Aberdeen Priority Families Service is a partnership between Action for Children, Aberdeen City Council, Sport Aberdeen and Aberdeen Foyer. The service aims to improve the outcomes for families who have multiple and complex needs. Families are referred to the service as they need additional support to work on issues that can include problems with school, anti-social or offending behaviour, and child or adult welfare concerns.

We’re thrilled to announce that our organisation has successfully secured a contract extension, which has opened up new avenues for growth and service. With this extension, this enables us to broaden our operations, extending crucial support to families in need.

The Family Support Practitioner will be a part of a multi-disciplinary team that works for a period of up to 12 months with families to support and enable positive change and to improve outcomes.

An assessment of need will be undertaken to identify needs, strengths, and challenges that each family faces, the intensive interventions will involve advice, guidance, parenting support, 1:1 work with children and liaising with partner agencies.

You’ll carry out assessments, intensive planned support and reviews and support families to overcome barriers. Working as part of a team, you’ll attend meetings and work alongside partner agencies, advocating on behalf of children and families.

How you’ll help to create brighter futures

Some key responsibilities for the role are:

– Effectively assessing the needs of families and responding to them.
– Working collaboratively with families to achieve positive outcomes.
– Listening to children, young people and families concerns.
– Working in an integrated way as part of a dynamic multidisciplinary team.

Let’s talk about you

– An SVQ 3 in social care or equivalent.
– Experience of working with vulnerable families and the issues and barriers they face.
– Knowledge and awareness of methods of assessment and interventions.
– Ability to communicate effectively verbally, in writing and through presentations.
– Experience of developing multi-disciplinary support plans.
– Experience of working with children, young people, their families, and carers to promote and to ensure safeguarding and the welfare of the child / young person.

Further details

Contract / hours – Fixed-term contract until 31 March 2028, with the possibility of extension.
Monday – Friday, flexibility with working hours.

Interviews week commencing 4 May.

At Action for Children, we’re dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.

We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.

Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles.

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

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