Change Grow Live
Children and Families Worker
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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.
About the role
- 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
- Manage a caseload of individuals affected by parental substance misuse
- Ensure that appropriate safeguarding practice is always followed, working in partnership with statutory agencies where appropriate
- Provide assessment, psychosocial interventions, integrated care planning and after care support, including transfer of care
- Provide service user advocacy to support engagement from and access to partnership services
- 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
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About you
- 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
- Level 3 qualification in a related health & social care discipline or higher
- Experience of delivering 1:1 and group work, including evidenced based interventions
- Extensive experience of working in the substance misuse field
- Experience of working in close partnership with key stakeholders including Children’s Services, schools, primary care and contributing to / chairing multi-agency meetings
- The ability to undertake comprehensive assessments, care-planning, case management and reviews
- Experience of delivering training to professionals
- The ability and willingness to be empathetic, inclusive and non-judgemental in your practice
- Practical knowledge of relevant legislation and application of safeguarding children & young people policies and procedures
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What we will give to you
- 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service “Capped at 30 days”
- 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
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.
CGL points 23 to 28 (£28,557.79 - £32,802.41)
Inner London Weighting (£4,236.47)
Closing Date: 16/7/2026
Contact: Amy Herbert | amy.herbert@cgl.org.uk
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.
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