Job Highlights
Application Deadline: Tuesday, 5 August 2025 @ 12 Noon
Positions Available: (3) 2 x full-time roles in Rochdale & 1 x full-time in Bury
Location: Bury & Rochdale
Contract Type: Full Time
Hours: 36.5 hours per week
Remuneration: Early Break Salary Points 7-11; £29,139 - £32,278. Subject to review.
Interview Date: Tuesday, 12th August 2025
Key Focus
The Family Safeguarding Partnership has a strong evidence base demonstrating a positive impact for families facing complex challenges. The model involves the development of multi-disciplinary teams of social workers, domestic abuse, adult mental health and substance misuse specialists who work alongside families following their needs and vulnerabilities, and uses motivational interviewing techniques to empower and engage parents to make the positive changes needed to achieve improved outcomes for their children and their wellbeing.
Early Break will employ you but will work within the multi-disciplinary Family Safeguarding Team, with dedicated time spent with your Early Break Manager and colleagues. The Children's Services Team Manager will manage day-to-day work allocation and case responsibility.
As the Substance Misuse Worker within this multi-disciplinary team, your role will be to deliver psycho-social interventions both within 1:1 sessions and group sessions to parents to address their substance-related needs and refer to clinical services as required.
Key Deliverables
To manage a high case load of adults whose families are open to Children's Social Care as a Child in Need or Child in Need of Protection. And where the parents are experiencing problems related primarily to substance misuse and other vulnerabilities.
To deliver 1:1, face-to-face work, and, where appropriate, group work with the parents and manage the appointments to meet clients' needs best, following Early Break Policies and Procedures. This may include evening and/or weekend sessions.
To carry out home visits to the families on your case load.
Complete a full assessment of each client's needs and develop, monitor and review SMART care plans for each individual client using agreed systems.
Offer structured treatment interventions, including substitute prescribing, if required and appropriate.
To ensure that all necessary administration, recording and reporting is undertaken to specified deadlines using the Children's Services and agreed substance database.
Strong awareness of legislation as it applies to adults at risk, children and young people, particularly focused on Safeguarding, substance misuse, criminal justice and Emotional Health and Well Being.
To share information with colleagues in accordance with relevant Information Sharing Agreements.
Be able to work effectively within a team.
To promote and champion best practice in parenting and family work with partner agencies.
Contribute to a range of multi-agency meetings, ensuring the voices of the client and the voice of the child are heard.
Be a reflective practitioner in the role.
Be skilled and confident to deliver training and support for external partners in relation to substance misuse and the issues related to it.
To contribute to the wider work of the service and its entrepreneurial development.
Adhere to Early Break policies and procedures.
Maintain and update levels of knowledge and understanding of issues relevant to the client group and their children and young people.
Engage with training opportunities as they become available through Early Break and other relevant agencies.
Contribute to the service's social media channels.