Family Support Worker

Role: Family Worker (Substance Misuse)

Location: Banbury

Salary: GBP16 - GBP19 phr UMB (FTE salary GBP25,250 - GBP30,000)

Hours: 35 hours

Duration: Temp/Temp - Perm

Synopsis of duties:

• To support children 8 18 who are affected by parental substance misuse or supporting parents/guardians who are affected by their child's substance misuse.
• To carry a combined caseload of both complex young people and their families across targeted areas of Oxfordshire (North)
• Working in a trauma informed approach, providing specialist assessment, care planning and interventions around drugs and alcohol use.
• Deliver evidence based psychosocial and educational interventions to children and families, taking a whole family approach to the problem of parental substance use across Oxfordshire
• To engage with young people and their families in various settings such as children s centres, drop-in, schools, colleges, and homes and to provide assessment, advice and guidance from designated settings across Oxfordshire.
• Support families to achieve outcomes including improvement in family dynamics, resilience, and communication.
• Contribute to the service s whole family trauma informed practice and psychologically informed environments

Requirements

• Experience of client work with children and young people, families and drug / alcohol users.
• Experience of using strengths based assessment tools and the delivery of a range of therapeutic skills and interventions to facilitate behaviour change.
• Experience of completing and reviewing support plans
• Experience of group facilitation
• Experience working as a part of a multi-agency framework
• Enhanced DBS on the update service or dated within the last 12 months.
• Valid UK driving licence with access to a vehicle

Supporting Futures act as both an employer and agency.