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Child and Family exploitation practitioners

  • Job Title: Child and Family exploitation practitioners
  • Location: Leamington Justice Centre
  • Contract type: As & When
  • Hours: 0
  • Closing Date: 23 October 2026

Warwickshire Base aims:

  • To protect children and young people from exploitation
  • To empower children and young people who are abused through exploitation, or vulnerable to such abuse, to develop strategies that will enable them to reduce harm, and to ach click apply for full job details

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Full Sutton

Permanent £26000.00 - £26000.00 Annual

Family and Relationships Practitioner

Location: East Riding of Yorkshire

Salary: £26,000 per annum

About The Role

Help people rebuild relationships, strengthen family connections and create lasting positive change.

Forward Trust is looking for a compassionate, motivated and skilled Family and Relationships Practitioner to join our Family Support and Specialist Programmes department.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to support people in prison and the local community, helping them understand the impact of relationships on their lives and develop healthier, more positive connections with the people who matter to them.

Relationships can play a significant role in a person s recovery, rehabilitation and overall wellbeing. As a Family and Relationships Practitioner, you will deliver specialist one-to-one and group interventions to help clients recognise healthy and unhealthy relationship patterns, develop positive relationships and understand how their relationships may influence addiction, offending, mental health and other areas of need.

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We are looking for someone who is empathetic, approachable and committed to helping individuals and families make meaningful and lasting changes to their lives.

You will bring:

  • A genuine commitment to supporting people affected by addiction, offending, mental health challenges and complex family circumstances.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trusting and professional relationships with clients and family members.
  • An understanding of the importance of healthy relationships in recovery, rehabilitation and emotional wellbeing.
  • The ability to support individuals in recognising unhelpful relationship patterns and developing healthier ways of relating to others.
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  • Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage a varied workload across prison and community settings.
  • The ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and external agencies to ensure clients and families receive appropriate, coordinated support.
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This is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference to individuals and families whose lives may have been affected by addiction, offending and other complex challenges.

As part of Forward Trust s Family Support and Specialist Programmes department, you will contribute to work that recognises the vital role relationships play in recovery, rehabilitation and long-term positive change.

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Family and Relationships Practitioner (Children's Specialist)

Full Sutton

Permanent £26000.00 - £26000.00 Annual

Family and Relationships Practitioner (Children's Specialist)

Location: East Riding of Yorkshire

Salary: £26,000 per annum

About The Role

Help children feel safe, supported and connected when visiting a loved one in prison.

Forward Trust s Connections Team at HMP Millsike is responsible for delivering a range of services that support people in prison and their families, including Connections Visits, Family and Relationship Services, and Health and Wellbeing and Substance Misuse Services.

We are looking for a compassionate, enthusiastic and child-focused Family and Relationships Practitioner (Children s Specialist) to join our team at HMP Millsike.

Visiting a family member in prison can be an emotional and challenging experience for children. In this role, you will help create a safe, welcoming and supportive environment where children can feel comfortable, express themselves through play and enjoy positive interactions with their loved ones.

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Walsall Council is seeking an experienced Team Manager to join the East Locality Family Help & Protection Team. This is an exciting opportunity for an established manager to lead a dedicated team delivering effective safeguarding, family help, and child protection services to children, young people, and families.

Working within Children's Social Care, you will be responsible for leading and managing a team of social work professionals, ensuring high-quality practice, strong performance, and positive outcomes for children. The role offers a hybrid working arrangement, typically consisting of 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home.

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Locum £500.00 - £500.00 Hour

About the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Service Manager to lead Assessment & Family Safeguarding services across Cambridge City, South Cambridgeshire and East Cambridgeshire.

We are seeking a motivated and resilient senior leader with recent experience managing multiple frontline social work teams within Children's Services. This is a key leadership role responsible for driving high-quality social work practice, safeguarding vulnerable children, and ensuring positive outcomes for children and families.

As Service Manager, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across Assessment & Family Safeguarding services, ensuring statutory responsibilities are fulfilled and services are delivered safely, effectively and within performance expectations. You will lead practice development, oversee complex safeguarding decisions, manage risk, and work closely with multi-agency partners to achieve the best possible outcomes for children and families.

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  • Qualified Social Worker with current Social Work England registration.
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  • Recent experience managing multiple frontline social work teams is essential.
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  • Proven ability to manage risk, performance and complex casework.
  • Demonstrable experience delivering service improvements and leading through change.
  • Excellent leadership, communication and partnership-working skills.

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Permanent £26208.00 - £29533.00 Annual

About the Role

Do you want to be part of an exciting and pioneering team with fantastic opportunities for progression?

Communicourt is the leading provider of Intermediaries to the criminal and family courts across England and Wales.

We carry out detailed communication assessments and give practical advice to the courts about how a person's communication difficulties will impact on their ability to understand and participate in the justice system. We then suggest strategies that will assist and provide practical support for vulnerable people through the process.

This Intermediary role is a chance to get valuable experience with a wide range of communication disorders. The people we work with may have a learning disability, a mental health condition, Autistic Spectrum Condition, an acquired communication disability, ADHD, or TBI, and may be any age from eight upwards. The oldest person we have worked with is 101!

The right person will be a dynamic graduate who is passionate about justice and fairness for people with communication difficulties. You will need to have knowledge of a full range of communication difficulties, mental health conditions, and learning disabilities. In addition, you must have excellent oral and written communication skills and a desire to develop your professional skills to be successful in this Intermediary role.

The post involves frequent travel across England and Wales by train and some overnight stays in hotels. In return, you will receive excellent training and supervision, experiences to achieve your SLT competencies (if relevant), and opportunities for rapid career progression and an extensive well-being package of support.

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Responsibilities of an Intermediary

  • Promptly and effectively establish rapport with a service user
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  • Describe those communication skills
  • Facilitate communication between the service user and other parties to lawyers and work with them to enable the service user to participate effectively in the trial process. This could include advice on the structure of questions and also any concepts that the person has difficulty understanding
  • Prepare a written report on the service user's communication needs, including strategies which will assist at court
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  • Develop personal skills and the skills of others through individual supervision and effective teamwork
  • Undertake other duties as may reasonably be requested



Essential Skills

We welcome applications from candidates with a bachelor's degree , experience working with people with learning disabilities, mental health conditions and who have excellent communication skills. Experience in SLT is desirable but not essential. Voluntary work or working with vulnerable people.

Essential Criteria

  • Bachelor's degree (any)
  • Within easy access to main train stations
  • Located in the South of England, ideally in or around London, Reading or Bristol
  • Can demonstrate a keen interest in the justice system and working with individuals who have communication difficulties
  • Flexible and willing to travel at short notice
  • Eager to learn
  • Must have Right to Work in the UK

Desirable degree subjects:

  • Speech and Language Therapy (SLT)
  • Psychology
  • Nursing
  • Law
  • Criminology
  • Social work



About Company

We are a HMCTS Managed and Approved Service Provider of intermediary services in courts across England and Wales.

We provide fairer access to justice for adults and children with communication difficulties.

We work across court and tribunal services, providing communication support, primarily for defendants in criminal courts and respondents in family courts. We passionately believe everyone has a right to access this support.

We have expertise developed from working with more than 10,000 adults and children, and our intermediaries are highly trained and specialised in the industry.

Benefits

We offer access to a wide range of healthcare services for colleagues as part of our employee benefits.

All colleagues have access to Westfrields, which offers a range of benefits including:

24/7 GP helpline

Counselling

We understand that from time to time you might need a little extra support and somewhere to turn to.

Westfields has a confidential telephone counselling service offers professional support for depression, stress, anxiety, relationship problems and bereavement, as well as valuable tax, debt and legal support 24 hours a day. And what's more, if required, we will also cover the cost of up to six face to face counselling sessions, to help get you back on track.

Other benefits of the Westfields package include:

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  • Up to 50 for chiropody
  • Up to 160 for professional therapy, including physiotherapy and acupuncture
  • Up to 200 on specialist consultations and tests, including
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  • Up to 80 for health screening

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Autism Practitioners (Support Workers)

Inverness

Permanent £13.45 - £13.67 Annual

Autism Practitioners (Support Workers): A-ND Highlands IV2 postcode

Salary: 13.45 - 13.67 per hour

Hours: Part Time, 12-16 hours per week

(inclusive of evening and weekend working, between the hours of 6am & midnight)

Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role

The Role

With a variety of hours available, to meet a variety of needs, you will assist in the provision of a high quality, safe, secure, and stimulating environment, offering practical and emotional support to autistic and neurodivergent people of all ages within the community, their homes and education settings. We work with both children and adults. All our staff are carefully matched with the people we support dependent on experience, skills, shared interests and preferences.

You will be part of a caring and motivated team, however, will require the skills and abilities to work on your own initiative. Travel throughout the Highland area will be required, so being a car driver is essential. It is essential you can work creatively, collaboratively and can communicate with children, young people and adults using several channels, as well as colleagues, external professionals, and family members and carers. You will require to have the ability to support people in group settings, on a one-to-one basis, as well as on a two staff to one person we support basis, dependent on individual needs.

Requirements

Full UK Driving Licence essential

Essential: A passion for working with neurodiverse individuals and a commitment to providing high-quality, person-centred care and support. Must register with SSSC.

Desirable: Previous experience in a similar role and relevant qualifications, although full training will be provided.

How to Apply

Hit the apply now button below, and a member of our team will be in touch.

Closing Date: 22nd November 2026

We review applications regularly and will contact shortlisted candidates to arrange interview availability

Contact Information: For any inquiries, please reach out to Charlie Spooner at (url removed) or Simone Stewart at (url removed)

We look forward to welcoming you to our team!

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Family Service Worker (Jajb4267 - G7) (Social and Healthcare

Macclesfield

Fixed Contract £15.00 - £20.00 Hour

Family Service Worker

Employer: Cheshire East Council
Service Area: Children's Services and Family Support
Location: Various locations across the Borough of Cheshire East

About the Role

Cheshire East Council is seeking a committed and proactive Family Service Worker to support children, young people and families through early intervention and preventative services.

The successful candidate will work in partnership with families, Children's Services and other agencies to deliver evidence-based programmes designed to address emerging difficulties, strengthen family relationships and improve outcomes for children aged 0 19.

You will undertake holistic family assessments, develop tailored support plans and deliver appropriate interventions to help families overcome challenges at an early stage. The role focuses on empowering families, promoting children's welfare and ensuring vulnerable children and young people receive timely and effective support.

Key Responsibilities
  • Work collaboratively with Children's Services and partner agencies to coordinate and deliver targeted family support programmes.

  • Provide timely interventions to children, young people and families aged 0 19, delivering support at locations and times that meet their needs.

  • Deliver evidence-based programmes and interventions that promote positive family relationships and improve outcomes.

  • Undertake holistic assessments of family circumstances using appropriate assessment tools.

  • Develop, implement, monitor and review individual family support plans.

  • Identify children and families experiencing difficulties and provide early help to prevent concerns from escalating.

  • Prioritise vulnerable children and young people, including families who may be harder to reach.

  • Empower families to identify their needs, participate in decision-making and develop sustainable solutions.

  • Seek feedback from children, young people and families to ensure services respond effectively to their needs.

  • Collect and maintain accurate data to support service monitoring, performance management and evaluation.

  • Maintain comprehensive case records and prepare reports as required.

  • Work in accordance with statutory requirements, departmental policies, safeguarding procedures and equality and diversity standards.

  • Recognise safeguarding concerns and promptly escalate issues to the appropriate manager or professional.

  • Participate in supervision, training and professional development to maintain and improve practice.

  • Undertake other duties consistent with the responsibilities of the role, as required by the Council.

Essential Skills and Experience

Candidates should demonstrate:

  • Experience supporting children, young people and families in a family support, early help, community or children's services setting.

  • An understanding of early intervention and preventative approaches to family support.

  • Experience assessing family needs and contributing to or developing individual support plans.

  • Knowledge of safeguarding and child protection principles.

  • The ability to identify emerging concerns and escalate risks appropriately.

  • Strong communication and relationship-building skills, including the ability to engage families experiencing complex challenges.

  • Experience working collaboratively with multi-agency professionals and partner organisations.

  • Good organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.

  • The ability to maintain accurate case records, collect data and prepare reports.

  • A commitment to empowering families, promoting children's welfare and achieving positive outcomes.

  • An understanding of equality, diversity, confidentiality and professional boundaries.

  • A willingness to undertake relevant training and participate in regular supervision.

Key Competencies

Family-centred practice: Build positive relationships with families and provide practical, personalised support.

Assessment and intervention: Identify family needs, plan appropriate interventions and monitor progress.

Safeguarding: Recognise concerns, understand risk and follow the correct escalation procedures.

Partnership working: Collaborate effectively with social workers, education, health professionals and other agencies.

Empowerment: Encourage families to participate in decisions and develop the skills and confidence to manage challenges.

Recording and reporting: Maintain accurate, confidential records and contribute to service evaluation.

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