Keeping Families Together Practitioner

Keeping Families Together Practitioner

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• Company: inploi


• Salary: Competitive


• Hours: Full-time


• Location: Wigan, WN2 3HY


• Job type: Permanent


• Posting date: 17 Sept 2026


• Closing date: 17 Oct 2026

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Summary

Priority Candidates will be considered in the first instance

Kildare Children & Families Centre

• Salary: Grade 6, £30,515 - £33,673 per annum.

We're on a journey to build a workforce reflective of our Borough.

We are committed to fostering diverse teams where everybody can bring their authentic selves to work and feel that they belong. If you want to work for a Council where everybody is encouraged to meet their full potential and make a difference in our neighbourhoods, we would love to hear from you!

Your role:

You will be joining a busy child focused children's social care family time team. You will be responsible for supervising family time with children who are looked after by the local authority and their birth parents/extended families. You will be an excellent communicator and have excellent written & observational skills. You will be expected to support with the transportation of children to and from their family time sessions. You will be required to have or be willing to learn the skills to deal with challenging behaviour from both children and adults. You will contribute to a variety of assessments including parenting assessments & sibling assessments. You are required to work within the hours of 7am - 7pm.

About you:

• You will hold a relevant essential qualification as stated on the job summary; you will be flexible in your approach to your work.


• You will have the ability to work between the hours of 7am - 7pm.


• Ideally you will have experience of working with children and families in need of help and support, you will have experience of working with families in challenging situations.


• You will have the ability to travel borough wide and beyond to fulfil your role.


• You will display and promote the council's Be Wigan behaviours.


• You will be an excellent communicator, efficient in time management and have excellent written & observational skills as well as a strong team player.

About us:

You will be part of an amazing, kind and supportive team with regular My Time sessions which focus on you and your wellbeing. You will access a comprehensive and supportive induction package along with individual case reviews to support you every step of the way.

You will be given shadowing opportunities prior to having your own case load.

You will have access to an extensive training package to develop your skills further.

The Progress with Unity plan is a place movement for change for the next decade, bringing new era for Wigan Borough. It draws on the strengths of our individual organisations, recognising that together we can achieve much more for our communities by delivering on our 2 place missions; create fair opportunities for all children, families, residents and businesses and make our towns and neighbourhoods flourish for those who live and work in them.

Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home, the office, or the community. We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits.

To be appointed to this role you must be able to prove your right to work in the UK, and you must maintain a valid (active) right to work. Please note, at present we are not a licensed sponsor. Please visit the link below to check your eligibility to apply. Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Prove your right to work to an employer

Wigan Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. As part of this commitment, Wigan Council operates robust Safer Recruitment procedures.

For further information, please contact:

Val Bates, Team Manager or Georgina Fields Senior Practitioner for further discussions on .

Interview dates:

• Priority Candidates: Tuesday 6th October 2026


• All other Candidates: Thursday 8th October 2026

This position is subject to Enhanced Disclosure Procedures plus Child Barred List Check.

The employer is committed to safeguarding.

Supporting Documents

#s1-Gen

You will be joining a busy child focused children's social care family time team. You will be responsible for supervising family time with children who are looked after by the local authority and their birth parents/extended families. You will be an excellent communicator and have excellent written & observational skills. You will be expected to support with the transportation of children to and from their family time sessions. You will be required to have or be willing to learn the skills to deal with challenging behaviour from both children and adults. You will contribute to a variety of assessments including parenting assessments & sibling assessments. You are required to work within the hours of 7am 7pm., You will hold a relevant essential qualification as stated on the job summary; you will be flexible in your approach to your work. You will have the ability to work between the hours of 7am 19.00.

Ideally you will have experience of working with children and families in need of help and support, you will have experience of working with families in challenging situations.

You will have the ability to travel borough wide and beyond to fulfil your role.

You will display and promote the councils Be Wigan behaviours.

You will be an excellent communicator, efficient in time management and have excellent written & observational skills as well as a strong team player., To be appointed to this role you must be able to prove your right to work in the UK, and you must maintain a valid (active) right to work. Please note, at present we are not a licenced sponsor. Please visit the link below to check you qualify to apply. Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Prove your right to work to an employer

You will be part of an amazing, kind and supportive team with regular My Time sessions which focus on you and your wellbeing. You will access a comprehensive and supportive induction package along with individual case reviews to support you every step of the way.

You will be given shadowing opportunities prior to having your own case load.

You will have access to an extensive training package to develop your skills further.

The Progress with Unity plan is a place movement for change for the next decade, bringing new era for Wigan Borough. It draws on the strengths of our individual organisations, recognising that together we can achieve much more for our communities by delivering on our 2 place missions; create fair opportunities for all children, families, residents and businesses and make our towns and neighbourhoods flourish for those who live and work in them.

Salary: Grade 6, £30,515 - £33,673 per annum.

We're on a journey to build a workforce reflective of our Borough.

We are committed to fostering diverse teams where everybody can bring their authentic selves to work and feel that they belong. If you want to work for a Council where everybody is encouraged to meet their full potential and make a difference in our neighbourhoods, we would love to hear from you!

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