Family Safeguarding Recovery Coordinator

Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options. 

Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our team members apply these daily to achieve our mission of helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential. 

We have an exciting opportunity for a Family Safeguarding Recovery Coordinator who has the skills and experience to assess and engage with our service users, ensuring that they access the right intervention at the right time, in a way that best meets their needs.  

Where: Southampton

Hours: 37.5

Salary: £27,449.53 - £31,529.41 

This is a fixed term contract that ends on the 31^st March 2025.

We are happy to receive applications from staff for an internal secondment.

About the role: 

• Work closely with local Children’s Resource Service Teams and Change Grow Live’s Drug and Alcohol team to support families to access relevant support
• Provide specialist and generic interventions via 121 or groups. Groups will include; Foundations of Recovery, practical parenting advice; support groups; social groups; women’s groups; father’s groups; therapeutic groups and mutual aid
• Work with families to help develop their life skills, this may include: budgeting; managing finances; cookery; parenting; accessing numeracy and literacy classes; supporting access into education/employment
• Work closely with your service’s Safeguarding Lead, to ensure all issues and concerns are escalated and dealt with quickly and effectively
• Complete Home Visits, drug testing and complete Parenting Needs Assessments
• Prepare written reports for and attend Child Protection conferences and Core group meetings

About you: 

• Experience of working with families with complex problems in one or more of the following fields: social work; youth offending; substance misuse; probation; health; family work; education; youth and community
• Ability to manage behaviors of distress in a calm and professional manner
• Knowledge of current legislation surrounding young people, families and safeguarding practice. Eg - the Adfam and Think Family reports
• Sound working knowledge of Child Protection
• Sensitivity in working with complex and diverse cultural family issues
• Sound working knowledge of the impact of hidden harm, honor based violence, child sexual exploitation and FGM

What we will give to you: 

• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service “Capped at 30 days” 
• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme 
• Contributory pension scheme 
• Several benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc. 
• A friendly and supportive team 
• Training, career development & progression opportunities 

Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role. 

If this sounds like you and you would like to begin your journey with Change Grow Live, then we would love to talk to you.