Children and Families Worker

Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to Youing People's lives.   

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

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Children & Families Worker to join a dynamic team committed to supporting young people who have been affected by someone's drug and/or alcohol use.  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: Permenant

About the role:

• To holistically support CYP affected by familial substance misuse, using a range of interventions including: 1:1 work, whole family interventions, safety planning and safeguarding
• To share subject specific knowledge and skills across the team to support work force development
• To provide advocacy, advice and support to family members where appropriate, to reduce risk and increase resilience
• To support the development of resources, interventions and programmes to enhance the delivery of ‘hidden harm’ interventions
• To attend planning meetings, reviews, child protection conferences and any other relevant decision making forums for CYP and families in need of support from the service

 About you:

• Experience of working with families who have multiple risk factors
• Experience of delivering 1:1 and group work, including evidenced based interventions
• Experience of working with young people, families and children under the age of 18 years who are affected by substance misuse
• Experience of working in close partnership with key stakeholders including Children’s Services, schools, primary care
• Experience of undertaking comprehensive assessments, care-planning, case management and reviews
• Clear understanding of the Hidden Harm agenda (desirable but not essential)

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
• Refer a friend scheme and receive vouchers if candidate is successful. 

Please read attached Job Description and Role Specifics for a more detailed outline of responsibilities and Person Specification 

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’d like to begin your journey with Change Grow Live, then we’d love to talk to you.