Advanced Practitioner - Family Specialist

We Are With You; Glasgow; Presencial; GBP 28 000 - 33 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

28 days annual leave + bank holidays

Birthday/occasion day off

Enhanced parental leave

Volunteer leave 2 days/year

Pension scheme enrollment

Blue Light Card discounts

Flexible working opportunities

Resumo da oferta

We Are With You Glasgow is seeking an Advanced Practitioner – Family Specialism to lead and strengthen family-focused practice across our Glasgow services. This role emphasizes a whole-family approach to recovery, safeguarding, and gender-responsive care, with a leadership remit and a small caseload.

You will deliver therapeutic family recovery groups, run Family Learning Clubs, liaise with partner agencies, and develop staff capability in trauma‑informed practice.

Qualificações

• Advanced knowledge/experience in substance use or related specialist field.
• Experience or knowledge of developing and delivering family-focused interventions.
• Ability to provide specialist guidance on safeguarding matters.
• Commitment to gender-responsive and trauma-informed practice.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and deliver therapeutic family recovery groups across hubs.
• Establish and facilitate Family Learning Clubs for service users and families.
• Act as link worker for local family support services and partner agencies.
• Maintain a small, specialist caseload with complex family-related needs.
• Provide safeguarding leadership and staff development on trauma-informed care.
• Champion family-inclusive recovery across services in Glasgow.

Conhecimentos

Advanced substance misuse knowledge

Family-focused practice

Safeguarding guidance

Gender-responsive practice

Partnership working

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Are you a compassionate and motivated individual who wants to change people’s lives? Our team in Glasgow is looking for an Advanced Practitioner - if you are enthusiastic, creative and passionate about helping others, we’d love to hear from you. As a leading charity supporting people with drug, alcohol, and mental health challenges, we operate over 80 services across England and Scotland, providing free and confidential support to more than 100,000 people each year. Find out more about us on our website. This Advanced Practitioner role is specifically designed for those with advanced substance misuse knowledge and/or experience of working in a relevant field. The Advanced Practitioner – Family Specialism will provide specialist leadership and support to strengthen family-focused practice across WithYou Glasgow services. The post will promote a whole-family approach, recognising the impact of substance use on children, parents and wider family networks, supporting service users to build and maintain positive family relationships as part of their recovery journey. Our vibrant and busy services across Glasgow provide support to people concerned about their own or someone other’s alcohol or drug use. We have three Recovery Hubs (in North East, North West and South Glasgow), however much of our work is carried out in the local community. We work with people at all stages on their journey providing both one to one appointments and group work. We offer a starting salary of £28,325 per annum rising each year in line with our pay progression salary bands, rising to £32,960 per annum. This role is full time and permanent, working 37.5 hours over 7 days, evening and weekend working may be required.

Key Responsibilities

• Therapeutic Family Recovery Groups: Develop and deliver therapeutic family-focused recovery groups within each Hub, supporting service users to explore family relationships, parenting, family wellbeing and the impact of substance use. Sessions will incorporate the SHANARRI wellbeing indicators and My World Triangle framework.
• Family Learning Clubs: Establish and facilitate Family Learning Clubs, providing opportunities for service users and families to develop knowledge, skills and confidence around family wellbeing, relationships and recovery.
• Partnership Working: Act as the key link worker for local family support services and partner agencies, strengthening referral pathways, improving access to support and promoting joined-up, consistent responses for families.
• Direct Practice: Maintain a small, specialist caseload, providing focused assessment, support and interventions for individuals and families with more complex family-related needs.
• Safeguarding Leadership: Provide guidance, advice and support to colleagues on safeguarding matters, helping to build staff confidence, knowledge and competence in identifying and responding to safeguarding concerns.
• Workforce Development: Upskill and support staff across the Hubs to embed family-inclusive, trauma-informed and child-centred practice, ensuring that the needs and voices of children and families remain central to service delivery.
• Lead the development, implementation and delivery of gender-specific interventions, ensuring treatment provision is responsive to the differing needs and experiences of women, men and people of diverse gender identities accessing the recovery hub.
• Champion and embed gender-responsive and trauma-informed approaches across the service, providing specialist guidance, staff development and support to ensure treatment is inclusive, accessible and responsive to individual needs and barriers to recovery.
• The role will champion a culture of family-inclusive recovery across WithYou Glasgow, ensuring that families are recognised as an integral part of the recovery process and that children and young people are supported to be safe, healthy and able to thrive.

Company Benefits

• 28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• An extra day off for your birthday or a special occasion
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• 2 days paid volunteer leave per year
• Auto-enrollment into We Are With You’s pension scheme
• Access to a Blue Light Card - giving you great savings on big high-street and online brands
• Flexible working opportunities and access to a range of services and resources to support you with your wellbeing
• We have an excellent Refer a Friend scheme which offers you a £500 bonus for any recommendations, any role!
• Please note, the Refer a Friend scheme is only applicable once your recommended friend has been employed for 6 months

Essential Skills

We’re looking for a compassionate and motivated individual with advanced knowledge and/or experience within the substance use sector or a relevant specialist setting, with an exceptional ability to build meaningful relationships with individuals and families. You will have a strong understanding of the impact of substance use on children, parents and wider family networks, alongside experience or knowledge of developing and delivering family-focused interventions and supporting positive family relationships. You will be confident providing specialist guidance and support to colleagues, particularly around safeguarding, family-inclusive practice and trauma-informed approaches. You will be highly organised, have excellent communication and partnership-working skills, being able to manage your time effectively. You will be passionate about developing and embedding high-quality, inclusive and gender-responsive practice, ensuring that the needs and voices of individuals, children and families remain central to service delivery. Above all, we are looking for someone who can provide specialist leadership, inspire and support colleagues, and champion a whole-family approach to recovery.

About Us

WithYou provides free and confidential support, without judgement, to more than 100,000 people every year experiencing challenges with drugs, alcohol and mental health across England and Scotland. Our name reflects who we are – a positive place where people can progress, connect with others and get friendly, expert help in a way that’s right for them. Our staff team changes lives. If you’re passionate about helping people get the support they need for issues with drugs, alcohol and mental health, we’d love to hear from you.