Job Details
Role: Family Worker
Permanent/ 37 Hours per week.
Hours: Monday to Friday 9am-5pm however ideally applicants must be flexible due to the demands of the role
Location: County Wide Role. Applicants must have their own Transport and be willing to travel within the role. Working within County Durham Drug and Alcohol Services and The One Point Hubs.
About The Role:
To deliver a range of high quality direct and indirect services to support the needs of children, young people, parents, carers and families in relation to problematic substance use and recovery, through assessments, group work facilitation, recovery planning, case management and one to one interventions.
Key Duties:
* Conduct initial triage and comprehensive assessments with young people, parents & carers.
* Work closely with colleagues across the treatment system to ensure identification of appropriate parents, children, young people and families for Family Inclusion Work. This includes publicising the service to colleagues, attending team meetings, undertaking joint assessments and joint support work where appropriate.
* Work collaboratively with external partner agencies to undertake shared assessments, key working and interventions to promote individual service user progression from engagement, through structured treatment to self-sustained recovery.
* Facilitate service user access to treatment and community resources to increase recovery and social capital, supporting service users and their families within their local community.
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The salary advertised above demonstrates the full earning potential for this role, starting salaries will allow for pay progression within the pay band
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Who are we
Waythrough launched in October following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship. Our vision is to break down the barriers that stop people getting the support they need to live a life they value. We tackle poverty and disadvantage in communities, through mental health, drug and alcohol, housing and related support.
We have almost services around England and nearly 3, amazing staff and volunteers who run them. Every year our services support around, people.
Bringing together two big organisations is not a small task and itll take a while to fully integrate our systems, processes and approaches. Thats why you will notice the jobs here are still branded Humankind. Next year well be fully integrating our recruitment systems but for now they are separate.
Thanks for bearing with us and dont forget to check out the Waythrough jobs on the Richmond Fellowship and Aquarius job site
What can Waythrough offer you
️ Generous annual leave entitlement (27 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 32 after 1 years service)
Annual leave purchase scheme
Enhanced occupational sick pay
% Enhanced employer contribution to your workplace pension
Death in service benefit
️ Free Will writing
Eyecare vouchers
️ Blue light card discount
Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses
Work-life balance- flexible working and family friendly policies
️ Happy, Healthy You! our wellbeing offers for our workforce
Employee Assist Programme and WaythroughSupport Networks
Waythrough is an equal opportunities employer
We value unique perspectives and experiences that everyone can bring, and fully understand the strength in diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, regardless of race, gender, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability. If you have a genuine passion for working for us, we want to hear for you. We also welcome applications from people with lived experience with substance use. If you require support with your application, please contact the Recruitment Team at
Salary Period
Vacancy Salary Range £24,-£30,
DBS Requirement Enhanced Adult/Child Barred
Does role require Police/Prison vetting? Not Applicable
Driving licence required for role? Yes
Applications Close Date 15 Sep