Family Support Practitioner

 We’re Hiring: Family Support Practitioner

Are you passionate about supporting families, strengthening relationships, and helping people build positive futures? Join us as a Family Support Practitioner, where you’ll play a vital role in both prison and community settings, delivering life-changing support to clients and their families.

As a Family Support Practitioner, you will:

• Provide specialist 1:1 and group interventions for clients and family members.
• Work in partnership with Forward colleagues and external agencies to deliver holistic care and support.
• Help clients recognise healthy vs. unhealthy relationships, build positive connections, and understand how relationships impact addiction, offending, mental health, and recovery.
• Directly support families and affected others to improve their own wellbeing and empower them to support their loved ones.
• Occasionally work with children and young people, promoting whole family recovery and rehabilitation.

What We’re Looking For

You will bring:

• Experience supporting families affected by addiction, offending, and/or mental health challenges.
• Experience working directly with family members/affected others and facilitating family meetings.
• Strong background in group facilitation and interventions.
• A flexible and adaptable approach to meet evolving service needs.
• A positive, solution-focused attitude with the ability to quickly identify key issues.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to engage effectively with clients.
• Understanding of the voluntary sector, safeguarding (adults and children/young people), and a strong commitment to diversity, equality, and inclusion