Terms and Conditions: Full time, 3x Fixed-Term until March 2028, 37 hours per week. 1 Fixed Term until March 2027 18.5 Hours.
Department: People, Childrens
Interview date: 4th December 2026.
We are looking to recruit 4 new Family Help Practitioners to be part of a team driving national reform and shaping the future of family support!
Are you ready to play a pivotal role in transforming how children, young people, and families are supported?
This is your opportunity to join us at a truly exciting moment! We’re embracing the national Family Help reforms with ambition, creativity, and a relentless focus on what matters most: delivering the right support at the right time.
As a Family Help Practitioner, you’ll be at the heart of this change. You’ll bring professional expertise, curiosity, and a strengths based mindset to a service that is responsive, relational, and genuinely impactful. This is more than a job, it’s a chance to shape practice, influence culture, and help families thrive.
What you will be doing:
- Leading high quality, evidence informed practice within the multidisciplinary Family Help Team based in our Family Hubs were services area accessible to children and their families
- Working directly with children and families with complex needs, ensuring support is timely, proportionate, and effective and the voice of the child is central to your work
- Driving forward the Family Help reform vision; embedding new ways of working and championing relational, restorative practice
- Building strong partnerships across services, schools, health, and the community
- Using data, insights, and professional judgement to improve outcomes and reduce escalation
What you will need:
- A recognised professional qualification (e.g., social work, early help, youth work, family support, education, health)
- Deep understanding of child development, safeguarding, and whole family working
- Confidence in leading practice and modelling high standards
- A commitment to working collaboratively, creatively, and with compassion
- Energy, resilience, and a genuine passion for improving the lives of children and families
Why join us?
You will join a service that is investing in its people, strengthening its practice model, and embracing innovation. We’ll support you with:
- A strong learning and development offer
- Reflective supervision and opportunities to shape service design
- A culture that values professional curiosity, relational practice, and shared decision making
- The chance to influence real change as the reforms take shape
If you’re driven by purpose, motivated by challenge, and excited by the opportunity to help be part of a modern, responsive Family Help system, we would love to hear from you.
If you have any questions please contact, Ruth Moore, Family Help Team Manager via:
Email: ruth.moore@blackburn.gov.uk
Tel: 01254 666504
There'sno better way to get a feel for a team than hearing from the people who lead it. Watch our Team Managers share their experience of working in Family Help at Blackburn with Darwen below!
Family Help Practitioner in Blackburn employer: Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic and supportive work culture that prioritises professional development and community impact. As part of our legal team, you will have the opportunity to lead and mentor while working on vital social care and education matters, all within a forward-thinking local authority committed to making a difference in people's lives.
Contact Details:
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council Recruitment Team
