Family Practitioner Specialist

5 days ago


Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Acorns Children's Hospice Trust Full time

About the Role

Acorns Children's Hospice Trust is seeking a Family Practitioner to join our Family Services Team in Birmingham. As a Family Practitioner, you will provide specialist psychosocial support to families both pre and post bereavement.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide ongoing holistic psychosocial, bereavement, and end-of-life support to families at home, hospice, or other appropriate environments.
  • Carry out initial holistic needs assessments.
  • Provide a range of face-to-face therapeutic work, including group work.
  • Co-ordinate additional support for parents, siblings, and relatives as they face the grieving process.
  • Work collaboratively with other professionals to ensure an integrated approach.
  • Maintain your own professional development and professional registration.

About You

This role is ideal for someone with experience in family-centred social care or nursing in the community. You may have experience as a social worker, bereavement counsellor, psychologist, nurse, or family support worker. You must:

  • Be professionally registered with a degree.
  • Have experience of managing caseloads in a complex multi-agency environment.
  • Have a broad, varied background or work in a community setting.
  • Have up-to-date child protection knowledge, good assessment skills, and the emotional resilience to support families going through loss and bereavement.
  • Be driven by children's needs, so you should be able to travel independently across the region, be flexible about hours, and ready to join an on-call rota.

What We Offer

  • £32,000-£42,000 per annum (FTE).
  • 30 hours per week.
  • Employee discounts from leading retailers.
  • Employee gym discount scheme.
  • Bike-to-Work scheme.
  • Generous contribution to group personal pension plan or continuation of current NHS pension scheme.
  • NHS pension scheme life assurance or Acorns group life assurance scheme.


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