Children and Families Worker

Children and Families Worker – Liverpool River Service

Join us in shaping something new, meaningful, and lasting across Liverpool.

At Change Grow Live, we’re proud to be launching the Liverpool River Service — an exciting new service designed to support children, young people, and families affected by someone else's drug and/or alcohol use. We’re building something special — and we’re looking for passionate, compassionate people to be part of it.

As a Children and Families Worker, you’ll play a key role in helping young people under the age of 18 find their voice, feel heard, and take steps toward a safer, happier, and healthier future. You’ll support them one-to-one in a confidential space, delivering a range of age-appropriate interventions through play, creativity, and conversation. Using a person-centred approach, you’ll help young people explore the impact of difficult situations — and empower them to grow with confidence and resilience.

Why join us?

At Change Grow Live, we thrive by recruiting for success, recognising and rewarding effort, and supporting our people to stay safe, healthy, agile and flexible.

We are more than just a workplace — we are a place of belonging, where every voice counts and everyone is valued. Our teams connect, collaborate and learn together, creating the conditions for success for all who work and volunteer with us.

Together, we are:

• Learning, developing and growing, identifying future talent and leaders at all levels

• Living our values – being open, compassionate, and bold in everything we do

• Delivering world-class learning and development opportunities to help you reach your potential

• Creating an open, inclusive, and transparent culture, where you can bring your whole self to work

Location: Liverpool
Hours: Full-time (37.5 hours per week)
Salary: £27,861.26 - £32,002.35 (depending on experience)

*Please note: Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.

About the Role

As a Children and Families Worker, you’ll play a vital role in supporting children and young people who are affected by familial substance use. You’ll take a holistic, person-centred approach — offering one-to-one and group-based interventions that meet young people where they are and help them move forward with confidence.

Working in close partnership with our adult services, you’ll deliver whole family interventions, contribute to safety planning, and support safeguarding, ensuring families receive joined-up care that leads to positive and sustainable outcomes.

Key responsibilities include:

• Identifying and engaging families — in partnership with other agencies — who would benefit from a Think Family / Whole Family approach.

• Supporting children and young people through a wide range of interventions, tailored to their individual needs.

• Responding promptly and effectively to any safeguarding concerns, working in line with best practice and policy.

• Helping reduce the impact of drug and alcohol use on young people and their communities.

• Promoting holistic wellbeing by supporting young people to build resilience, improve health, and lead safe, purposeful lives.

• Working flexibly across our service sites and out in the community, where needed, to reach and support those who need us most.

What we’re looking for:
We’re looking for someone who brings:

• A passion for working with children and young people
• A creative and empathetic approach, using activities like games, art, and storytelling to build trust
• An understanding of the impact of substance use on families and young people
• A commitment to safeguarding and creating safe, supportive spaces
• The ability to work flexibly across Liverpool in the community

To excel in this role, you will bring:

• Experience working with children and young people, along with a strong awareness of the challenges they may face in today’s world.
• A clear understanding of safeguarding, particularly in relation to children and young people, including familiarity with the Gillick Competence framework.
• Knowledge of drug and alcohol-related issues, and experience working in a related field — ideally supporting individuals or families affected by substance use.
• An evidence-based approach to practice, with an understanding of young people’s substance misuse treatment methods and current best practice guidance.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with confidence using digital systems to record, report, and manage information.
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to maintain accurate records and meet reporting deadlines.
• A collaborative mindset, with strong interpersonal skills and a team-oriented approach to supporting shared service goals.

Benefits include:

• 1 hour a week (pro-rata if part time) wellbeing hour for your own wellbeing or professional development, enhanced annual leave and other benefits 
• other benefits: Change Grow Live employee benefits

Be part of something bigger.
If you’re ready to make a meaningful difference and help young people find hope and direction, we’d love to hear from you.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Direct applications only — we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.

Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions. More information about eligible roles and occupations can be found here: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK