Overview

Family Practitioner – Family Support to join Spurgeons Birmingham Family Hub team, working across Erdington, Hodge Hill, Perry Barr and Sutton Coldfield. You’ll support families with children aged 0–5 (with flexibility up to 19), delivering targeted support and building strong relationships that make a lasting difference.

Interviews for this role will be held on 15/11/2025. Full time and part time hours will be considered for this role.

Responsibilities

• 3-5 days delivering in local hubs, schools, Family Homes or community venues, meeting families face to face, working with families and professionals in providing the right help at the right time to families.
• Virtual and face-to-face support tailored to families needs across the streams, including occasional evening and weekend sessions
• Using Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and SharePoint to complete admin and reporting tasks
• Gathering feedback from parents and partners to support quarterly data and evaluation
• Working collaboratively with Family Hub Practitioners, Parenting and Group Workers and Community and Family Navigators, as part of a supportive, multi-skilled team

Induction, regular supervision, and opportunities to develop skills in a dynamic and values-led environment will be provided.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Experience supporting families with young children (0–5), including home visits, assessments, and structured interventions
• Confidence working with a wide range of families and professionals to create strong support plans
• Excellent listening, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of safeguarding, early help pathways, and community resources
• A Level 3 qualification (e.g. Health & Social Care, Working with Parents) or equivalent experience
• The flexibility to work across locations—and occasionally during evenings or weekends to meet family needs

Why join Spurgeons?

We’re a Christian children’s charity that puts children and families first. In Birmingham, our Family Hubs provide trusted early help services where families can access practical support, parenting advice, emotional wellbeing help and more. Spurgeons is one of the UK’s leading children’s charities, supported by Christian beliefs and values, helping to support vulnerable children and their families through delivering projects to support children, young people, their families, and communities to find long-lasting solutions to challenges they face. We create family hubs where we’re needed most, providing support with mental health, special educational needs, domestic abuse and all of family life’s challenges.

Benefits

• Continuous professional development
• In-house learning platform
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Salary sacrifice pension with employers contribution of up to 7%
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• BHFS Health Cash Plan
• Life assurance 2 times annual salary
• Enhanced annual leave
• Additional paid time off at Christmas
• Flu vouchers
• Eye test reclaim

Safeguarding and Equality

This post is subject to necessary safeguarding checks including an appropriate level DBS Disclosure. Spurgeons is a Living Wage Employer. We actively encourage applications from a broad and deep range of backgrounds and experiences. We are a Disability Confident Employer.

We’re committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people we serve.

Employment Details

• Seniority level: Entry level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Health Care Provider
• Industries: Non-profit Organizations

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