Family Safeguarding Recovery Worker

Turning Point; Staines-upon-Thames; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days paid holiday

Turning Point Benefits

Job summary

Turning Point in Oxfordshire is seeking a Family Safeguarding Recovery Worker to support parents with substance use issues within the Family Safeguarding Team. You will deliver personalised, home-based interventions and collaborate with multidisciplinary colleagues to improve outcomes for children.

You will be based in an Oxfordshire hub and travel across local areas, offering weekly visits and safeguarding sessions while contributing to data and progress reports in line with the Family

Qualifications

• Excellent IT skills with knowledge of Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Ability to travel around TP Oxfordshire Treatment Hubs with access to own transport preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality support and interventions to parents as part of the Family Safeguarding Team.
• Contribute to data and progress reports as directed and in line with the Family Safeguarding Workbook.
• Reduce substance use for parents who have children on a CP or CIN Plan.
• Provide weekly home visits and safeguarding one-to-one sessions.

Skills

IT skills (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Travel flexibility

Team collaboration

Job description

Family Safeguarding Recovery Worker

Location: South East England, KT19 8GY, GB

Job Reference: 2026-10-16T00:00:00

Application Deadline: 2026-11-14T19:05:21.437

Job Introduction

At Turning Point, we support people across the UK with substance use issues. As a Family Safeguarding Recovery Worker, you'll make a real difference to their lives as you develop the personal, flexible, and realistic support packages they need to help turn things around. Passionate about people, you'll enjoy the scope and support to enhance your own life too, as you make the role your own as part of a friendly and multidisciplinary team.

Our Oxfordshire Roads to Recovery Service is an integrated Community Drug and Alcohol Service that provides extensive support across the county. Our Recovery Hubs are based in Oxford, Banbury, Witney, Didcot and we also deliver substantial community services across the County. Turning Point Oxfordshire is a highly performing service and we have been awarded an Outstanding rating by CQC.

We are looking for a Family Safeguarding Recovery Worker, to join our established Safeguarding Team, working within an integrated Oxfordshire Children Services Families Solution Service with parents with children on a CP / CIN Plan.

As a Families Worker, we offer a salary of £27,981 to £32,416 per year (Dependent on experience).

Role Responsibility

• To provide high quality support and interventions to parents as part of the Family Safeguarding Team. This includes working with parents with a history of substance use to achieve their goals and improve outcomes for children.
• The post will be required to contribute to the overall aims and objectives of the Family Safeguarding Team by compiling data and progress reports as directed and in line with the Family Safeguarding Workbook.
• The focus of all interventions will be:
  • To reduce substance use for parents who have children on a CP or CIN Plan
  • To reduce the negative impact on children and families
  • To provide weekly dedicated support through home visits, undertaking screenings and safeguarding one-to-one sessions
  • To promote family members involvement to improve outcomes for children

The post holder will be based within one of our TP Oxfordshire Hubs and work flexibly across the local geographical area as required.

The Ideal Candidate

• Excellent IT skills with knowledge of Word, Excel, and Outlook etc. are essential for this role. (Tested at interview)
• Ability to travel around one of the local TP Oxfordshire Treatment Hubs, including some rural setting, would be advantageous with access to your own transport preferred.

About us

As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.

We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.

What Benefits Will I Receive?

We know reward looks different to each person and so whether it's ways to make your money go further, a culture supporting recognition and celebration, or opportunities to boost your career we want to support you in every way we can with our total reward package that includes:

• 25 days paid holiday a year + Bank Holidays, increasing with each year of service up to 27 days + Bank Holidays. Plus the option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost.
• Join our team and discover the comprehensive benefits we offer by following this link to explore all the exciting perks available to our employees Turning Point Benefits.

Employer

Turning Point