Regional Family Finding Practitioner

Job Introduction

As a Regional Family Finding Practitioner within the Central Regional Permanency Hub, you will work effectively with children and families to secure improved outcomes. 

Working together with the Together4Children Permanency Coordinators, you will support the coordinators to work in collaboration with Children's Social Workers to achieve timely, well planned adoptive placements for Looked After Children and will undertake a range of functions relating to Permanency Support.

This is a part-time post of 30 hours a week. 

Main Responsibilities

Your main responsibilities will be to,

• Actively support Regional Permanency Coordinators in delivering effective Family Finding across the Together4Children regional footprint, working collaboratively with Children’s Social Care Teams across partner authorities.

• Deliver Family Finding activity using a whole‑family, permanency‑focused approach, contributing to a comprehensive range of Permanency Services and holding a caseload of complex children and families where required.

• Undertake purposeful direct work with Looked After Children and Young People. 

• As part of the Central Regional Permanency Hub, act as a key worker for allocated Family Finding cases, working alongside Senior Social Workers and Social Workers to support effective permanency planning.

• Deliver evidence‑based group work programmes in relation to Family Finding, as directed by the Principal Manager and Regional Permanency Coordinators.

• Manage cases effectively from referral to outcome, ensuring timely, high‑quality casework, accurate recording and compliance with Together4Children Regional Permanency policies, procedures and guidance.

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for you to, 

• be a confident and child‑focused practitioner with experience of working with Looked After and previously Looked After Children 
• have a strong commitment to achieving positive permanency outcomes
• ideally, be skilled in Family Finding and direct work with children and families
• be able to manage complex cases and work effectively across agencies. 
• bring a trauma‑informed, whole‑family approach, strong communication skills and a commitment to high‑quality practice, recording and timely outcomes.

Interviews will be held during the week starting 18 May 2026.

Don’t feel you meet all the requirements? We value transferable skills, experiences, and qualifications so consider applying anyway or for an informal chat about the role please contact Lana Morris, Regional Principal Manager at: lana.morris1@staffordshire.gov.uk

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too. 

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance. 

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post. 

As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.