Change Grow Live is 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 user as an individual and working with them to find the right support and care options.
As a Family Practitioner within our Thriving Families programme, you will be providing drug and/or alcohol support to parents within a family intervention framework. You will be providing holistic support to families who are currently known to Child Protection, or Child in Need Plans, alongside a team of Social Work professionals, all aiming to keep the family unit intact. The multi‑agency team you will be working closely with could include Family Help, Mental Health Practitioners, and Domestic Abuse Workers, requiring strong partnership working skills from the Family Practitioner to provide reliable wrap‑around support to the family.
Key responsibilities
* Working as part of a multi‑disciplinary team to provide family interventions that help to reduce parental substance misuse and the impact substance misuse has on children and young people. Types of interventions include whole family, time‑focused interventions, group programmes and 1‑2‑1 psychosocial based interventions with parents who are recovering from substance use.
* Carry out comprehensive service user and family assessments to develop individual recovery plans that clearly identify how achieving each goal will enable progression in addressing substance use and improve relationships within the family.
* Supporting the effective safeguarding of families through contribution to multi‑agency plans, timely identification of risks, vulnerabilities and responding accordingly with safety planning and onward referrals to the relevant services where required.
* Have a role in building relationships internally, and with wider partnerships while promoting and embedding the services whole family approach to familial substance misuse.
* To effectively maintain case management systems, reports, and notes in a timely and organised manner.
* Deliver training and consultation to other professionals on the issues/implications and impact around substance misuse.
Qualifications and experience
* Work flexibly across operational sites as required.
* Work flexibly within an agreed number of hours of work to maintain the most appropriate level of service provision.
* Seek to improve personal performance, contribution, knowledge, and skills.
* Participate in appraisal, training, and supervision processes.
* Keep abreast of developments in services, legislation, and practice relevant to the relevant client group.
* Ensure the implementation of all CGL policies.
* Contribute to maintaining safe systems of work and a safe environment.
* Undertake other duties appropriate to the grade of the post.
Benefits
* 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each year’s service.
* Flexible working arrangements.
* 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.
Salary and hours
Full‑time hours: 37.5 hours per week. Full‑time salary range: £27,861.26 – £32,002.35 (dependent on experience, pro‑rata for part‑time hours). Contract: Fixed‑term contract of 8 months.
Location
Manchester.
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.
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, 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.
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.
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