Senior Family Practitioner (Children and Young People’s Programmes)

About us

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The Lucy Faithfull Foundation is a UK-wide charity that exists to prevent child sexual abuse and exploitation.

About the role

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Senior Family Practitioner (CYP Programmes) to join our multidisciplinary, supportive, and innovative team. This is a unique opportunity to lead the development of a new early prevention programme supporting families affected by sibling sexual behaviour. This is a fixed-term contract for three years in line with external funding.

Programme development

Over a three-year period, you will hold primary responsibility for the design, delivery and evaluation of this new national programme. This includes:

• Leading the development of the programme’s theory of change and intervention framework, grounded in evidence and best practice
• Designing and overseeing a comprehensive evaluation, ensuring the programme generates robust learning that contributes to national understanding of preventative approaches to sibling sexual behaviour
• Working directly with families, using a systemic and whole family approach to help them understand and respond to sibling sexual behaviour, and increase safety and stability within the home
• Collaborating closely with the Research and Evaluation Team to collect, analyse, and report on data
• Using emerging findings to adapt, refine, and strengthen the programme throughout its lifecycle

You will be supported throughout by the Head of Clinical Services (Children & Young People) and by colleagues from the Research and Evaluation team.

Leadership of existing services

Alongside the new programme, you will provide senior oversight of our Inform Young People’s Programme, a psycho-educative service for young people who have engaged in concerning online sexual behaviour. In this area, you will:

• Provide clinical leadership to the delivery team
• Lead on further programme development and quality assurance

Contributing to Service Development

As a senior member of the Children and Young People’s Team, your wider contributions will include:

• Providing line management, supervision, and professional support to staff
• Delivering family-based assessments and interventions relating to harmful sexual behaviour, to support the work of the professional services team
• Supporting the strategic development of our clinical and professional services
• Championing family based, systemic approaches throughout the organisation

Why Join Us?

This role offers a rare opportunity to:

• Shape and lead a national research informed prevention programme
• Generate meaningful evidence that will deepen national understanding and guide safer, more effective responses to sibling sexual behaviour
• Make a significant contribution to preventing child sexual abuse
• Work within a reflective, supportive organisation committed to innovation and high-quality practice

About the team

You will join the friendly, committed, and hardworking Children & Young People’s Team at the Lucy Faithfull Foundation. Our team works with children, young people, and their families to prevent harmful sexual behaviour and to respond effectively when harm has occurred - restoring safety, strengthening relationships, and promoting positive outcomes for everyone involved.

We are a welcoming and supportive team that values reflection and clinical growth. You will have access to high quality one-to-one and group supervision, opportunities for ongoing learning, and a culture that encourages curiosity, collaboration, and professional development.

Our practice is grounded in a strengths-based approach. We focus on helping children and young people make safer choices both online and offline; providing holistic support to families affected by child sexual abuse; and equipping professionals with the tools and confidence they need to work effectively with young people who have engaged in harmful sexual behaviour.

About you

We are looking for a compassionate, skilled practitioner with strong experience of working with children, young people, and families around complex and sensitive issues, including harmful or concerning sexual behaviour. You will bring confident clinical practice, a strengths‑based and systemic approach, and the ability to assess risk, plan for safety, and uphold high safeguarding standards. You will be driven to lead innovative work, and comfortable collaborating with internal and external experts to get things right for families. This role needs someone emotionally resilient, reflective, curious, and aligned with the Lucy Faithfull Foundation’s values and commitment to child‑centred, safeguarding‑focused practice. Please see the person specification below for further details.

What you’ll get from us  

The Lucy Faithfull Foundation is an innovative and rewarding place to work. You will join a supportive team, with access to exciting opportunities to learn and develop your skills. You will receive support via our line management structure, as well as opportunities for group supervision and reflective practice.

We offer hybrid working, with 3 days a week in the office during the first month in the position, followed by a minimum of 2 days a week in the office (or 1 for part time staff), a NEST pension, 33 days’ annual leave rising to 38 days (inclusive of statutory bank holidays following qualifying period), up to 5 days’ learning and development per year, flu jabs, eye tests, season ticket loans, charity discounts, an employee assistance programme and the option of Benenden medical cover. xwzovoh We are proud to partner with the Living Wage Foundation and be an accredited employer of choice.

How to apply

Please download the job pack (includes an application form & equal opportunities monitoring form) from our website and send completed documents by 13th May 2026.

Interview dates:

• Stage 1 (Microsoft Teams) - 26th and 27th May
• Stage 2 (in person) - 8th and 9th June