Overview:
Children and Families Worker - Southwark
Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives.
Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our teams apply these daily offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Children’s & Families Worker to join a dynamic team in Southwark, committed to supporting young people who have been affected by someone drug and/or alcohol issues.
The primary focus of this role is to work with children and young people who are impacted by a family member's substance misuse by delivering a programme of interventions. Our aim is to build resilience and minimise the impact of parental or other family member's substance misuse.
Where: Southwark
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
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:
About the role:
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Identify families in conjunction with other agencies, who will benefit from a Think Family / Whole family approach, negotiating participation and engagement with the programme of care
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Manage a caseload of individuals affected by parental substance misuse
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Ensure that appropriate safeguarding practice is always followed, working in partnership with statutory agencies where appropriate
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Provide assessment, psychosocial interventions, integrated care planning and after care support, including transfer of care
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Provide service user advocacy to support engagement from and access to partnership services
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Work with service users to support positive, holistic outcomes in relation to their health and wellbeing, enabling them to lead safe, happy, healthy and purposeful lives: reducing risk and increasing resilience
About you:
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Experience of working with families who have multiple risk factors - Parental mental health, parental substance misuse, domestic violence, anti-social behaviour, unemployed, poor / unsuitable housing, parental disability, parental learning disability
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Level 3 qualification in a related health & social care discipline or higher
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Experience of delivering 1:1 and group work, including evidenced based interventions
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Extensive experience of working in the substance misuse field
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Experience of working in close partnership with key stakeholders including Children’s Services, schools, primary care and contributing to / chairing multi-agency meetings
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The ability to undertake comprehensive assessments, care-planning, case management and reviews
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Experience of delivering training to professionals
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The ability and willingness to be empathetic, inclusive and non-judgemental in your practice
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Practical knowledge of relevant legislation and application of safeguarding children & young people policies and procedures
What we will give to you:
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25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service “Capped at 30 days”
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Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme
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Contributory pension scheme
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A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
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A friendly and supportive team
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Training, career development & progression opportunities
Direct applications only — we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.
Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions. More information about eligible roles and occupations can be found here: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Salary Range (pro rata if part time): CGL points 23 to 28 (£28,557.79 - £32,802.41) ILW / OLW /Fringe: Inner London Weighting (£4,236.47) Closing Date: 16/7/2026 If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:: Amy Herbert |
[email protected] : This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.
