Thriving Families Family Worker

Change Grow Live; Maryburgh; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Change Grow Live is seeking a Family Practitioner for their Thriving Families program in Manchester. The role focuses on providing drug and alcohol support to parents within a framework aimed at keeping families intact. As part of a multidisciplinary team, you'll create and execute interventions tailored to the needs of families impacted by substance use.

Benefits

25 days holiday (+ bank holidays)

Flexible working arrangements

Paid 'Wellness' hour each week

Contributory pension scheme

Training and career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in family support and safeguarding.
• Strong communication and assessment skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in multi-agency settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide holistic support to families facing substance misuse issues.
• Conduct comprehensive family assessments and develop recovery plans.
• Participate in multi-agency safeguarding plans.

Skills

Substance abuse intervention

Family assessment

Partnership working

Job description

Overview

Change Grow Live is a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our service users lives, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right support and care options.

As a Family Practitioner within our Thriving Families programme, you will be providing drug and/or alcohol support to parents within a family intervention framework. You will be providing holistic support to families who are currently known to Child Protection, or Child in Need Plans, alongside a team of Social Work professionals, all aiming to keep the family unit intact. The multi-agency team you will be working closely with could include Family Help, Mental Health Practitioners, and Domestic Abuse Workers, requiring strong partnership working skills from the Family Practitioner to provide reliable wraparound support to the family.

As a Family Practitioner, you will work with adults within families to understand substance use within the household. This will include acomprehensive assessment of needs that will help to inform interventions, which willbe led by the requirements of the person accessing support. You will utilise an array of interventions to enable families to be able to consider the impacts of substance use, identify their strengths, and rebuild their connections with each other.

Additionally, you will work with a small case load on a routine basis, visiting them in spaces that work for their needs, including home visits. This will empower families to feel supported and embed the services' holistic family approach to familial substance use. Ultimately, the project aims to work holistically to support families to thrive and ultimately keep the family unit intact.

Where:Manchester

Full Time Hours: 37.5 per week

Full time Salary Range: £27,861.26 - £32,002.35 dependent on experience (based on full time hours, pro rata for part time hours)

Contract: Fixed Term Contract until 31st of October 2026 - with the possibilty to extend subject to review

Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.

Responsibilities

Key points about the role:

• Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide family interventions that help to reduce parental substance misuse and the impact substance misuse has on children and young people. Types of interventions to include, whole family, time focussed interventions, group programmes and 1-2-1 psychosocial based interventions with parents who recovering from substance use.
• Carry out comprehensive service user and family assessments to develop individual recovery plans that clearly identify how achieving each goal will enable progression in addressing substance use and improve relationships within the family
• Supporting the effective safeguarding of families through contribution to multi-agency plans, timely identification of risks, vulnerabilities and responding accordingly with safety planning and onward referrals to the relevant services where required.
• Have a role in building relationships internally, and with wider partnerships while promoting and embedding the services whole family approach to familial substance misuse.
• To effectively maintain case management systems, reports, and notes in a timely and organised manner.
• To effectively maintain case management systems, reports, and notes in a timely and organised manner.
• Deliver training and consultation to other professionals on the issues/implications and impact around substance misuse.

About you:

• Work flexibly across operational sites as required.
• Work flexibly within an agreed number of hours of work to maintain the most appropriate level of service provision.
• Seek to improve personal performance, contribution, knowledge, and skills.
• Participate in appraisal, training, and supervision processes.
• Keep abreast of developments in services, legislation, and practice relevant to the relevant client group.
• Ensure the implementation of all CGL policies.
• Contribute to maintaining safe systems of work and a safe environment.
• Undertake other duties appropriate to the grade of the post.

What we will give to you:

• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service
• Flexible working arrangements
• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme
• Contributory pension scheme
• A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
• A friendly and supportive team
• Training, career development & progression opportunities
• Refer a Friend Scheme.

If this sounds like you and you’d like to begin your journey withChange Grow Live, then we’d love to talk to you.

Please ensure that all information about how you meet the person specification criteria are added in your application form.

If you require sponsorship, please note that this role is not eligible for a Health and Care Worker visa. You may be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route but must meet the minimum salary requirements for the role. You can find out more hereSkilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note, interviews will be taking place across the 14th and 15th of August 2025.

Salary Range (pro rata if part time)

CGL points 23 to 28 (£27,861.26 - £32,002.35)

ILW / OLW /Fringe

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

Closing Date

3/8/2025

If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:

Ellie Morrissey | [e-mail] post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.