Floating Support Practitioner - Family Floating Support ServicesNHS

Job summary

We are looking for 2 full time (37.5 hours) and 2 part time (18.75 hours) Family Floating Support Practitioners to join our team,providing flexible, trauma informed and strengths based support to families experiencing homelessness, housing instability or multiple disadvantage.

You will work holistically with adults and children, helping families secure and sustain long-term accommodation, improve wellbeing, strengthen routines and build independence. Working across Bradford, you will provide personalised support in homes, community venues and partner sites, working closely with Housing Options, Family Hubs, Children's Social Care, schools, health services and VCSE partners.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about empowering families, reducing inequalities and delivering person-centred support that creates lasting change.

Main duties of the job

• Hold a caseload of approximately 10 families.
• Provide person centred, trauma informed floating support to families.
• Complete holistic assessments and develop personalised Independence Plans.
• Support families to secure and sustain suitable long-term accommodation.
• Deliver tenancy sustainment support, including budgeting, routines and income maximisation.
• Build trusting relationships using strengths based and trauma informed approaches.
• Adapt communication and support for neurodivergent adults and children.
• Work collaboratively with housing, health, social care and voluntary sector partners.
• Attend multi-agency meetings and contribute to safeguarding processes where required.
• Maintain accurate records and contribute to service monitoring and reporting.
• Promote health, wellbeing and independence through every contact.

Job description

You will be required to:

You will deliver flexible, trauma-informed, strength-based floating support to families experiencing homelessness, housing instability or multiple disadvantage. You will work holistically with adults and children, supporting them to secure and sustain long-term accommodation, improve wellbeing, strengthen routines and build independence.

Job Dimensions

Hold a caseload of approximately 10 families.

Deliver personalised support in homes, community venues and partner sites.

Work collaboratively with Housing Options, Family Hubs, Childrens Social Care, schools, health services and VCSE partners.

Ensure support is culturally responsive, neuro-inclusive and accessible.

Key Responsibilities

Main Tasks

Provide personcentred support that empowers families to make informed choices.

Complete holistic assessments exploring housing history, risks, strengths, aspirations, routines, finances and wellbeing.

Develop personalised Independence Plans and review progress regularly.

Support families to secure suitable longterm housing, including social housing, private rented and specialist options.

Deliver practical tenancy sustainment support (budgeting, routines, income maximisation, problemsolving).

Communicate complex or sensitive information with compassion and clarity.

Use trauma-informed approaches to build trust, emotional safety and engagement.

Adapt communication and support for neurodivergent adults/children.

Attend multiagency meetings (Early Help, CIN, CP, MARAC, MAPPA).

Maintain accurate records and contribute to monitoring and reporting.

Promote every contact counts and encourage families to talk about health and wellbeing.

Communication and Working Relationships

Required to:

Build strong relationships with families, housing providers, social care, health partners and VCSE organisations.

Work collaboratively to reduce barriers and prevent tenancy breakdown.

Special Working Conditions

Work across Bradford district, including homes and community venues.

Occasional irregular hours to meet family needs.

About us

We are Bevan.

A social enterprise serving inclusion health communities and individuals, including people experiencing homelessness, refugees and asylum seekers, commercial sex workers, and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities. Our patients are among the most marginalised and socially excluded, many with multiple needs who have experienced and sometimes continue to experience trauma.

We work as a multi-disciplinary team, offering ano wrong doorapproach, ensuring patients receive the support they need by working together to find solutions.

Our GP practices in Bradford and Leeds are central to our offer, but equally important are the services that wrap around it, including:

• Street health teams
• Mobile migrant health teams
• Hospital in-reach teams
• Wellbeing services (including a dedicated children and young people team)

We are constantly working to expand our services to improve patient outcomes.

If you'd like to learn more about our award-winning organisation, visit our website.