Holding Families Plus, Family Worker

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

• Tuesday 20 October 2026 12:00
  Monday 23 November 2026 12:00

Application Deadline: Monday, 23rd November 2026 @ 12 Noon
Location: Trafford
Contract Type: Full Time
Hours: 37 hours per week
Remuneration: Early Break Salary Points 5-9: £28,589.60 to £31,812.56 per annum.
Interview Date: Thursday, 3rd December 2026

Key Focus

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.