Children and Families Worker

Children and Families Worker - Southwark

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 Children’s & Families Worker to join a dynamic team in Southwark, committed to supporting young people who have been affected by someone drug and/or alcohol issues.  

The primary focus of this role is to work with children and young people who are impacted by a family member's substance misuse by delivering a programme of interventions. Our aim is to build resilience and minimise the impact of parental or other family member's substance misuse. 

Where: Southwark

Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week

Full Time Salary: £27,861.26 - £32,002.35 per annum*, pro rata

Allowances: £4133.14 Inner London Weighting* Pro Rata

Contract Type: Fixed Term until 31st March 2027

*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: 

• Identify families in conjunction with other agencies, who will benefit from a Think Family / Whole family approach, negotiating participation and engagement with the programme of care
• Manage a caseload of individuals affected by parental substance misuse
• Ensure that appropriate safeguarding practice is always followed, working in partnership with statutory agencies where appropriate
• Provide assessment, psychosocial interventions, integrated care planning and after care support, including transfer of care
• Provide service user advocacy to support engagement from and access to partnership services
• Work with service users to support positive, holistic outcomes in relation to their health and wellbeing, enabling them to lead safe, happy, healthy and purposeful lives: reducing risk and increasing resilience
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About you: 

• Experience of working with families who have multiple risk factors g., Parental mental health, parental substance misuse, domestic violence, anti-social behaviour, unemployed, poor / unsuitable housing, parental disability, parental learning disability
• Level 3 qualification in a related health & social care discipline or higher
• Experience of delivering 1:1 and group work, including evidenced based interventions
• Extensive experience of working in the substance misuse field
• Experience of working in close partnership with key stakeholders including Children’s Services, schools, primary care and contributing to / chairing multi-agency meetings
• The ability to undertake comprehensive assessments, care-planning, case management and reviews
• Experience of delivering training to professionals
• The ability and willingness to be empathetic, inclusive and non-judgemental in your practice
• Practical knowledge of relevant legislation and application of safeguarding children & young people policies and procedures

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
• A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
• A friendly and supportive team
• Training, career development & progression opportunities

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.