Family Hub Practitioner (3 Posts - Kettering, Wellingborough and East Northants)

Our Benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About the role

3 Posts - Kettering, Wellingborough and East Northants

Are you a skilled practitioner with a passion for early help and family support? Ready to step role and help shape a service that truly makes a difference?

We’re looking for a Family Hub Practitioner to join our growing team and help drive the delivery of North Northamptonshire’s brand-new Family Hubs and Start for Life programme.

This is more than a front-line role, it’s a chance to lead by example, guide others, and help build a community-led, inclusive offer for families, children and young people. You’ll be part of a forward-thinking, collaborative team delivering high-quality universal and targeted support for families from pregnancy through to age 19 (or 25 with SEND).

What will you be doing?

• Delivering 1:1 and group-based support for children and families, working flexibly across Family Hubs and community settings.
• Coordinating and delivering a wide range of activities and parenting programmes (both universal and targeted), that promote school readiness, positive relationships, and wellbeing.
• Acting as a local champion for Early Help, supporting multi-agency working and contributing to assessments and plans.
• Ensuring that the voice and lived experience of children and families are at the heart of everything we do.
• Supporting our transformation programme by identifying what’s working, listening to service users, and helping shape what comes next.

About you

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Passionate about improving outcomes for children, young people and families.

• Experienced in delivering early intervention work in a community or family setting.

• Skilled in building positive, trusting relationships with children, parents and professionals.

• Confident in supporting and developing others, both staff and volunteers.

• A flexible team player, ready to work creatively and responsively, including occasional evenings and weekends.

• Knowledgeable about safeguarding, child development, and the early help landscape.

Key skills and abilities

• A Level 3 or above qualification in a relevant field (e.g. childcare, social care, education, youth work).

• Strong organisational skills and the ability to lead by example.

• • Experience of group facilitation, parenting work, and delivering structured programmes.
• • A full driving licence or the ability to travel across North Northamptonshire.

This is your chance to help shape the future of family support in North Northamptonshire — empowering parents, children and communities to thrive.

Join us, and be part of something genuinely meaningful.