Community Health Family Practitioner (Part-Time) in Lancaster

Make a difference to children and families across Lancashire by delivering compassionate, community based care. We are looking for a dedicated and proactive Health Family Practitioner to join our Lancashire Young People & Healthy Families Service. In this role, you will work under the direction of our Health Visitors (SCPHN HV), School Nurses (SCPHN SN) and Staff Nurses, supporting preschool and primary aged children and their families. Your knowledge of child development and commitment to improving health outcomes will help deliver key elements of the Healthy Child Programme and targeted interventions based on need. You will provide care across a range of community settings—including lone working in family homes—and will be expected to uphold HCRG Care Group's values by delivering excellent, compassionate care. This is a part‑time opportunity (30 hours per week).

What You'll Do:

• Deliver delegated mandated health reviews, including Pre 1 Year and 2-2.5 Year developmental checks, identifying additional needs and referring into specialist services when required.
• Work confidently in community settings, using your own initiative to support families.
• Provide targeted support aligned to your competencies, such as behaviour management, infant feeding, and other delegated care packages.
• Facilitate Healthy Family Drop In sessions (Child Health Clinics) at designated community sites.
• Support the delivery of Bump, Birth and Beyond sessions.
• Act as a link to nursery settings, supporting early years staff and families.
• Ensure service user voices are captured and fed into service development.
• Contribute to and support risk assessments, ensuring safe working practices in line with health and safety and organisational policies.
• Promote engagement with children, young people and families-acting as an advocate for their views and choices.
• Ensure inclusivity by using appropriate communication tools and services (e.g., language link workers, interpreters).
• Participate in the CAF process, attend meetings, and act as lead professional when appropriate.
• Adhere to local lone working communication systems.
• Engage in supervision, appraisal, and take responsibility for your ongoing professional development.
• Complete all statutory, mandatory and role specific training.
• Use organisational resources efficiently and responsibly, reporting any concerns and supporting managers in effective resource use.

About You:

• Has sound knowledge of child development and family health.
• Can work autonomously, confidently, and safely in community environments.
• Is compassionate, organised, and committed to delivering high quality care.
• Can build trusting relationships with children, families, and partners across education and health.
• Shares our values and is passionate about improving outcomes for young people.

What We Offer:

• A supportive, multidisciplinary team environment.
• Opportunities for career development and training.
• The chance to shape services based on the needs and voices of families.
• The satisfaction of making a meaningful impact within the community.

Equal Opportunity:

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We are a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. Safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.