Family Caseworker Assessment Substance Misuse #5268113

Semester.co.uk; Middlesbrough; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization is seeking a Family Caseworker to join their Family and Young Persons Team in Middlesbrough. The role involves coordinating support for families dealing with substance misuse, providing interventions, and collaborating with key stakeholders. Ideal candidates should be dynamic, creative, and flexible, with a willingness to learn. Experience with families is a plus, but not required. A full DBS check is mandatory.

Qualifications

• Experience working with families is an asset but not essential.
• Understanding of substance use is desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating a caseload of families with substance use issues.
• Delivering interventions including brief advice and harm reduction.
• Collaborating with social care and schools for holistic support.

Skills

Dynamic

Creative

Flexibility

Job description

Family Caseworker Assessment Substance Misuse #5268113

Please be aware this is a Permanent Post

Working within Middlesbrough Council, our team helps those experiencing problems with substance use, domestic abuse and homelessness. We are looking for a Family Caseworker to join our Family and Young Persons Team. This role will involve:

Coordinating a caseload of families where substance use is present.

· Delivering a range of interventions including brief advice, harm reduction and other psychosocial interventions.

· Delivering hidden harm interventions/linking in with the Young Persons workers to facilitate delivery. These may be delivered on a 1-1 basis, in a group setting, with the whole family or remotely.

· Working closely with key stakeholders such as social care and schools to ensure support packages are holistic and effective.

To be successful in this role you will need to be dynamic and creative in your approach. You will need to work flexibly to meet the needs of a diverse range of people, working around work/education schedules and other barriers that may prevent our clients from accessing mainstream services.

Any previous experience working with families would be an asset to this role but is not essential. Similarly, an understanding of substance use is desirable but not essential. If you have transferable skills and are willing to learn, we encourage you to apply. If successful you will be provided with a robust learning and development plan. Due to the nature of this role, a full DBS checked against adults and children is required.

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