Family & Parenting Support Specialist

Early Break; Trafford; Remote; GBP 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Early Break in Trafford is seeking a dedicated practitioner to deliver practice addressing the needs of parents with substance use issues, historic or current, within a person-centred ethos.

You will develop and implement parenting/family models in partnership with local authorities and criminal justice settings, monitor data, write reports, and support senior management to expand services.

Responsibilities

• To deliver practice addressing the needs of parents with substance use needs, historic or current.
• To develop and implement parenting / family / children models in partnership with various agencies, such as Early Help and criminal Justice settings.
• To contribute to monitoring reporting systems to evidence the work.
• To work with national and local researchers for project evaluation.
• To collate data and write reports.
• Ensure sharing of own knowledge and experience across the service.
• To support the Senior Management Team at Early Break in developing and expanding whole family/parenting models in line with Business planning.
• To understand the theoretical model upon which Early Break is based and work within the person-centred ethos.
• To deliver individual support and group work in relation to parenting/family work.
• To represent the service at relevant meetings.
• To develop and implement new parenting/families (Holding Families Plus) model and practice in partnership with Local Authorities and Criminal Justice Services
• To promote and champion best practice in parenting and family work with partner agencies
• Support the family through care and resettlement of parents returning from prison to family /community settings and for the parent on community orders.
• To ensure the Early Help and Safeguarding of vulnerable adults and children within case work is undertaken
• To develop and implement service systems and reporting for new models and review these systems as part of service Clinical Governance framework
• To directly deliver new parenting/family work to a case load
• To provide education/information/training sessions, as appropriate
• To ensure that all necessary administration, recording and reporting is undertaken to specified deadlines including, where necessary the development of such reports
• To work with Senior Managers in developing and reviewing new parenting/family models to future proof the service offer
• To support in ensuring full risk assessments and risk management is delivered effectively.

Job description

Early Break in Trafford is seeking a dedicated practitioner to deliver practice addressing the needs of parents with substance use issues, historic or current, within a person-centred ethos.

You will develop and implement parenting/family models in partnership with local authorities and criminal justice settings, monitor data, write reports, and support senior management to expand services.