• Are you looking for volunteer roles ?

    Go to volunteering section

69

Senior community development worker jobs

Job Alerts On

Get job alerts sent straight to your inbox.

By clicking 'Create alert' you agree to the Terms and Conditions applicable to our service and acknowledge that your personal data will be used in accordance with our Privacy and Cookie Policy and you will receive emails and communications about jobs and career related topics.

You will now get the latest from this search sent to your inbox.

You can manage your job alerts by clicking here:

Closing tomorrow
Arthritis UK, G2 3EX (Hybrid)
Up to £40295 per annum + plus benefits
You'll play a critical role in shaping and influence policy thinking, managing time-sensitive projects across our policy priority areas.
Posted 1 week ago
Youth Endowment Fund, Multiple Locations (Hybrid)
£52,700 per year
We are looking for a Senior Research Manager within Youth Justice to join our change team on a 2 year fixed term contract.
Posted 5 days ago
The Canaan Project, London (On-site)
£28,000 - £28,732 per year
Posted 1 week ago Apply Now
Young Lives vs Cancer, Central London (Hybrid)
£35,882 (outside of London); £37,778 (inside London)
Posted 2 weeks ago
St Mary's University, Twickenham (Hybrid)
From £43,482 per year
Posted 2 weeks ago
University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk (Hybrid)
Starting salary from £38,784 per annum, dependent on skills and experience, with an annual increment up to £46,049 per annum.
Posted 2 weeks ago
One YMCA, Bedford, Bedford (On-site)
£34,382.0 per year
One YMCA Youth Clubs offer safe, engaging spaces for young people aged 9–18 to connect, learn, and grow
Posted 1 week ago Apply Now
Closing in 3 days
Harris Hill Charity Recruitment Specialists, London (On-site)
£90,000 - £95,000 per year
Posted 3 weeks ago Apply Now
Page 2 of 5
West Midlands (On-site)
Birmingham, West Midlands
£31,879.51
Full-time
Permanent
Job description

Senior Practitioner Family Support

We are looking for a Senior Practitioner to join the team providing early years and family support for children aged 0–19 (or 25 with SEND).

Position: Senior Practitioner – Family Support

Location: Dyson Gardens Children’s Centre, Highfield Rd, Birmingham B8 3QF

Salary: £31,879.51

Hours: 37 per week

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: 11/01/2026

You will be working for one of the UK's leading children's charities, firmly supported by Christian beliefs and values, helping to support disadvantaged children and their families through delivering projects to support children, young people, their families, and communities to find long-lasting solutions to the challenges they face.

The Role

As part of the Birmingham Forward Steps Partnership, the team provide early years and family support for children aged 0–19 (or 25 with SEND). The Children’s Centres and Family Hubs across Erdington, Hodge Hill, Perry Barr and Sutton Coldfield offer safe, welcoming spaces where families can access support, advice, and activities. From parenting groups and sensory rooms to health referrals and stay-and-play sessions, the experienced teams walk alongside families, helping them build on their strengths and navigate challenges. The organisations also offers links to childcare, midwifery, and employment support. Whether face-to-face or through the Digital Family Hub, everything we do is driven by compassion, fairness, and a commitment to children’s wellbeing.

Key areas of responsibility include:

  • Lead and manage the Family Support team to deliver effective support for families with children aged 0–19 (with a 0–5 primary focus).
  • Act as Designated Safeguarding Lead, overseeing safeguarding practice, training and compliance.
  • Ensure high-quality assessments, planning and delivery of 1-1 and group interventions.
  • Provide reflective supervision, annual appraisals and support staff to develop their skills and confidence.
  • Oversee adherence to Health & Safety, including Lone Working and safe home-visiting practice.
  • Build strong multi-agency partnerships to achieve positive, sustained outcomes for families.
  • Lead engagement strategies to reach and support hard-to-reach families.
  • Ensure robust data quality, case recording, and preparation for audits and inspections (e.g., Ofsted, safeguarding audits).

Join the team and help make a difference where it matters most.

About You

We are looking for someone with:

  • A NVQ Level 3 in Childcare, Health, Social Care or related field.
  • Leadership experience, supervising, supporting and motivating staff.
  • Experience in early intervention with vulnerable families, including assessments, home visits and group facilitation.
  • Strong safeguarding knowledge and experience managing safeguarding concerns.
  • Experience engaging hard to reach families and delivering evidence based family support programmes.
  • Strong multi agency partnership working skills.
  • Ability to maintain high quality case files, data records and monitoring information.

About the Organisation

An innovative leading children's charity delivering projects to support disadvantaged children, young people, their families, and communities, working with a range of partners to provide creative solutions including children and family centres, school counselling, preschool nurseries, family support and children affected by imprisonment and offending.

Benefits include:

  • Continuous professional development
  • In house learning platform
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Salary sacrifice pension with employers contribution of up to 7%
  • Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
  • BHFS Health Cash Plan
  • Life assurance 2 times annual salary
  • Enhanced annual leave
  • Additional paid time off at Christmas
  • Flu vouchers
  • Eye test reclaim

The charity is committed to making a positive impact, and we're looking for someone like you. If you're ready to take the next step in your fundraising career and make a lasting difference in the lives of those who need it most, we invite you to apply and be part of the team.

We actively encourage applications from a broad and deep range of backgrounds and experiences. This post is subject to necessary safeguarding checks including an appropriate level DBS Disclosure. The organisation is a Living Wage Employer.

Other roles you may have experience with could include Family Support, Child Support, Community, Family Support Practitioner, Child Support Practitioner, Community Practitioner, Social Care, Childcare, Children, Health Worker, Family Support Worker, Child Support Worker. #INDNFP

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

Posted by
NFP People View profile Organisation type Advertising Agency Company size 6 - 10
Posted on: 17 December 2025
Closing date: 11 January 2026 at 23:30
Job ref: 7986
Tags: Advice / Information, Communications, Social Care / Development, Training / Learning, Health / Medical, Safeguarding, Youth / Children, Social / Support Work