Drug & Alcohol Family Safeguarding Worker
Job Reference JOB0199 Location Guildford, Surrey Salary £27,720 - £31,542 per annum, including London Weighting where appropriate Vacancy Type Permanent/Full Time Working Hours 37.5 hours per week Application Deadline Wednesday, June 25, 2025 Job Summary
Come and join us as a Drug & Alcohol Safeguarding Worker to make a difference improving the lives of children and families!
The Role
The Family Safeguarding Team in Surrey (FST) service sees specialist adult focussed practitioners, with expertise in domestic abuse, mental health, or substance misuse – integrated within children’s safeguarding teams – with the aim of providing comprehensive support.
The substance misuse element of the FST is a part of the Surrey i-access service, with specialist Family Safeguarding Recovery Practitioners collocated with children and family teams.
You will:
* provide liaison, signposting and collaborative working within the Family Safeguarding Team, Surrey County Council and work closely with via and i-access Community Drug and Alcohol Services.
* deliver excellent drug and alcohol interventions to people who use our service.
* co-facilitate parenting groups across Surrey in Partnership with i-access CDAT.
* manage initial assessment, liaising between social work colleagues to support parents who have children on Child in Need and Child Protection Plans into treatment.
* work closely with the clinical lead.
* work collaboratively with colleagues and key stakeholder across multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring adherence with all Via and i-access policies, procedures and guidelines including Adult and Child Safeguarding Policies.
The Service
The FSS is a multi-disciplinary model within Children’s Services which aims to improve the quality of work undertaken with families and thereby improving outcomes for children and parents.
i-access is an integrated service delivered in partnership by Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Trust (SABP) and Via. It is commissioned to provide substance misuse treatment for people aged 18 and onwards within Surrey.
Location
The FST serves parents in Surrey within 4 quadrants in line with Children and Families teams.
* Guildford
* Redhill
* Walton
* Woking.
Although this role is required to work peripatetically across the county FSS Recovery Practitioners are aligned to specific quadrant/s, this will be agreed at point of offer however preferences can be shared at interview stage.
To see the generous range of benefits we offer at Via including 30 days annual leave for all new starters, our health and wellbeing initiatives, financial perks and development opportunities – visit our Benefits Package
For an informal chat about the role please contact Michael Shaw, Service Manager via Michael.Shaw@viaorg.uk or 07759 131832.
The closing date for applications is Wednesday 25 June at midnight.
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We accept applications via https://www.viaorg.uk/work-at-via/career-paths/ using our short application form, and your CV. For guidance on how to complete the application visit https://www.viaorg.uk/work-at-via/how-to-apply/. Please submit your application as soon as possible as we may close adverts at any time if we receive a sufficient number of applications.
Via welcomes enquiries from everyone, and we value diversity in our workplace. Our commitment to promoting diversity and developing a workplace environment where all staff are treated with dignity and respect is central to our recruitment process.
We’re a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to the employment and career development of disabled people. We offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for our jobs, please confirm in the personal statement part of our application form that you are applying under this scheme.
Appointment to all our posts are subject to satisfactory completion of our safeguarding checks including DBS and we follow safer recruiting principles.
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Job Profile JD Recovery Practitioner Family Safeguarding
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