Job Description

Job overview

Band 7 - Senior Family Practitioner (Mental Health)

Fixed Term/Tempary Contract (until end February 2026)

18.75hrs ( Part Time

Family Safeguarding Team - Dudley Locality

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHFT)

A very exciting opportunity has developed within Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust!!

We are recruiting into a new Family Safeguarding Team within BCHFT.

Professional qualification and active registration is essential for this role (Nurse, Social Worker, OT, and Allied Health Professional).

The post holder will be employed by BCHFT for the duration of the contract (noted above) and will be based within the Dudley Local Authority Safeguarding Team.

Family Safeguarding is a "Whole Family Approach" to working with children and families that supports parents to create sustained change for themselves and for their family.

The purpose of the service is to provide psychological and mental health support to the adults within a family concerning their safeguarding needs.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be part of a team who work with the parents of families under the Family Safeguarding Model. The Family Safeguarding model is built on core foundations of social work practice with shared values across the partnership workforce including:

Supporting the development of stable relationships Having a shared model across agencies A focus on strengths and balance with need Promoting purposeful interactions
This fresh approach allows practitioners to focus on the '

whole family'

and makes it easier for parents to access support that they need, to help them deal with the complex issues of domestic abuse, mental health and drug/alcohol abuse that harm their lives and those of their children.

Working for our organisation

The post-holder will work as part of a co-located multi-disciplinary team of children's social workers, domestic abuse and substance misuse specialists to safeguard and reduce risks to children, based in Children's Services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

They will be responsible for individual and group work with parents whose behaviour puts their families at risk of harm.

They will be responsible for the clinical and operational day to day service delivery ensuring that people who experience domestic violence and abuse or (those who perpetrate it), abuse substances, and have a mental health condition are provided with evidence-based treatment and interventions as part of the whole multi-disciplinary support plan.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

Knowledge of governmental directives and current policies in relation to families and safeguarding Experience of managing and organising own workload Knowledge and skills of working within a diverse client group

Desirable criteria

Delivery of group work Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience
Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 10 months

Pay: 46,148.00-52,819.00 per year

Benefits:

Additional leave Bereavement leave Canteen Company car Company events Company pension Cycle to work scheme Discounted or free food Employee discount Employee mentoring programme Enhanced maternity leave Enhanced paternity leave Free flu jabs Free or subsidised travel Free parking Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking Referral programme Relocation assistance Sabbatical Sick pay Store discount Transport links UK visa sponsorship Work from home
Schedule:

Day shift Flexitime
Ability to commute/relocate:

Dudley DY1 2LZ: reliably commute or be willing to relocate with an employer-provided relocation package (preferred)
Experience:

managing own workload: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:

professional reg - eg RMN, RNLD, OT social worker, AHP (required) good knowledge around families and safeguarding (required) working with diverse groups (preferred)
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Willingness to travel:

25% (preferred)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Dudley DY1 2LZ

Reference ID: 285-8127-CYPF