About the role

ID: 1709 Hackney WellFamily Plus Senior Practitioner
Hackney WellFamily Plus Service Based in City and Hackney

Salary: Starting at £32,750 rising to £35,564 FTE per annum inclusive of Inner London Weighting (Part-time £18,587 – £20,184 per annum inclusive of Inner London Weighting).

Location: Hackney, London

The role offers flexible working, with the option to work remotely part of the week, and some days based at GP practices and the Family Action office in Hackney.

Hours: 21 hours per week (Part-time) - We offer flexible working arrangements - please see below for more details.

Contract: Fixed term to March 2027 with possibility of extension

Family Action & the Role’s Impact:
At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.

We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.

This is an exciting opportunity for a WellFamily Practitioner to join our WellFamily Plus service in City and Hackney. You will deliver high-quality, short-term interventions within Primary Care settings, providing holistic, person-centred support to individuals and families. Working across GP practices in the borough, you will play a key role in improving health and wellbeing outcomes through personalised, whole-family approaches that create meaningful and lasting change.

Main Responsibilities:
• Delivering high-quality, short-term (up to six sessions) 1:1 intervention for individuals aged 16+ within Primary Care settings, using a whole-family approach.
• Conducting holistic assessments and developing personalised wellbeing plans that address the emotional, social and practical factors impacting health and wellbeing.
• Working collaboratively with GP practices and other health professionals within one designated neighbourhood (out of eight) in City and Hackney to ensure coordinated and integrated support• Promoting co-production by actively engaging service users in shaping their support and identifying meaningful outcomes.
• Maintaining accurate, timely and confidential case records in line with service standards, safeguarding requirements and performance frameworks.
• Building and sustaining positive working relationships with key stakeholders and community partners to improve access and strengthen local pathways of support.

Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):
(For full details please refer to the job description and person specification.)

• Experience of delivering high-quality 1:1 support within a health, wellbeing, community or Primary Care setting.

• Knowledge and understanding of holistic assessment, safeguarding, risk management and outcomes-focused practice.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build trust and engage individuals from diverse communities.

• Ability to work collaboratively with health professionals and wider partners while managing your own caseload effectively.

• A motivated, proactive and solution-focused approach, with a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.

• Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service

Benefits:

- An annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days, rising each April by one day, subject to a maximum of 30 working days plus bank holidays / of 30 working days plus bank holidays
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions
- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
- eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
- cycle to work scheme
- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities

We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.

To Apply:
• Click the ‘Apply’ link below and fill out our digital application form
• Closing Date: 2nd of March 2026 – 23:59

Interviews are scheduled to take place from 5th -6th of March 2026, with slots throughout the working day and early/late slots available.
For any queries, or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or the potential for flexible working, please email: banu.aydinoglugil@family-action.org.uk

All appointments with Family Action are subject to satisfactory Safer Recruitment checks.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.

We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates. We are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action because we know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and we strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support.

All candidates with a disability are welcome to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme and request priority consideration for an interview, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role.

To help remove financial barriers to working with us, we will reimburse reasonable travel costs if you are invited to attend an interview in person.

*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.