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Bereavement & Loss Counsellor
Posted: 6th September, 2024
Location: Bury
Role Details
Bereavement & Loss Counsellor
2 x vacancies (inc. 1 x maternity cover). Part time candidates are encouraged to apply.
Early Break scale 8-12: £27,490, £ – £30,589 per annum. Full time equivalent 37 hours per week. Subject to review.
Closing Date: Wednesday 23rd October 2024 at 12:00 noon
Interview Date: 5th – 12th November 2024
Key deliverables
- Seek out young people with emotional health and wellbeing needs and offer them appropriate assessment, consultation and counselling intervention
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary Emotional Health and Wellbeing team, supporting child and youth wellbeing and offering training and group work where appropriate.
- Work within the BACP ethical framework and key principles
- Support and encourage young people to take on board safety messages as regards risk taking behaviour and own vulnerability including self-injury, offending behaviour, CSE, CCE and other.
- Prepare, plan and deliver education sessions and group work to young people in education settings or 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 BACP, Early Break and other agencies, as opportunities arise.
- Ensure all necessary administration/sessional recordings are complete, including maintenance of 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 by the role.
Have an understanding of and the ability to maintain confidentiality.
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Emotional Health & Wellbeing Worker - Closing The Gap (Bury)
Posted: 6th September, 2024
Location: Bury
Role Details
Emotional Health & Wellbeing Worker – Closing The Gap (Transition Support)
1 x full time vacancy
Early Break scale 7-11: £26,648, £ – £29,959 per annum. Subject to review.
Closing Date: Wednesday 23rd October 2024 at 12:00 noon
Interview Date: 5th – 12th November 2024
Key deliverables
- Offer a range of individualised support to young people with presenting emotional health and wellbeing needs and offer them advice, signposting, appropriate interventions and support them to access the wider CYPMH provision, Early Break core services or other service provisions.
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary substance-use and emotional health and wellbeing team alongside to support emotional wellbeing of children and young people.
- Support and encourage young people to take on board safety messages as regards risk taking behaviour and own vulnerability including self-injury, substance use, offending behaviour, CSE, CCE and other utilising a trauma-informed approach.
- Prepare, plan and deliver education sessions and group work to young people in education settings or the community as per presenting 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 Early Break and other agencies, as opportunities arise.
- Ensure all necessary administration/sessional recordings are complete, including maintenance of 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.
Have an understanding of and the ability to maintain confidentiality.
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Emotional Health & Wellbeing Worker - Closing The Gap (Rochdale)
Posted: 6th September, 2024
Location: Rochdale
Role Details
Emotional Health & Wellbeing Worker – Closing The Gap (Transition Support)
2 x full time vacancy
Early Break scale 7-11: £26,648, £ – £29,959 per annum. Subject to review.
Closing Date: Wednesday 23rd October 2024 at 12:00 noon
Interview Date: 5th – 12th November 2024
Key deliverables
- Offer a range of individualised support to young people with presenting emotional health and wellbeing needs and offer them advice, signposting, appropriate interventions and support them to access the wider CYPMH provision, Early Break core services or other service provisions.
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary substance-use and emotional health and wellbeing team alongside to support emotional wellbeing of children and young people.
- Support and encourage young people to take on board safety messages as regards risk taking behaviour and own vulnerability including self-injury, substance use, offending behaviour, CSE, CCE and other utilising a trauma-informed approach.
- Prepare, plan and deliver education sessions and group work to young people in education settings or the community as per presenting 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 Early Break and other agencies, as opportunities arise.
- Ensure all necessary administration/sessional recordings are complete, including maintenance of 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.
Have an understanding of and the ability to maintain confidentiality.
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Emotional Health & Wellbeing Worker - Safe Zones
Posted: 6th September, 2024
Location: Bury
Role Details
Emotional Health & Wellbeing Worker – Safe Zones
1 x full time vacancy. Bury based but may require some travel to surrounding areas.
Early Break scale 7-11: £26,648, £ – £29,959 per annum. Subject to review.
Closing Date: Wednesday 23rd October 2024 at 12:00 noon
Interview Date: 5th – 12th November 2024
Key deliverables
- Offer a range of individualised support to young people with presenting emotional health and wellbeing needs and offer them advice, signposting, appropriate interventions and support them to access the wider CYPMH provision, Early Break core services or other service provisions.
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary substance-use and emotional health and wellbeing team alongside to support emotional wellbeing of children and young people.
- Support and encourage young people to take on board safety messages as regards risk taking behaviour and own vulnerability including self-injury, substance use, offending behaviour, CSE, CCE and other utilising a trauma-informed approach.
- Prepare, plan and deliver education sessions and group work to young people in education settings or the community as per presenting 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 Early Break and other agencies, as opportunities arise.
- Ensure all necessary administration/sessional recordings are complete, including maintenance of 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.
Have an understanding of and the ability to maintain confidentiality.
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Emotional Health & Wellbeing Worker - MHST Development Role (Bury)
Posted: 6th September, 2024
Location: Bury
Role Details
Emotional Health & Wellbeing Worker (development role) – Bury Mental Health Support Team
1 x full time vacancy (12 months in the first instance)
Early Break scale 5: £24,801
On successful completion of development role (after 12 months): Early Break scale 7-11: £26,648, £ – £29,959 per annum. Subject to review.
Closing Date: Thursday 31st October 2024 at 12:00 noon
Interview Date: 14th & 15th November 2024
Key deliverables
- Support Children and Young People with emotional health and wellbeing needs and offer them appropriate assessment, consultation, interventions and/or support them into the wider Mental Health Support Team, CAMHS Single Point of Access, Early Break core services or other service provisions.
- Working as part of a multi-disciplinary Mental Health Support Team alongside Pennine Care Foundation Trust colleagues to support emotional wellbeing of students across allocated schools.
- Support and encourage young people to take on board safety messages as regards risk taking behaviour and own vulnerability including self-injury, offending behaviour, CSE, CCE and other.
- Prepare, plan and deliver education sessions and group work to young people in education settings or the community as per need.
- Adhere to the Mental Health Support Team and 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 Support team, Early Break and other agencies, as opportunities arise.
- Ensure all necessary administration/sessional recordings are complete, including maintenance of Paris 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 by the role.
- Have an understanding of and the ability to maintain confidentiality
Have an understanding of and the ability to maintain confidentiality.
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Emotional Health & Wellbeing Support Worker - MHST (Rochdale)
Posted: 6th September, 2024
Location: Rochdale
Role Details
Emotional Health & Wellbeing Worker – Rochdale Mental Health Support Team
1 x full time vacancy
Early Break scale 7-11: £26,648, £ – £29,959 per annum. Subject to review.
Closing Date: Thursday 31st October 2024 at 12:00 noon
Interview Date: 14th & 15th November 2024
Key deliverables
- Seek out young people with emotional health and wellbeing needs and offer them appropriate interventions and/or support them into the wider Mental Health Support Team, Healthy Young Minds Single Point of Access, Early Break core services or other service provisions.
- Working as part of a multi-disciplinary Mental Health Support Team alongside Pennine Care Foundation Trust colleagues to support emotional wellbeing of students across allocated high-schools.
- Support and encourage young people to take on board safety messages as regards risk taking behaviour and own vulnerability including self-injury, offending behaviour, CSE, CCE and other.
- Prepare, plan and deliver education sessions and group work to young people in education settings or the community as per need.
- Adhere to the Mental Health Support Team and 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 Support team, Early Break and other agencies, as opportunities arise.
- Ensure all necessary administration/sessional recordings are complete, including maintenance of Paris 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.
Have an understanding of and the ability to maintain confidentiality.
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Family Work Operational Manager
Posted: 16th September, 2024
Location: All Areas
Role Details
Family Work Operational Manager
1 x full time vacancy
Early Break scale 18-23: £36,149 – £41,985 per annum. Subject to review.
Closing Date: Wednesday, 9th October 2024 at 12:00 noon
Interview Date: 16th November 2024
Key deliverables
- To provide managerial oversight to nominated workers in service utilising existing governance processes
- To contribute to the maintenance of an ethos in which all workers, clients and all in contact with Early Break and its partner agencies are valued and shown respect
- To deliver managerial oversight of emerging family work roles within service and imbedding new practice
- Support our Operational Managers and wider Leadership team in worker oversight and support of family offers in matrix arrangements.
- To support Senior Leadership Team in the implementation of new aspects of design, development and delivery where it relates to Family work for service including the emerging Family Safeguarding model/Hertfordshire model.
- Review our children’s work offer to ensure voice of the child is strong and practitioners evolve in this
- Ensure systems are in place and work effectively in prisons and community services
- Creating training materials and operating manuals as appropriate for workforce development and reference.
- To ensure service policies are reviewed and communicated across the service reflective of our family work offers.
- To hold a small caseload to ensure effective practice is tested and maintained
- Representing family services in relevant meetings such as Holding Families Plus Steering Groups and the Family Serve Development opportunities across service.
- To support a model of service delivery that ensures the highest possible standards in service delivery to young clients and their families
- To actively promote the charitable aspects of the service to the workforce
- To promote the service digital media and lead by example to the workforce
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Family Worker - Substance Use & Criminality
Posted: 18th September, 2024
Location: Bury & Bolton
Role Details
Family Worker – Substance Use & Criminality
Early Break scale 7 – 11: £26,648 – £29,959 per annum. Subject to review.
Closing Date: Wednesday, 9th October 2024 at 12:00 noon
Interview Date: Friday, 18th October 2024
Key deliverables
- To develop and implement new parenting/families (Holding Families Plus) model and practice in service and in partnership with named agencies
- To promote and champion best practice in parenting and family work with partner agencies
- Support the family through care and resettlement of parents returning from prison to family /community settings and for the parent on community orders.
- To ensure the Early Help and Safeguarding of vulnerable adults and children within case work is undertaken
- To develop and implement service systems and reporting for new models and review these systems as part of service Clinical Governance framework
- To directly deliver new parenting/family work to a case load
- To provide education/information/training sessions, as appropriate
- To ensure that all necessary administration, recording and reporting is undertaken to specified deadlines including, where necessary the development of such reports
- To work with Senior Managers in developing and reviewing new parenting/family models to future proof the service offer
- To support in ensuring full risk assessments and risk management is delivered effectively
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Family Worker - Substance Use & Criminality
Posted: 18th September, 2024
Location: Salford & Trafford
Role Details
Family Worker – Substance Use & Criminality
Early Break scale 7 – 11: £26,648 – £29,959 per annum. Subject to review.
Closing Date: Wednesday, 9th October 2024 at 12:00 noon
Interview Date: Friday, 18th October 2024
Key deliverables
- To develop and implement new parenting/families (Holding Families Plus) model and practice in service and in partnership with named agencies
- To promote and champion best practice in parenting and family work with partner agencies
- Support the family through care and resettlement of parents returning from prison to family /community settings and for the parent on community orders.
- To ensure the Early Help and Safeguarding of vulnerable adults and children within case work is undertaken
- To develop and implement service systems and reporting for new models and review these systems as part of service Clinical Governance framework
- To directly deliver new parenting/family work to a case load
- To provide education/information/training sessions, as appropriate
- To ensure that all necessary administration, recording and reporting is undertaken to specified deadlines including, where necessary the development of such reports
- To work with Senior Managers in developing and reviewing new parenting/family models to future proof the service offer
- To support in ensuring full risk assessments and risk management is delivered effectively
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Substance Use Advocacy Worker
Posted: 23rd September, 2024
Location: Rochdale
Role Details
Substance Use Advocacy Worker
Early Break scale 8 – 12: £27,490 – £30,589 per annum. Subject to review.
Closing Date: Monday, 4th November 2024 at 12:00 noon
Interview Date: Monday, 11th November 2024
Key deliverables
- To deliver 1:1, face to face work with young clients and their parents/carers as appropriate and manage the appointments to best meet clients’ needs in accordance with Early Break Policies and Procedures. This may include evening and/or weekend sessions
- 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
- Making Alternative therapy interventions part of client 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 clients
- Liaise and develop partnerships, with a range of agencies in seeking out the provision which best meets the treatment needs of the young clients 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 client
- Support young clients 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 client 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
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Parent / Family Worker - Trafford Vulnerable Adolescent Services
Posted: 4th October, 2024
Location: Trafford
Role Details
Substance Use Advocacy Worker
Early Break scale 7 – 11: £26,648 – £29,959 per annum. Subject to review.
Closing Date: Friday 1st November 2024 at 12:00 noon
Interview Date: Thursday, 14th November 2024
Key deliverables
- To develop and implement new parenting/families model and practice in Trafford LA Vulnerable adolescent Services;
- To promote and champion best practice in parenting and family work with partner agencies
- To support parents and family members whose children are subject to abuse / exploitation.
- To ensure the Early Help and Safeguarding of vulnerable adults and children within case work is undertaken
- To develop and implement service systems and reporting for new models and review these systems as part of service Clinical Governance framework
- To directly deliver new parenting/family work to a case load
- To provide education/information/training sessions, as appropriate to professionals
- To ensure that all necessary administration, recording and reporting is undertaken to specified deadlines including, where necessary the development of such reports
- To work with Senior Managers in developing and reviewing new parenting/family models to future proof the service offer
- To support in ensuring full risk assessments and risk management is delivered effectively
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