An exciting opportunity has arisen within Warwickshire Youth Justice Service (WYJS) for a family help practitioner. This will be a unique role in which the successful candidate will help establish a new service. The role is funded by the Ministry of Justice Turnaround programme and will be a fixed‑term contract for three years, with hopes that funding will be extended.
WYJS is a multi‑agency team rated GOOD in the recent HMIP inspection and is well integrated within Warwickshire Children’s Social Care. The successful candidate will focus on families whose children and young people are open to YJS prevention service pathways.
Now is an exciting time to be part of our team as Warwickshire begins to embed our Families First teams who support the young people in our county. Our approach is about locality working, multidisciplinary and multi‑agency teams that support the whole family. Building strong partnerships with local services, Health, Police and Education.
Our Offer to you includes:
- Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focused on wellbeing and workload.
- A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas.
- We also offer a Refer a Friend package for some roles. Terms and Conditions apply.
This role is a dual role and will provide support to both parents/carers and their children and young people to address concerns at an earlier stage, to prevent the escalation of offending behaviour. To ensure a whole‑family approach is taken within the prevention service, the successful candidate will offer practical and emotional support to parents, take part in parenting programme facilitation and offer consultation to youth work practitioners. They will also undertake assessments, collaboratively create intervention plans and undertake some direct work with children and young people aged 10‑17 who are assigned to the Turnaround Programme. The position will be based at the Leamington Spa Justice Centre to support service provision for the south of the county.
For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification below and the Family Practitioner document.
Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make:
Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision – could you be one of them!
Our vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.
Your future matters to us. We provide a generous pension scheme that includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants.
The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to our Vivup benefits and discounts platform.
Additional Information:
Warwickshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre‑engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, if an individual has a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. We adhere to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.
If you are applying on a secondment basis please ensure you have permission from your line manager.
To discuss the role please contact Becky Sumner at beckysumner@warwickshire.gov.uk.
Closing Date: 11th June 2026Interview Date: 1st July 2026
Should you require application forms in an alternative format or language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.
Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under‑representation in its workforce. See more.
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