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Family Practitioner - Refugee Safeguarding Team

Contract: 3 months (rolling)

Rate - 23 (umbrella)

Location: Havant

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a supportive and forward-thinking team dedicated to improving outcomes for children and families.

As a Family Practitioner, you'll be at the heart of early help and intervention work - building strong, trusting relationships with families, empowering them to overcome challenges, and helping them thrive. You'll work closely with children, parents, and professionals to provide practical, emotional, and tailored support that makes a lasting difference.

As a Family Practitioner, you will be a key member of a dedicated and supportive team working to improve outcomes for children and families. You will manage a small caseload of settled children, providing tailored support and interventions that respond to each family's unique circumstances. Working closely with social workers and other professionals, you will contribute to assessing needs and developing comprehensive family plans. Your role will involve delivering a variety of tasks and interventions within the strengths-based Hampshire Approach, helping families build on their existing strengths and achieve lasting positive change.

This is a hybrid role, where the office is based in Havant and visits are required locally along with some home working.

Responsibilities

• To arrange appropriate resources and help in assisting families to access other resources under supervision and within the Departments agreed priorities and resource
• framework. This could include arranging transport, domiciliary care, accommodation; appropriate voluntary sector resources, accessing play groups; liaising with housing colleagues etc
• To carry out direct work with service users and carers as allocated by supervisor/ Manager
• To work in partnership with service users, carers, relatives, children and other professionals at all times
• To use mediation/negotiation skills to support young people and their parents/carers in improving their relationships
• To undertake some statutory tasks as described within The Children Act 1989, Sec 17, such as assessments of need and CIN visits when deemed appropriate by the Team Manager and with a Qualified Social Worker where appropriate
• To write and present good quality, coherent reports based on work activity
• To deliver services and interventions within the framework of the Hampshire Approach in order to keep more children safely at home and support families to achieve positive and sustained change
• To provide a service to children and their families as assessed to be appropriate to their needs
• To present to internal panels only (e.g. re: Funding) for Children In Need Cases
• Ensure all information/visits/contacts are recorded on child's electronic record system in line with departmental policies/requirements/standards
• To prepare reports for court, serve court notice, and placement forms in consultation with social worker

Desirable Qualifications, Knowledge, Experience, Skills and Behaviours

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
• Knowledge of child development
• Direct experience of specific work with children and young people
• An understanding of the impact of social deprivation and disadvantage in children, young people and their families

About us:

Connect2Hampshire is a managed service agency owned by Hampshire County Council providing temporary, contract and interim opportunities into the Council. Our service is built on our values of ethical, trustworthy, and caring, and our profits are returned to our Local Authority shareholders.

Connect2Hampshire is a trading style of Hampshire & Kent Commercial Services LLP - A joint venture between Hampshire County Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Hampshire is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.

Empower Lives. Build Confidence.
At Hft, a leading Social Care provider, we stand alongside learning disabled adults, empowering them to live life their way. As a Support Practitioner specialising in Autism, you ll play a vital role in creating opportunities, building confidence, and helping people achieve their goals in everyday life.
Every day will be different: from cooking meals and planning weekly shops, to outdoor adventures, live gigs, or simply building confidence in public transport. What matters most is that you ll be there to enable choice, dignity, and independence supporting people to live the life they choose.

What You ll Be Doing
Every day is different, but your role focuses on empowering independence, choice, and dignity:

• Enable people to live with independence and dignity, offering support that builds skills, confidence, and achievement.
• Provide thoughtful, person-centred care; from daily routines and personal support to helping people take on new challenges.
• Create meaningful opportunities for people to discover hobbies, learn new skills, and stay connected with family, friends, and community life.
• Support individuals to manage everyday tasks like cooking, shopping, budgeting, and travelling, so they feel in control of their own lives.
• Use your experience with Autism and behaviours that challenge to create safe, supportive environments where people can truly thrive.
• Role model Hft s values; kindness, respect, and inclusion; and inspire others to do the same.
• Work flexibly, including sleep-ins, ensuring people have the right support whenever they need it

Who you are

• You re passionate about standing alongside learning disabled adults and supporting them to live life their way. You ll bring:
• Experience supporting individuals with Autism and behaviours that can challenge
• Patience, supportiveness, and respect for people s choices
• A positive, encouraging approach that celebrates achievement
• Strong communication skills to build trusting relationships
• Willingness to learn and work towards a Health and Social Care qualification
• Confidence providing personal support when it s needed
• Flexibility to work evenings, weekends, waking and sleep-in shifts

Life at Hft

• Joining Hft means becoming part of a warm, inclusive team that values both your wellbeing and the impact you make. We believe every learning disabled adult should have the chance to live the best life possible, and that begins with supporting our colleagues.
• Our values guide everything we do: we re diverse and inclusive, kind and compassionate, positive and solution-focused, and visionary about what the best life possible can look like. Here, your work has real purpose. You ll be part of a welcoming team that values what you bring, supports your growth, and ensures you feel included and appreciated every step of the way.

What We Offer

• A role with real impact, where your work empowers others.
• A warm, supportive, and inclusive team culture.
• A role with real impact, where your work empowers others.
• 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
• Access to award-winning training and career development
• Flexible pay options via Wagestream
• Wellbeing support including Digital GP, counselling, and mental health services
• Discounts on mobiles, life assurance, and referral rewards
• Family-friendly policies and return-to-work bonuses
• If this sounds like the kind of role where you can thrive, we d love to hear from you. Apply today and play a vital role in empowering learning disabled adults to live the life they choose.

Accessibility: We believe everyone should have the support they need to succeed. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application process or in the role itself, Hft - proudly a Disability Confident Employer - is committed to ensuring disabled people can apply, succeed, and thrive with us.

Background checks: We re committed to keeping the people we support safe, so this role requires a satisfactory DBS and background checks. Don t worry; we ll guide you through the process.

Previous experience in supporting individuals with Autism is essential.

Description:

Connect2Kent recruit exclusively for Kent County Council. We recruit for a range of Social Work position's both Locum and Permanent.

About you

Professionally registered with a degree in social work - CQSW, DipSW or equivalent - you will have a variety of post-qualification experience of working with children and families. Your experience should cover systemic practice, and you will need an in-depth understanding of legislative and policy frameworks.

Along with a willingness to learn and develop as a practitioner, being a team player is essential in any social work team. You will build relationships with colleagues, as well as statutory, voluntary and private sector agencies.

If you share this vision of excellent Social Work practice, we want to hear from you.

Rewards

In return for helping us achieve our aims, there is a strong commitment to supporting your professional development. As a qualified Social Worker we know that you want to make a difference and working at Kent County Council you will be given every support and opportunity to do so.

We offer an attractive benefits package and a commitment to ensuring that you achieve a healthy work life balance with flexible working arrangements and an emphasis on health and well-being.

Benefits

A competitive starting salary, including an annual market premium payment of up to 5,000 subject to eligibility.

A supportive team working environment with regular supervision.

Access to a wide range of formal and informal CPD activities underpinned by a performance appraisal scheme and career progression pathway.

An annual appraisal linking your learning and development needs.

Generous annual leave allowance.

Local Government pension scheme.

Access to smarter working / flexible working.

Relocation Package.

You will also have a range of professional development opportunities including the exciting social care academy and routes for progression.

What Kent County Council Offers:

• Up to 8,000 relocation support
• 3,000 retention bonus
• 2,000 annual car premium
• Flexible working arrangements
• Strong professional support, training, and career progression

Main duties and responsibilities:

Manage a caseload of complex cases involving high levels of risk and needs to a high standard to ensure resources are utilised effectively

• Provide a high quality resource of professional social work knowledge and expertise to a team of Social Workers, to include student supervision, chairing complex meetings, assisted fieldwork, attendance in court, case audits and reviews etc, to assist the team in ensuring that it carries out its core tasks to a high standard.

• Provide coaching and mentoring support to Social Workers, including those undertaking social work training, to support and further their professional knowledge and development to impact upon the overall quality of practice within teams.

• Attend court, where appropriate, to assist the team in ensuring that key professional input and expertise is provided to high profile and sensitive cases.

• Act as Practice Assessor to support student placements/ASYE.

• Liaise regularly with colleagues throughout the Council to ensure social work staff deliver existing and new practices consistently and to a high standard.

• Contribute to the development of new initiatives through attendance or leadership on working groups, multi agency forums, training courses etc and acting as lead for identified service initiatives, i.e. planning for permanence and research work, to develop current and new ways of working that meet service requirements.

• Maintain awareness of changes in legislation and related policies and practices and ensure all social work staff are also informed of these changes to enable consistent and timely implementation.

Connect2Kent is a trading style of Commercial Services Kent LTD - A company wholly owned by Kent County Council. Connect2Kent is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.

The starting salary for this full-time, permanent position is 34,660 per annum based on a 36 hour working week.

The Safer Team provides rapid and intensive support to vulnerable children who go missing, are at risk of, or are experiencing extra-familial harm, and in situations where safer context work is required within local communities. The team also works across and supports the wider functions of the Central Hub within Surrey's Adolescent Service.

We support hybrid working with the right balance; supporting a mixture of working from home, in the office, and working with children and their networks for the rest of the time.

Our Offer to You

• 26 days' holiday, rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 31 days after 5 years' service
• Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Up to 5 days of carer's leave and 2 paid volunteering days per year
• Paternity, adoption and dependents leave
• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
• Wellbeing and lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, and shopping
• A chance to make a real difference to the lives of our residents.

About The Role

The Safer Team supports young people and their families through a strengths based, trauma informed approach, delivering intensive interventions for those at risk of or experiencing extra familial harm. This includes Return Home Interviews, contextual safeguarding work within communities, group work in schools and other settings, as well as one to one work with children and carers.

Working alongside Social Workers, Early Help practitioners and wider Children's Services teams, the Safer Team helps ensure support plans are effective in increasing safety for a child, and young people receive the right help at the right time. The team also provides specialist guidance across locality hubs, promoting consistent and effective contextual safeguarding practice.

The biggest impact you will have will be on the lives of children. If you are passionate about wanting to work with children and young people to achieve positive change, then being an Adolescent Practitioner within the Safer Team will provide you with opportunities to support some of the most vulnerable young people in Surrey.

Your Application

In order to be considered for shortlisting, your application will clearly evidence the following skills and align with our behaviours:

• An understanding of the roles and responsibilities of practitioners working with vulnerable young people
• Experience of working in a social work, youth justice, youth work, teaching, or probation environment
• Basic awareness of relevant legislation affecting working with children, including the Children Act (1989) and the Children and Adoption Act (2002)
• IT skills, including use of databases, email, Word and Excel
• Ability to prioritise and work effectively under pressure with minimal supervision
• Willingness to learn and undertake training relevant to the role

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 25/10/2025 with interviews planned to follow.

Local Government Reorganisation (LGR)

Surrey County Council is undergoing Local Government Reorganisation and will move to new authorities in April 2027. This role is currently employed by Surrey County Council and will remain so until then. If you are employed by Surrey County Council on 1 April 2027, your employment will transfer under TUPE arrangements to one of the new councils, with your current terms and conditions protected. The provisional allocation for this post is East Surrey subject to final confirmation through the wider transition process later this year.

Our Commitment

We are a disability confident employer which means if you have shared a disability on your application form and have evidenced you meet the minimum shortlisting criteria, as displayed on the advert, we guarantee you an interview.

Your skills and experience truly matter to us. From application to your first day, we're committed to supporting you with any adjustments you need, we value inclusion and warmly welcome you to join and help build a workplace where everyone belongs.

Recovery Practitioner

Location: Swansea

Salary: £26,000 per annum

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full Time

We are looking for a dedicated and compassionate Recovery Practitioner to join our team, working within an integrated healthcare framework to support prisoners aged 18 and over.

Our services provide psychosocial drug and alcohol interventions and accredited treatment programmes for people entering prison who have been identified as experiencing problems with drugs and/or alcohol. We use a person-centred approach, combining harm reduction and abstinence-based interventions according to the individual needs and recovery goals of each client.

As a Recovery Practitioner, you will manage your own caseload and provide high-quality support throughout a person's treatment journey. This will include:

• Completing comprehensive assessments and developing SMART care plans tailored to individual needs.
• Providing appropriate harm reduction advice, information and guidance.
• Delivering structured one-to-one interventions and therapeutic group sessions.
• Delivering structured treatment programmes where relevant to the service.
• Using evidence-based approaches, including motivational interviewing, CBT and motivational counselling techniques.
• Supporting clients to engage with their recovery and make sustainable changes.
• Working collaboratively with healthcare, probation and other partner agencies to ensure effective and coordinated care.
• Supporting effective throughcare and resettlement by working with services including housing, employment, gym, transitional services and external drug intervention teams.
• Contributing to service targets and outcome measures set by Forward and local commissioners.

This is a rewarding role where you will have the opportunity to make a genuine difference to people affected by substance misuse, supporting them to develop the skills, confidence and resilience needed to move forward with their lives.

About You

We are looking for someone who is compassionate, resilient and committed to supporting people affected by substance misuse and related challenges. You will have the ability to build trusting relationships while maintaining clear professional boundaries and working effectively within a complex environment.

You will ideally have experience of working within mental health or substance misuse services, with a strong understanding of the issues faced by people experiencing drug and/or alcohol problems and low-level mental health needs.

You will have experience of:

• Carrying out comprehensive assessments and developing and implementing SMART care plans.
• Delivering structured one-to-one interventions.
• Facilitating therapeutic groups.
• Using motivational interviewing techniques in both one-to-one and group settings.
• Applying CBT and motivational counselling skills.
• Working collaboratively with other professionals and partner agencies.
• Providing counselling or support to people affected by substance misuse, health and wellbeing needs and/or experience of the criminal justice system.
• Working within a prison setting would be advantageous.

You will also have:

• A good understanding of the Recovery Agenda.
• A thorough knowledge of, and commitment to, the 12-step process of recovery from addiction.
• Previous experience of working within a 12-step primary care programme, where applicable.
• Strong IT skills and the ability to maintain accurate records and use relevant systems effectively.

We recognise the value that lived experience can bring to our services. Personal experience of addiction and/or imprisonment may be considered where applicants meet the relevant requirements. For applicants with lived experience of addiction, a minimum of three years' recovery is required. For applicants with previous experience of imprisonment, a minimum of five years since release is required.

About Us

We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.

We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits -

• Flexible working
• Support for Families We support our employees through every stage of family life by offering enhanced maternity and paternity pay for eligible employees who have completed 26 weeks' continuous service, alongside family-friendly policies and a supportive, inclusive workplace.
• Training and development opportunities
• Simply Health Cashback Scheme (optional)
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme

Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Forward Trust, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application.

Our client, Leeds Council is looking for an Advanced Practitioner to join their Children's Locality service.

Based in Deacon House, LS14, free parking available.

We are looking for an experienced social worker who is able to manage a caseload comprising of Child and Family Assessments, Child in Need, Child Protection, Child Care Proceedings until permanence. This caseload will have a level of complexity and lead worker responsibilities working alongside other social workers, it will not have supervisory / line manager responsibilities. Social workers should be able to practice restoratively with child and families and promote family led decisions to manage risk and meet support needs.

Applicants must demonstrate excellent relational work with children and families and be able to engage children through direct work and child centred practice.

Organisation skills and ability to meet competing demands are required to ensure practice standards, good quality and practice and performance.

The post requires workers to have good analytical assessment skills and with high quality written work.

Social workers will need to work as part of a busy but supportive team and share their knowledge and skills to promote the learning culture.

Applicants must be able to drive and have use of a car.

37 hours per week 8.30 - 5pm.

Must be office based for duty but hybrid working is negotiable dependant on the needs of the team (due to the relational approach of the organisation, it is envisaged this will be office based on duty weeks and one WFH home day/compressed hours on non-duty).

Must have a clean DBS.

Benefits of working with Remedy

• A personal one-one service from your highly experienced dedicated consultant.
• Top tier supplier across London giving us first access to jobs
• Referral bonus - up to 250 per person placed.
• Double payrolls each week.

Terms & Conditions apply

You will be required to fully register with Remedy for all locum positions.

Remedy Social Care is a APSCo Standard agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the vulnerable. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.

Paediatric ADHD Practitioner

Part-time Sessional

Our client is seeking an experienced Paediatric ADHD Practitioner to join a growing multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality private neurodevelopmental services.

This is an excellent opportunity for a clinician with experience in assessing and managing ADHD in children and young people to work within a well-established private outpatient service committed to providing evidence-based, patient-centred care.

The Role

You will play a key role in providing comprehensive ADHD assessments, diagnosis (where within your professional scope of practice), treatment planning and ongoing management for children and adolescents referred to the service.

Working alongside Consultant Paediatricians and allied health professionals, you will support children, young people and their families from assessment through to ongoing treatment and review.

Key Responsibilities

You will be responsible for:

• Conducting comprehensive ADHD assessments for children and adolescents.
• Obtaining detailed developmental, educational, behavioural and medical histories.
• Reviewing information from parents, schools and other professionals.
• Assessing for co-existing neurodevelopmental, behavioural and mental health conditions.
• Producing high-quality clinical assessment and diagnostic reports.
• Explaining assessment outcomes and management options to families.
• Developing individualised care plans.
• Providing post-diagnostic support, parent education and behavioural interventions.
• Liaising with schools, GPs and other healthcare professionals.
• Managing an ongoing caseload, including review appointments and monitoring outcomes.

Where appropriately qualified and working within agreed governance arrangements, you may also:

• Initiate and titrate ADHD medication.
• Monitor treatment effectiveness and adverse effects.
• Undertake physical monitoring, including blood pressure, pulse, height and weight.
• Prescribe independently where professionally authorised.
• Participate in shared-care arrangements with General Practitioners.

About You

We are looking for a compassionate and experienced clinician who is committed to improving outcomes for children and young people with ADHD.

Applicants should be:

• A Consultant Paediatrician or Medical Practitioner with current registration with the General Medical Council (GMC).
• Experienced in ADHD assessment and the management of neurodevelopmental disorders.
• Confident working autonomously whilst contributing effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Skilled in clinical assessment, report writing and communicating sensitively with children, young people and their families.

What's on Offer

• Flexible working arrangements.
• Competitive remuneration, dependent on experience and sessional commitment.
• Administrative support.
• Opportunity to work within a supportive multidisciplinary team.
• The chance to contribute to the continued development of a growing neurodevelopmental service.
• Consultant rate - 118 per hour

Advanced Care Practitioner

We are looking for experienced Advanced Care Practitioner (ACP) to join a busy, patient-focused primary care service delivering high-quality urgent and same-day care.

This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated clinician who enjoys autonomous practice while working within a supportive multidisciplinary team. You'll assess, diagnose, treat and refer patients presenting with a wide range of undifferentiated and acute conditions, helping deliver safe, effective and timely care.

Key Responsibilities

• Independently assess, diagnose and manage patients presenting with urgent and acute conditions.
• Provide same-day appointments, telephone consultations and face-to-face assessments.
• Triage patients and determine the most appropriate treatment or referral pathway.
• Request, interpret and act upon appropriate diagnostic investigations.
• Prescribe safely within your scope of practice (Independent Prescriber).
• Deliver evidence-based care in line with national clinical guidelines.
• Promote health education, disease prevention and healthy lifestyles.
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation using electronic patient record systems.
• Respond appropriately to medical emergencies within your competence.
• Work collaboratively with GPs, nurses, paramedics and wider healthcare professionals to deliver outstanding patient care.
• Participate in clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and service development initiatives.

About You

You'll be a confident and compassionate practitioner with excellent clinical judgement and strong communication skills.

Essential Requirements

• Current registration with the NMC or HCPC.
• Current Immediate Life Support (ILS) certification.
• Minor Illness and Minor Injuries qualification.
• Evidence of ongoing Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
• Experience working autonomously within urgent care, primary care, walk-in centres, minor injury units or emergency care settings.
• Excellent assessment, diagnostic and decision-making skills.
• Experience using electronic clinical systems.
• Strong understanding of NICE guidance and clinical governance.

What We're Looking For

The successful candidate will be:

• Patient-centred with excellent clinical judgement.
• Able to work independently while contributing positively to a multidisciplinary team.
• Calm and confident in fast-paced clinical environments.
• Organised with excellent time management skills.
• Committed to delivering safe, evidence-based care.
• Passionate about continuous learning and professional development.

Urgent Treatment Centre - Advanced Practitioner

Locations: Loughborough (37.5 & Bank) or Oadby (37.5 & Bank)

Hours: Full time or Bank

Make critical decisions that change lives - every day.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced practitioners to join our Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC), working in a varied and fast-paced environment where no two days are the same click apply for full job details

Make critical decisions that change lives - every day.

Advanced Practitioner (Clinical Assessment Service)

Location: Anstey Frith House, Leicester, LE3 8RN

Working Pattern: Permanent and bank hours available. Weekday evenings and Weekend days, afternoons and evenings click apply for full job details