Job Description
Family Support Worker
Salary: £26,000 to £28,500 per annum (dependent on experience)
Service: Residential Family Assessment Centre
Reports to: Senior Practitioner / Lead Practitioner / Deputy Manager
Role Purpose
The Practitioner role represents a progression from entry‑level practice and requires increased autonomy, professional confidence, and responsibility within the organisation therapeutic residential family centre. The post holder plays an active and integral role in supporting mothers and babies, contributing directly to structured parenting observations and assessments, and maintaining high standards of safeguarding and recording practice. Practitioners are expected to demonstrate a sound understanding of trauma‑informed care, attachment, and risk, and to apply this understanding consistently in day‑to‑day practice. The role requires the ability to balance emotional support with appropriate professional ...