Family Support Practitioner

1 month ago

Ipswich, United Kingdom Suffolk County Council Full time
Suffolk County Council – Saxon House, Ipswich, IP2 0UH - Hybrid  £26,421 per annum (pro rata if part time) 37 hours per week - Flexible working options available  Permanent


An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Suffolk County Council (SCC) Suffolk Therapeutic Fostering Team as a Family Support Practitioner  working from Saxon House Ipswich, but you may have to visit the NHS premises at Airey Close, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft. The role is county wide so the applicant must be willing to travel. 

Are you empowered by being able to see and feel positive change? We are looking for people like you, who share the same care, support, and dedication as we do.

We were recognised as one of leading social work authorities in the UK, whose children’s services are rated as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted, "Services for children are of an exceptionally high standard. They are child-focused and make a positive difference to children's lives." (Ofsted, 2019). We have a well embedded practice framework to enable meaningful family focused help. ‘Signs of Safety’ enables us to do this respectfully and in collaboration with all the families, colleagues, and organisations we are working with.

Your role and responsibilities

The Suffolk Therapeutic fostering (STF) coaches are part of Suffolk’s Therapeutic Fostering team and contribute to the therapeutic relationship between carers, children, and professionals. You can expect to be an integral part of a multi-agency team working with clinical psychologists, social workers, course trainers and facilitators, and other family support practitioners. The aim of STF Coaching is to enable a young person to engage in a programme of coaching sessions that will lead to them developing self-coaching skills. The focus is very much on moving forward and achieving goals and in doing so increasing self-esteem, self-confidence, self-belief and self-worth in young people.

STF Coaching involves identifying and working towards achieving goals that the young person has generated, accepted and feels motivated by. The role of the skills coach is to guide the young person on this journey, and to provide goal focused, flexible and child-centred support. 

There will be opportunities to contribute to the expansion and further developments within the team.

If you are looking for a new challenge and are passionate about improving the outcome for children, this may be the role for you.

You will need

We need someone with relevant experience of coaching, mentoring and supporting young people and with the skills to encourage positive interactions with young person. Ideally, we would like someone who is keen to deliver and support with the facilitation of training to both young people and foster carers and supporting the wider team in these tasks.

A relevant level 3 practitioner qualification or equivalent experience in a relevant area of work.

You can view a full list of requirements in the If you believe you can succeed in this role, apply. Even if you don't meet all requirements, still apply. We would appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.

The team 

We provide a county wide therapeutic support service to Suffolk foster carers. The team consists of a clinical lead and a clinical psychologist who will offer clinical support and advice to the team, other professionals and to foster carers as well as developing and delivering therapeutic courses and training days.  The social workers and family support practitioners offer direct support to foster carers, offering a range of training and therapeutic courses.  The team also offers Toolkit Training which is an innovative and creative course for foster carers, Special Guardianship orders (SGO’s), kinship and adopters to assist and support them in caring for children. In addition other training is offered to support foster carers such as; Theraplay Intervention’s, Positive Parenting and child exploitation online protection (CEOP) IT Safety Training to a range of families.  The STF coaches work directly with young people to raise their self-esteem and confidence and equip them with a wide range of skills to enable them to function in wider society and offer CEOP training. The team are a busy, friendly, and highly supportive team with lots of creativity and passion in the work we do to support children and families.

Empowering Everyone  

We’re big believers in potential, possibility and the power of different ideas. We’re always searching for ways to encourage, respect and enable everyone to be the best they can be. We want to represent the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals, especially those from groups that are currently underrepresented in the organisation, as shown in our 

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