief intervention support and advice ·
Provide Coaching and Skills training to young people and their parents to support the development of emotional literacy and overall wellbeing
To Deliver Educational sessions to Parents, Children and Young People adapting style and content to meet the audience. ·
To work in partnership with other specialist providers in providing dedicated support to families of children aged 6-19 with a view to minimising harm and building the resilience of children and young people.
To work in an empowering way to develop self-confidence, self esteem and emotional wellbeing within families · Support the development of Health Family hubs and Delivery sites as sanctuaries for families fleeing domestic abuse
Full details of role and responsibilities are detailed within the Job Description attached.
Essential requirements for the role
Qualification mandatory for practice –A minimum NVQ Level 3
have experience of working with children within School, Home and community settings
Confident when delivering advice and support to Parents and Carers
Have a good understanding of accurate recording
Have a sound knowledge of GDPR
have experience and empathy when building relationships with vulnerable children and adults.
Be able to drive and have access to a vehicle.
Applications are shortlisted by demonstrating experience aligned to the Person Specification. When completing your application, please ensure that you include as much detail as possible and reference your experience to reflect the person specification.
This role is based in the Mid Essex locality, working in and around the Chelmsford area
Please ensure you read the attached Job Description and if you have any further questions regarding this position please contact karen.march@barnardos.org.uk.
About Barnardo's
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
Our basis and values
We are seeking a passionate, dynamic and experienced 0-5 yrs practitioner to join our Healthy Family Team.
Our teams are fully integrated consisting of Health Visitors, School Nurses, Support Practitioners, Family Hub Practitioners and Community Connectors.
0-9yrs Healthy Family Support Practitioner Role
To work with children, young people and their families, on a one to one or group basis, using a variety of interventions, to identify needs and to achieve positive outcomes.
To work in partnership with parents/carers to empower them and to enable them to achieve better outcomes for their children.
To work co-operatively with children's services, health agencies and other community based services, to provide the most effective service for children young people and families.
Undertake developmental and health reviews of children and young people at key stages of their life
0-5yrs on occasions
Working in an integrated team to support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme
Supporting the delivery of Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home visiting programme (MECSH)
Promoting first relationships and attachment
Promotion of the Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI)
Providing universal and targeted support to families through delivery of group sessions
Working in partnership with individuals and their families to achieve positive outcomes
Deliver evidenced based parenting support to all families
Providing evidence-based interventions with families to support their children to become School Ready and meet age appropriate levels of development
Organising and undertaking Integrated two-year reviews in partnership with the family and the child's Early years setting
To participate in and deliver ECFWS virtual sessions to ensure all families are reached and have meaningful contact and achievable outcomes
To make contact with families where parental conflict has been identified as a ‘risk' factor, providing brief intervention support and advice
Participating and leading on health promotion activities in the family hubs and delivery sites or at external venues and events
5 – 9
To make contact with families where parental conflict has been identified as a ‘risk' factor, providing brief intervention support and advice ·
Provide Coaching and Skills training to young people and their parents to support the development of emotional literacy and overall wellbeing
To Deliver Educational sessions to Parents, Children and Young People adapting style and content to meet the audience. ·
To work in partnership with other specialist providers in providing dedicated support to families of children aged 6-19 with a view to minimising harm and building the resilience of children and young people.
To work in an empowering way to develop self-confidence, self esteem and emotional wellbeing within families · Support the development of Health Family hubs and Delivery sites as sanctuaries for families fleeing domestic abuse
Full details of role and responsibilities are detailed within the Job Description attached.
Essential requirements for the role
Qualification mandatory for practice –A minimum NVQ Level 3
have experience of working with children within School, Home and community settings
Confident when delivering advice and support to Parents and Carers
Have a good understanding of accurate recording
Have a sound knowledge of GDPR
have experience and empathy when building relationships with vulnerable children and adults.
Be able to drive and have access to a vehicle.
Applications are shortlisted by demonstrating experience aligned to the Person Specification. When completing your application, please ensure that you include as much detail as possible and reference your experience to reflect the person specification.
This role is based in the Mid Essex locality, working in and around the Chelmsford area
Please ensure you read the attached Job Description and if you have any further questions regarding this position please contact karen.march@barnardos.org.uk.
About Barnardo's
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
Our basis and values
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.