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 Childrens & 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 members substance misuse by delivering a programme of interventions. Our aim is to build resilience and minimise the impact of parental or other family members substance misuse.

Where:Southwark

Hours: Full Time 37.5 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

*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

About you:

• Experience of working with families who have multiple risk factors - 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 Childrens 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 -

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.