Job Highlights
Application Deadline: Wednesday, 29th April 2026 @ 12 Noon
Location: Rochdale
Contract Type: Full-time, 37 hours per week
Renumeration: Early Break Salary Points 5-9, £28,589.60 to £31,812.56 per annum
Interview Date: Tuesday, 5th May 2026
Key Focus
Working with young people/young adults at risk or experiencing homelessness or rough sleeping
Deliver 1 to 1 and group work
Working in a “team around the young person” model
The support model will use psychologically-informed approaches to develop positive relationships with each young person acknowledging engagement as the main agent of change
To address the harm from substance, use for the young person offering Treatment interventions
Engage with the SHAP (Single Housing Accommodation Project work in Rochdale) model in a multi-agency setting
Key Deliverables
Experience of working with young people and/or adults around issues that affect young people currently such as substance use, offending, mental health, homelessness
Ability to manage a caseload of vulnerable young people experiencing problems related to primarily substance misuse and other vulnerabilities
To deliver 1:1, face to face work with young people and manage the appointments to best meet the young person’s needs in accordance with Early Break Policies and Procedures. This may include evening and/or weekend sessions.
Ability to manage case monitoring and recording systems
Have the ability to carry out specialist assessments and care planning
Offer structured treatment interventions, including support to substitute prescribing, if required and appropriate
Making Alternative therapy interventions part of young person care planning as appropriate, upskilling yourself to offer this within the course of your role
Work in community-based settings in order to engage and deliver services to potential young people
Liaise and develop partnerships, with a range of agencies, in seeking out the provision which best meets the treatment needs of the young people identified through referrals
Offer drop ins, as required and/or appropriate, in relevant young people’s settings
Contribute to a range of multi-agency meetings, acting as key worker/advocate for the young person
Support young people into in-patient treatment, if available/as appropriate, and maintain contact with them, preparing and arranging for appropriate after-care provision back in the community where this is required
Adhere to Early Break policies on Safeguarding, linking to local and national policies and guidelines contributing as the role of Lead Professional as and when required
Record and report all required young person information, using the Company’s agreed database system in line with service expectations and the legal framework of Data Protection
Maintain and update levels of knowledge and understanding of issues relevant to young people through training offered by Early Break and other agencies, as opportunities arise
Contribute to the charitable aspect of the service including social media and charitable fundraising activity.