Salary: £25,000 per annum, pro rata Location: North Lanarkshire Contract/Hours: Permanent / Both Full Time - 37 hours per week and Part Time - 18.5 hours available (includes evenings and weekends) Closing date for applications is Tuesday 15th April and interviews are scheduled to take place on Tuesday 22nd April Benefits: 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts. Vulnerable children in the UK need your help Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you'll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK. Last year, we helped more than 670,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive. Why Action for Children? Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It's the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives. A bit about the role An exciting opportunity has arisen within North Lanarkshire to be part of a new early help family support service. Funded by North Lanarkshire HSCP, the service will provide holistic support for the whole family. This is a new and innovative service within North Lanarkshire and you'll play a key role in developing this alongside families and community partners. The service is a collaboration between four charities: Barnardo's, Action for Children, Home Start GNNL) and Impact Arts and you will work closely with colleagues from these organisations. We're looking for experienced staff to carry out an outreach Support Role, across the North Lanarkshire area, based in or around community hubs/schools/nurseries and family homes. The aim of the service is to enable families to access supports at the earliest possible time, ensuring a "no wrong door" approach. Referrals will be received within the North Lanarkshire area from families themselves or from external agencies such as social work, health or education. The service will operate 7 days a week between the hours of 8am and 8pm, 365 days a year. You'll be part of an integrated team bringing together staff from each organisation. Each integrated staff team will have responsibility for delivering services within area hubs. How you'll help to create brighter futures Some key responsibilities of the Family Support Practitioner role will be: Understanding the issues impacting children and families in North Lanarkshire and have experience of supporting individuals through these issues using a strength based approach. Supporting the start-up of this new service and developing relationships with local families and other organisations / agencies Understanding the needs of families across various localities within North Lanarkshire and offering groups and 1:1 supports to build on strengths Undertaking / co-producing strengths based assessments with families and identifying shared goals and outcomes. Let's talk about you SVQ 3 in social care or equivalent. Post qualification experience of working with children, young people and families and achieving positive outcomes through direct contribution with support activities and intervention. Caring and compassionate and highly motivated, enthusiastic, committed, able to use your own initiative and able to build positive and supportive relationships with families. A sound knowledge of The Promise, in particular the Family Support Principles and also the Getting It Right For Every Child (GIRFEC) approach. Good to know Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. Diversity, equality and inclusion At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children. Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.