Children and Families Worker

Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives.   

Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our teams apply these daily 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.    

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Childrens & Families Hidden Harm Worker to join a dynamic team committed to supporting young people who have been affected by someone drug and/or alcohol issues.  You will engage children, young people (CYP) and families in a range of support and interventions relating to familial substance use with the aim of increasing resilience and preventing intergenerational childhood trauma.

Where: Bromley

Full Time Hours: 37.5 hrs per week

Full Time Salary Range: £27,861.26 - £32,002.35 dependent on experience, pro rata for part time hours

Allowance: Outer London Waiting (£2,195.72) pro rata

Contract Type: Fixed term ending TO BE CONFIRMED

About the role:

• To engage young people in a range of interventions, utilising a young person centred approach, empowering them to reduce risk, increase resilience and lead a safe, happy andhealthy lives.
• Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their
  treatment/recovery journey
• Engage young people who have substance use issues and provide them with advice, support and structured interventions to support their health and wellbeing needs
• Providing screening, assessment, psychosocial interventions, integrated care planning, post treatment support, including transfer of care
• Identifying and responding effectively to potential safeguarding issues
• Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community
• Promoting carer, service user and community involvement
• Carry out comprehensive service user assessments and develop individual care plans that clearly identify how achieving each goal will enable progression in addressing substance use and related outcomes
• Working with service users to support positive, holistic outcomes in relation to their health and wellbeing, enabling them to lead safe, healthy and purposeful lives: reducing risk and increasing resilience.
• Support and provide advocacy for young people by participating in all relevant multi agency meetings, including: Child Protection meetings; Complex Case Review panels and Team Around the Child meetings

About you:

• Experience of working with young people
• Knowledge of safeguarding concerns in relation to children and young people
• Excellent understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience of working
  within a related field
• Accomplished written and verbal communication skills and a high degree of
  personal IT competency
• Knowledge of working with evidence based practice around young people’s
  substance misuse treatment services and methods, including relevant best
  practice guidance
• A commitment to multi-agency working and establishing partnerships with other professions to achieve good outcomes for the service user group
• Excellent team working and interpersonal skills, maintaining a highly cooperative approach to supporting colleagues in delivering service objectives

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. 

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

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.

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.