Higher Grade Family Intervention Worker

Join our dedicated Adolescent Service and help transform the lives of some of Portsmouth's most vulnerable young people and families. Working as part of our Strengthening Families offer, you'll provide intensive, evidence-based support to families experiencing complex challenges, helping prevent family breakdown and supporting young people to remain safely within their home and community.

Do you have the skills to make a real difference to young people and their families? In this rewarding role, you'll use restorative, relationship-based approaches to deliver meaningful interventions that help families overcome challenges, strengthen relationships, and build confidence. Working with young people and their families, you'll develop creative support plans, manage a varied caseload, and collaborate with professionals across services to achieve positive outcomes. We're looking for a resilient, empathetic and adaptable practitioner with experience of working with complex families, who can provide practical support during both everyday challenges and times of crisis, including evenings and weekends when families need us most., We're looking for an experienced and motivated practitioner with a background in social work, family support or childcare who is passionate about achieving positive outcomes for children and families. You'll be confident working independently in family homes, assessing risk, delivering evidence-based and restorative interventions, and making sound decisions in complex situations. With strong knowledge of safeguarding and child protection, excellent communication and analytical skills, and an understanding of trauma-informed practice, you'll thrive in a fast-paced environment managing competing demands and responding to crises. Flexibility to work outside normal office hours, including weekends, is essential, as is the ability to build effective relationships and challenge appropriately to drive lasting change for families.

You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

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Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Children Partnership safer recruitment procedures.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Please read the relevant DBS