Family Worker - Substance Misuse (Ref: 0044ZA)

Job description

Job responsibilities

About the Role We are recruiting for a compassionate and approachable Family Worker to join our excellent team in our Wigan & Leigh service, and to provide information and advice to families in relation to substance misuse and its impact on the family. If you are looking for a role where you will make a tangible difference to the lives of those affected by substance misuse, we'd love to hear from you. Job Opportunity As a Family Worker, you will offer interventions to support parents with substance misuse issues, whilst working to raise awareness of and improve access to appropriate services, with a focus on using Motivational Interviewing techniques. You will provide ongoing support through 1:1 or group sessions. It will be vital for you to develop strong and positive relationships with clients and their families, whilst managing an active caseload and ensuring continuity of care. Please note this is a FTC for 12 months to cover an internal secondment. Essential Skills To be able to do this job successfully, you will have:

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• To be able to do this job successfully, you will have:
• OCN/NVQ level 3 or equivalent or willing to achieve this within 12 months
• experience of working with families and young people around their substance use
• experience of structuring and delivering group work and/or presenting in a group setting
• experience of completing assessments, risk assessments or care plans with adults and young people
• evidence of continuous professional development
• excellent relationship building skills with a range of people from a wide variety of backgrounds
• the ability to work effectively on your own and as part of a team, sharing your skills knowledge and experience
• good organisational skills to be able to manage your time effectively, prioritising your work and being able to cope with the pressure of competing demands
• excellent written and oral communication skills, including engaging delivery of presentations
• the ability to record and maintain accurate case details and in a timely manner
• effective IT skills, able to use different packages and digital media
• Ideally you will have experience of working in a health and social care, substance misuse or family setting. We are looking for positive and motivated candidates who are able to communicate with a wide range of people and in different settings.
• A full description can be provided upon request, please contact recruitment@wearewithyou.org.uk for more details.
• This role is subject to a satisfactory enhanced level DBS and barred lists check.

Experience

Essential

• To be able to do this job successfully, you will have:
• OCN/NVQ level 3 or equivalent or willing to achieve this within 12 months
• experience of working with families and young people around their substance use
• experience of structuring and delivering group work and/or presenting in a group setting
• experience of completing assessments, risk assessments or care plans with adults and young people
• evidence of continuous professional development
• excellent relationship building skills with a range of people from a wide variety of backgrounds
• the ability to work effectively on your own and as part of a team, sharing your skills knowledge and experience
• good organisational skills to be able to manage your time effectively, prioritising your work and being able to cope with the pressure of competing demands
• excellent written and oral communication skills, including engaging delivery of presentations
• the ability to record and maintain accurate case details and in a timely manner
• effective IT skills, able to use different packages and digital media
• Ideally you will have experience of working in a health and social care, substance misuse or family setting. We are looking for positive and motivated candidates who are able to communicate with a wide range of people and in different settings.
• A full description can be provided upon request, please contact recruitment@wearewithyou.org.uk for more details.
• This role is subject to a satisfactory enhanced level DBS and barred lists check.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

We Are With You

Address

Leigh

Leigh

WN7 2PJ

Employer's website

https://www.wearewithyou.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)