Job Highlights
Application Deadline: Wednesday, 15th January 2026 @ 12 Noon
Location: Oldham
Contract Type: Full-time
Renumeration: Early Break Salary Points 7-11, £30,304.56 to £33,569.12 per annum
Interview Date: Thursday, 22nd January 2026
Key Focus
The role will offer advice and signposting interventions for children and their families, as well as offering support with emotional health and wellbeing needs by offering regular group work for primary and secondary aged young people.
Delivery of effective 1:1 emotional health and wellbeing support with children and young people, who are looked after, with emotional health and wellbeing needs across the community and education settings.
Using a combination of 1:1 support and group work, the post holder will offer de-escalation support, integrated emotional health and wellbeing interventions, solution-focussed and resilience building work with children, young people and their carers/families across Oldham.
Ensuring a menu of offer is available and linked to our wider partnership for Oldham LAC offer e.g. Childrens Rights service
You will be a worker who is accountable and responsible within their own practice. You will make use of the strong support network this role offers.
You will have a good understanding of the barriers and issues affecting children and young people and work closely with organisations and services that support or work with children and young people, their family, carers and schools. Together with CYP, organisations working with them, schools, parents, family and carers co-design workshops, interventions and come up with solutions to support the wellbeing of CYP. Working with them to develop workshops and sessions that address their needs to support the development of culturally sensitive offers further and improve accessibility of existing offers.
Key Deliverables
Coordination of a coherent service for children, young people and their families/carers where children are looked after by the Local Authority in line with our recognised Thrive approach
Work alongside the project worker to manage referrals and demand for children and their carers via a SPOC (single point of access arrangement) and ensure a responsive consultation offer for foster families
Lead and develop our offer by providing group work, drop-in sessions and digital offers within Early Break premises and community venues across Oldham alongside the project worker
Ensure pathways and sequencing makes the most of constrained resources to ensure right help at right time including coordination and support for children and young people who are placed out of area
Alongside our wider partnership in children’s rights and advocacy ensure training offers re made available to Oldham’s in house residential and semi independent provisions
Engage young people with emotional health and wellbeing needs and offer them appropriate interventions and/or support them into the wider CYP mental health system, Early Break core services or other service provisions.
Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team alongside Children’s Social Care and health colleagues to support emotional wellbeing of children and young people who are looked-after across the borough.
Support and encourage young people and their families to take on board safety messages as regards risk taking behaviour and own vulnerability including self-injury, offending behaviour, complex safeguarding and other.
Prepare, plan and deliver education sessions and group work to young people and their carers across the community as per need.
Adhere to Early Break policies on Safeguarding including identification and referral, as well as participating in any subsequent action in relation to these.
Work with a range of partners in ensuring seamless access to support for children and young people.
Maintain and update levels of knowledge and understanding of issues relevant to young people’s lives through reading, eLearning and training offered by the Mental Health system, Early Break and other agencies, as opportunities arise.
Ensure all necessary administration/sessional recordings are complete, including maintenance of written records and Nebula database.
Contribute to monitoring and evaluation of the work of the role and the Service.
Implement Service Health and Safety Policy/Service Guidelines including risk assessments.
Attend relevant internal and external meetings supportive to the role.
Engage in professional development opportunities and training as required/appropriate.
Have an understanding of and the ability to maintain confidentiality.