Family Assessment Practitioner Worker - Grade 1

Location: The Lodge Family Assessment Centre Hextable , Swanley, Kent

Salary: £30,784 – £32,510 per annum (dependent on grade and experience)

Hours: 40 hours per week, shifts across 5 days on a 7-day rota (including 2 weekends per month)

Employer: Green Harvest

About the role

Are you passionate about keeping families together and giving children the safest possible start?

We're recruiting Family Assessment Practitioner Workers at Grade 1 to join our residential Family Assessment Centre in Swanley, Kent. You'll work alongside families during one of the most critical periods of their lives — observing, supporting, teaching and assessing parenting capacity in a residential setting.

This is hands-on, relationship-based work. Your observations and recordings directly inform decisions about children's futures, so accuracy, compassion and professional judgement matter enormously.

What you'll be doing

• Assessment support – Contribute to each family's weekly assessment plan through accurate, detailed daily recordings, and observe and document child–parent interactions to evaluate parenting capacity and family dynamics.
• Parenting skills development – Teach and model effective parenting practices, helping parents understand and meet their children's emotional and physical needs.
• Monitoring and evaluation – Track the impact of interventions on children's wellbeing and assess how parenting practices affect child development and safety.
• Family sessions – Facilitate and complete structured sessions in line with assessment plans and the Centre's framework.
• Centre operations – Support Centre Managers with the day-to-day running of the Centre, maintaining a high standard of childcare and house management.
• Safeguarding and compliance – Work within the Regulations and standards for Residential Family Centres and established frameworks for assessing children in need, identifying and escalating any safeguarding concerns promptly.

Grade 1 — £30,784 to £32,510

Ideal if you have some relevant experience and are working towards a Level 3 qualification, or are newly qualified. You'll focus on:

• Maintaining relevant observations of families in placement
• Keeping clear, detailed and accurate electronic records
• Identifying, recording and escalating safeguarding concerns
• Being a positive role model
• Advising and supporting parents to maintain safety

What we're looking for

Essential

• Experience in family support, social care or a related field
• Strong observational and documentation skills
• Ability to teach and model parenting practices
• Sound knowledge of safeguarding principles and child development

Desirable

• A relevant qualification in social care, childcare or psychology
• Experience in a residential or family assessment setting

You'll thrive here if you are

• Compassionate and supportive in your approach to families
• A strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills
• Organised, detail-oriented and able to prioritise
• Committed to maintaining professional boundaries and objectivity

For ease of application, send over your CV at ***email_hidden***