About the Service
The Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service (ECFWS) brings together a range of existing services and is jointly commissioned by Essex County Council and the West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group.
The service is delivered by HCRG Care Group, in partnership with Barnardo's, and is designed to ensure families have easy access to local support. Staff work flexibly within the community, delivering services from Family Hubs and Delivery Sites, Early Years settings, schools, and family homes.
This innovative “services without walls” approach ensures that children and families who need support the most are reached quickly and effectively.
Areas of Support
The service delivers support across the following areas:
- Health Visiting
- Parenting Support
- School Nursing
- Family Health
- Resilience and Child Development
- Support for children and young people aged 0–19(up to25 for SEND)
For further information, please visitwww.essexfamilywellbeing.co.uk
About the Role
We are looking to recruit a Healthy Family Support Practitioner to join our prebirth- 5 year team in the Tendring area.
Key Responsibilities
Healthy Family Support Practitioners work with children, young people (pre‑birth to 19, or up to 25 for SEND) and their parents/carers, both individually and in groups, to:
- Increase skills, confidence, and resilience
- Support families to live safely and positively
- Identify needs and deliver effective, outcome‑focused interventions
Work will take place in family homes, community settings, and group environments, using a variety of evidence‑based approaches.
Practitioners provide both universal and targeted intensive support, aligned to service outcomes. This includes using age‑appropriate, evidence‑informed frameworks (for example, the Early Years Foundation Stage) to plan and deliver high‑quality services that:
- Support parents/carers
- Enable children to thrive and reach their full potential
- Promote school readiness
Application Information
When completing your application, please clearly demonstrate how your skills, knowledge, and experience meet the Person Specification, Job Description, and Additional Information document (where applicable), with an understanding of the service context outlined above.
Please note:
Due to the high volume of applications, this vacancy may close early. We strongly encourage early applications.
Contact
If you have any questions about this role, please contact:Davina.Francis@barnardos.org.uk
values
People & Culture
Workplace Offer: What it means for you
- The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
- Service related sick pay from day 1
- Cycle2work scheme
- Interest free season ticket loans
- 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
- Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
- Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
- Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer
*T&C's apply based on contract
- Reference number:23053
- Job Title:Healthy Family Support Practitioner
- Location:Colchester
- Locality:North Essex
- Contract type:Permanent
- Hours:22.6
- Salary:£26,003.00 (FTE)
- Closing Date:3 June 2026
- Interview Date:To be confirmed
Benefits
Vacancy Alerts
Additional Info
- Information Sheet for Applicants Applying for Positions Working with Children and Vulnerable Adults (updated July 2021).pdf (107.00 KB)
- Barnardo's Workplace Offer Visual Summary.pdf (27.58 KB)
- Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy Dec 2024.pdf (164.07 KB)
- Project Worker 1 - Children's Services - Job Description and Person Specification.pdf (118.81 KB)
- Additional Information Sheet - HFSP.pdf (96.97 KB)