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, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each person 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.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join CGL Spectrums Children and Young People’s team, this role includes delivering targeted interventions to young people around drug and alcohol awareness, education and prevention, with a focus on supporting young people involved in the care system. You will hold a caseload of young people and support them on a one-to-one basis through our different treatment pathways. You will run and plan our group work programmes, support people through alcohol, opiate, and non- opiate treatment, and interact with partner agencies to ensure young people accessing the service can improve and change their lives. Don’t worry, there is a wide array of training and development opportunities to help support you in your work.

To effectively carry out this role, a valid driver’s license and access to a car are essential.

Where: This role will be based across Peterborough

Contract: This is a fixed term contract covering Maternity leave until 31st March 2027. 

Full Time Hours: 37.5 per week

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.

Salary is subject to review in line with the 2025/26 pay award.

About the role:

To engage children, young people (CYP) and families in a range of targeted support interventions, with the aim of safeguarding CYP and vulnerable adults, increasing family resilience, and preventing intergenerational childhood trauma associated with substance misuse.

• Manage a dual caseload of:
• Young people affected by parental substance misuse
• Young people who are using drugs and/or alcohol
• Provide holistic, child‑centred support to CYP affected by parental substance misuse using a range of evidence‑based interventions, including:
• One‑to‑one work
• Group work
• Whole‑family interventions
• Safety planning
• Safeguarding and risk management
• Work proactively to identify, assess and reduce risk, ensuring safeguarding concerns are responded to appropriately and in line with local safeguarding procedures

About you: 

• Experience of working with young people and knowledge of the issues they face
• Knowledge of safeguarding concerns in relation to children and young people and the Fraser Competence framework
• Have an excellent understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience of working
• within a related field
• Knowledge of working with evidence-based practice around young people’s substance misuse treatment services and methods, including relevant best practice guidance
• An accomplished communicator, both verbal and written with a high degree of personal IT competency
• Be able to accurately update and maintain records and to work to deadlines for the submission of information, e.g., reports
• Have 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 of annual leave, plus bank holidays. Additionally, you'll receive one extra day of annual leave for each year of service during your first five years, therefore you will enjoy 30 days of leave after five years with us.

• 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.

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 you require sponsorship, please note that this role is not eligible for a Health and Care Worker visa. You may be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route but must meet the minimum salary requirements for the role. 

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.