Healthy Family Support Practitioner 0-5 years
| Posting date: | 12 May 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £26,003.00 per year |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 27 May 2026 |
| Location: | Essex, Eastern England |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Barnardo's |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 22910 |
Summary
Healthy Family Support Practitioner - Part time Vacancy (22.5hrs) Working with children and or Young People 0-5 years old and their families -in Thundersley and The Castle Point 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, Family Wellbeing Nurses, Children and Young Persons Practitioners, Healthy Family Support Practitioners, Family Hub Practitioners and Community Connectors.
0-5yrs 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
Working in an integrated team to support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme
Supporting The Healthy Child Programme Plus
Promoting first relationships and attachment
Promotion of the Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI)
Providing universal and targeted support to families through delivery of group sessions
Deliver evidenced based parenting support to all families
Providing evidence-based interventions with families to support their children to become Ready for Reception 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
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
Be 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 South Essex locality, working in and around Castle Point Distirict covering: Thundersley, Benfleet, Hadleigh and Canvey Island.
Please ensure you read the attached Job Description and if you have any further questions regarding this position please contact Dawn Hodges.
As per NHS guidance this role may require successful applicants to evidence immunisations or immunity for MMR and Chicken Pox. This is due to the clinical focus of some tasks and the requirement to work with vulnerable families, young people and children.
The roles within this service may also require the successful applicant to wear PPE including the wearing of a protective mask and to follow social distancing rules as highlighted in NHS guidelines. Successful applicants will be required to remain compliant with any future mandatory requirements introduced by the Government/NHS.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
More about us
The Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Services (ECFWS) brings together a range of existing services, having been commissioned by Essex County Council and the Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board.
The service, which is provided by HCRG Care Group in partnership with Barnardo's, ensures that families continue to have easy access to local services, with staff able to reach children and families in the community; whether in one of our Family Hubs or Delivery Sites, an Early Years Setting or School, or in a family's home. This flexible and innovative new way of working is about providing services without walls and ensuring those families who need support the most are easily reached.
Broad areas of support and service delivery are:
• Health Visiting
• Parenting Support
• School Nursing
• Family Health
• Resilience and Child Development
• Support for ages 0-19 (25 SEND)
For further details about our service, visit our website on www.essexfamilywellbeing.co.uk
or you can watch our new all about us video using the below link.
https://essexfamilywellbeing.co.uk/about-us/
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, Family Wellbeing Nurses, Children and Young Persons Practitioners, Healthy Family Support Practitioners, Family Hub Practitioners and Community Connectors.
0-5yrs 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
Working in an integrated team to support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme
Supporting The Healthy Child Programme Plus
Promoting first relationships and attachment
Promotion of the Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI)
Providing universal and targeted support to families through delivery of group sessions
Deliver evidenced based parenting support to all families
Providing evidence-based interventions with families to support their children to become Ready for Reception 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
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
Be 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 South Essex locality, working in and around Castle Point Distirict covering: Thundersley, Benfleet, Hadleigh and Canvey Island.
Please ensure you read the attached Job Description and if you have any further questions regarding this position please contact Dawn Hodges.
As per NHS guidance this role may require successful applicants to evidence immunisations or immunity for MMR and Chicken Pox. This is due to the clinical focus of some tasks and the requirement to work with vulnerable families, young people and children.
The roles within this service may also require the successful applicant to wear PPE including the wearing of a protective mask and to follow social distancing rules as highlighted in NHS guidelines. Successful applicants will be required to remain compliant with any future mandatory requirements introduced by the Government/NHS.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
More about us
The Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Services (ECFWS) brings together a range of existing services, having been commissioned by Essex County Council and the Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board.
The service, which is provided by HCRG Care Group in partnership with Barnardo's, ensures that families continue to have easy access to local services, with staff able to reach children and families in the community; whether in one of our Family Hubs or Delivery Sites, an Early Years Setting or School, or in a family's home. This flexible and innovative new way of working is about providing services without walls and ensuring those families who need support the most are easily reached.
Broad areas of support and service delivery are:
• Health Visiting
• Parenting Support
• School Nursing
• Family Health
• Resilience and Child Development
• Support for ages 0-19 (25 SEND)
For further details about our service, visit our website on www.essexfamilywellbeing.co.uk
or you can watch our new all about us video using the below link.
https://essexfamilywellbeing.co.uk/about-us/
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