Strengthening Families Practitioner
| Posting date: | 29 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £32,806 to £36,867 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 12 January 2026 |
| Location: | Wellingborough or Kettering, NN4 7YD |
| Company: | Northamptonshire Children's Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | Ref/77/7754 |
Summary
Do you have the skills and experience to build positive, trusting relationships with parents, children, and young people—helping them make positive changes and improve life opportunities?
We have an exciting part time opportunity for an enthusiastic, self-motivated individual with excellent interpersonal, communication, and organisational skills to join our dedicated team as a Strengthening Families Practitioner.
Strengthening Families is part of our Children and Family Support Services. Using a multi-agency approach, the service offers intensive support to children, young people and families with identified complex needs, to support and empower them to achieve good outcomes. The service delivers a range of interventions from direct work with families using a Family Help approach, to parenting and domestic abuse groups, and works collaboratively with partners to create a supportive team around the family to help families to sustain changes.
You’ll be based in one of the Family Hubs in the North Northants locality (Wellingborough or Kettering) working as part of a hard-working team committed to improving outcomes for families.
The post is part time, for 26.5 hours per week. Interviews are planned for 26th January 2026
Our benefitsWe are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do.
We really value our workforce and offer you a great benefits package including:
- 28 days annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days, after 5 years
- Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health pension protection.
- Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days annual leave
- Employee Assistance Programme - We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
- Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
- Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
- A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions
- Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
- Subsidised town centre car parking scheme
You’ll manage a caseload of families and act as a lead professional or co-worker, delivering structured one-to-one family support and group work. You will:
- Carry out whole-family needs and risk assessments and develop tailored support plans.
- Coordinate services and partner agencies to ensure families receive the right support at the right time.
- Have extensive, hands-on experience in preventative work with children and families facing escalating, complex needs.
- Work intensively with families in their homes, using creative and evidence-based interventions to bring about positive change.
- Have excellent communication skills, written and verbal. You must be able to write assessments and support plans by building positive relationships with families.
- Provide practical advice and interventions around parenting, child development, household routines, and access to health, housing, and employment support.
- Participate in safeguarding processes, case reviews, and multi-agency meetings and have a good understanding and experience of partnership working.
- Work on your own initiative and as part of a team
- Lead Team Around the Family meetings
Your work will make a real difference—helping families overcome challenges and achieve better outcomes for their children.
We welcome the opportunity to speak to any interested candidates so please feel free to email: Holly.Crawford@nctrust.co.uk and they can agree a mutually agreeable time to call you
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.
About youYou’re passionate about supporting families and have:
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal—you can build strong relationships and write clear assessments and support plans.
- A good understanding of evidence-based interventions and how they support positive change.
- Experience of partnership working and the ability to collaborate effectively with other professionals.
- Flexibility and creativity in the support you offer to families.
- The ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a team.
- A Level 3 qualification in working with children, young people, and families or substantial experience in this area.
- Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
If you’re ready to make a difference and meet the qualifications, knowledge, and skills outlined in the job specification, we’d love to hear from you.
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore subject to an enhanced DBS certificate. It is also a regulated activity and will be subject to a Barred List check
When applying please ensure your supporting statement covers how you fulfil the essential criteria set out in the person specification as this will be used for shortlisting. You will need to provide a full employment history including any gaps since leaving full time education
About usAt Northamptonshire Children’s Trust, children, young people and families are at the heart of all we do – in every decision we make and every action we take. Our mission is driven by the unwavering commitment to achieving the best outcomes for them. The Trust is wholly owned and funded but operationally independent from the Councils.
Our workforce are our most valuable asset and are pivotal to making the services and support we offer to children, young people and families who need us to be the absolute best we can be.
We value our colleagues and empower them to be able to do the best job of their lives every single day, working in a culture of support and kindness where achievements are celebrated and creativity is very much welcomed.
At NCT equality, diversity and inclusion are part of us and in everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and thrive in our organisation. We are a disability confident employer and have a commitment to care leavers who we guarantee an interview if they meet the essential criteria.
Join our dedicated team and be a part of an organisation where your work makes a real difference.