Family Practitioner - Family Intervention Team

Following a recent reshape across the service, an exciting opportunity has arisen to join Devon County Council's Family Intervention Team. The Family Intervention Team (FIT) is Devon's internal Level 3 targeted early help support team that operates across the entire county supporting children aged 0-18 years. The FIT team will support families to build on their strengths while helping them to overcome some of the concerns, difficulties, challenges, or obstacles they may have in their lives. It uses a whole family approach involving everyone in the family network. FIT aims to reduce the need for statutory intervention, improve better outcomes and ensure all children and young people are able to thrive, but also to identify those families where change and improvement are more difficult to achieve and sustain., Family Practitioners are based in locality teams. They provide a targeted family intervention to reduce multiple and complex needs within vulnerable families in need of Early Help.,

• This role requires the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence and fluency in English.
• DCC embraces the positive benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to providing an environment that is inclusive and safe. We welcome applications from people who share our commitment to stop discrimination, challenge inequality and promote diversity across Devon. More information can be found on our Equality and Diversity webpages.
• Happy to Talk Flexible Working -The Council offers flexible working arrangements in terms of when and where people work e.g. hybrid working, part-time, condensed hours etc.
• We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
• Personal data we collect from you will be processed in accordance with the Applicant privacy notice.
  
  The quality of the relationship between a practitioner and family members is one of the best predictors of improved outcomes. FIT Family Practitioners aim to achieve the best possible outcomes for families by working alongside them, establishing a relationship whereby the family are listened to, respected and are actively involved.
We work with the family as a whole in their own homes, including absent parents and wider family members. We use an evidenced based set of tools that are known to be effective in working with families in crisis, that are strengths based and trauma informed. If you are passionate about working as part of a team and in a service, that works in partnership to make a difference to children and families we would love to hear from you!

In return for the vital contribution that you make, we have some fantastic employee benefits available, including:
• Generous annual leave, & the ability to purchase additional annual leave.
• Free onsite parking.
• Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee well-being services.
• We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Discounts at over 900 national & local high street retailers through our benefits platform.
• Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme.