Holding Families Plus - Family Worker

• Friday 5 December :00
  Monday 5 January :00

Application Deadline: Monday, 5th January Noon
Location: Rochdale
Contract Type: Full-time
Renumeration: Early Break Salary Points Range 5-9: £28,589.60 - £31,812.56.
Interview Date: Wednesday, 14th January 2026

To deliver practice addressing the needs of alcohol/drug dependent parents and who are in criminal justice settings.

To develop and implement parenting / family / children models in partnership with various community and prisons stakeholders.

To contribute to monitoring reporting systems to evidence the work.

To work with national and local researchers for project evaluation.

To collate data and write reports.

Ensure sharing of own knowledge and experience across the service.

To support the Senior Management Team at Early Break in developing and expanding whole family/parenting models in line with Business planning.

To understand the theoretical model upon which Early Break is based and work within the person-centred ethos.

To deliver individual support and group work in relation to parenting/family work.

To represent the service at relevant meetings.

To develop and implement a 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 the 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 that full risk assessments and risk management are delivered effectively