Team Leader – Salford / Trafford.  Full time 12 months in the first instance.

Early Break scale 13-16 £31,395 – £34,314 per annum.  Full time equivalent 37 hours per week.  Subject to review.

Closing Date: Tuesday 7th May 2024 at 12:00 noon

Interview Date:  Wednesday 15th May 2024

Key deliverables 

• To support the SLT in the delivery of the Service ensuring targets are met and workers supported in their practice.
• To support SLT in the implementation of the existing area operational (and other subsequent) plans.
• To undertake case reviews and allocation of cases
• Develop workers through Personal Development Plans and agreed internal performance processes
• To deliver the model of service to the highest possible standards in service delivery to young clients and their families
• To provide education/information/training sessions, as appropriate
• To ensure that all necessary administration, recording and reporting is undertaken to specified deadlines
• To support on the recruitment and management of staff offering Advocacy.

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Holding Families Plus Worker (Community & Criminal Justice Services).  Part time – 22.5 hours / week.

Early Break scale 7 – 11, £26,648 – £29,959 pro rata, per annum.  Full time equivalent 37 hours per week.  Subject to review.

Closing Date:  Tuesday 7th May 2024 at 12:00 noon

Interview Date:  Thursday 16th May 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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Counsellor – Bereavement & Loss focus (maternity cover – 12 months).  Full & part time positions available

Early Break scale 7-11, £26,648 – £29,959 pro rata, per annum.  Full time equivalent 37 hours per week.  Subject to review.

Closing Date:  Tuesday 28th May 2024 at 12:00 noon

Interview Date:  Wednesday 5th June 2024

Key deliverables

• Seek out young people with emotional health and wellbeing needs and offer them appropriate assessment, consultation and counselling intervention
• Working as part of a multi-disciplinary Emotional Health and Wellbeing team, supporting child and youth wellbeing and offering training and group work where appropriate.
•  To 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 (development opportunity).  Full time.  12 months initially.

Early Break scale 5, £24, 801 per annum.  Full time equivalent 37 hours per week.  Subject to review.

Closing Date:  Tuesday 4th June 2024 at 12:00 noon

Interview Date:  Thursday 13th June 2024 to Friday 14th June 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.

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Substance Misuse Practitioner within the Family Safeguarding Partnership.  Full time.  12 months initially.

Early Break scale 10 – 14, £29,139 to £32,278 per annum.  Full time equivalent 37 hours per week.  Subject to review.

Closing Date:  Monday 20th May 2024 at 12:00 noon

Interview Date:  Tuesday 28th May 2024

Key deliverables

• To manage a high case load of adults whose families are open to Children’s Social Care (as Child in Need or Child in Need of Protection) and where the parents are experiencing problems related to primarily 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 best meet clients’ needs in accordance with 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 is 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 through training offered by Early Break and other agencies, as these arise
• Contribute to the service’s social media

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Family Worker Holding Families Plus.  Full time.  12 months initially.

Early Break scale 7 – 11, £26,864 to £29,959 per annum.  Full time equivalent 37 hours per week.  Subject to review.

Closing Date:  Thursday 6th June 2024 at 12:00 noon

Interview Date:  Tuesday 18th June 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

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Family Worker – Community Led Programme.  Part time – 22.12 hours per week.

Early Break scale 7 – 11, £26,864 to £29,959 per annum.  Full time equivalent 37 hours per week.  Subject to review.

Closing Date:  Monday 13th May 2024 at 12:00 noon

Interview Date:  Monday 20th May 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 work collaboratively with partners agencies within the pilot and attend regular meeting to provide updates on the project.
• To promote and champion best practice in parenting and family work with partner agencies
• 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.

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Children & Young People’s Holding Families Worker.  Full time – 12 months in the first instance.

Early Break scale 6 – 10, £25,787 to £29,139 per annum.  Full time equivalent 37 hours per week.  Subject to review.

Closing Date:  Wednesday 22nd May 2024 at 12:00 noon

Interview Date:  Wednesday 5th June 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
• Build relationships and offer interventions with children who are affected by parental substance use or parental criminality
• Offer trauma informed interventions
• To deliver group work programmes and support in drop in sessions
• To provide regular updates for and attend monthly Operational Meetings
• To write or contribute to reports for Child in Need, Case Conferences, Core Group or Court and attend meetings as appropriate
• Support the Holding Families coordinator in case load management
• Liaise and develop partnerships, with a range of agencies in seeking out the provision which best meets the needs of the young people identified through referrals
• Adhere to Early Break policies on Safeguarding young people, linking to local and national policies and guidelines
• Record and report all required client information, using the Holding Families database system in line with Service deadlines and the legal framework of Data Protection
• Maintain and update levels of knowledge and understanding of issues relevant to parental drug and alcohol use through training offered by Early Break and other agencies, as opportunities arise
• Undertake other professional development opportunities, as appropriate to the role/Service
• To contribute to the Early Break workforce development in relation to the key issues re: parental substance misuse and Hidden Harm
• To be an active member of named Service meetings, identifying areas of work and working under your own initiative to resolve gaps, problems, issues
• Undertake any other duties as directed by, and negotiated with, the Senior Manager/Line Manager
• 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 actively promote the charitable aspects of the Service to the workforce

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Children & Young People’s Holding Families Plus Worker.  Full time – 12 months in the first instance.

Early Break scale 6 – 10, £25,787 to £29,139 per annum.  Full time equivalent 37 hours per week.  Subject to review.

Closing Date:  Wednesday 22nd May 2024 at 12:00 noon

Interview Date:  Wednesday 5th June 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
• Build relationships and offer interventions with children who are affected by parental substance use or parental criminality
• Offer trauma informed interventions
• To deliver group work programmes and support in drop in sessions
• To provide regular updates for and attend monthly Operational Meetings
• To write or contribute to reports for Child in Need, Case Conferences, Core Group or Court and attend meetings as appropriate
• Support the Holding Families coordinator in case load management
• Liaise and develop partnerships, with a range of agencies in seeking out the provision which best meets the needs of the young people identified through referrals
• Adhere to Early Break policies on Safeguarding young people, linking to local and national policies and guidelines
• Record and report all required client information, using the Holding Families database system in line with Service deadlines and the legal framework of Data Protection
• Maintain and update levels of knowledge and understanding of issues relevant to parental drug and alcohol use through training offered by Early Break and other agencies, as opportunities arise
• Undertake other professional development opportunities, as appropriate to the role/Service
• To contribute to the Early Break workforce development in relation to the key issues re: parental substance misuse and Hidden Harm
• To be an active member of named Service meetings, identifying areas of work and working under your own initiative to resolve gaps, problems, issues
• Undertake any other duties as directed by, and negotiated with, the Senior Manager/Line Manager
• 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 actively promote the charitable aspects of the Service to the workforce

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Team Leader (3 days) / Advocacy Worker (2 days).  Full time – 12 months in the first instance.

Team Leader – Early Break scale 13-16, £31,395 to £34,314 per annum (3 days)

Advocacy Worker  – Early Break scale 8-12, £27,490 to £30,589 (2 days)

Full time equivalent 37 hours per week.  Subject to review.

Closing Date:  Monday 10th June 2024 at 12:00 noon

Interview Date:  Thursday 20th June 2024

Key deliverables – Team Leader

• To support the SLT in the delivery of the Service ensuring targets are met and workers supported in their practice.
• To support SLT in the implementation of the existing area operational (and other subsequent) plans.
• To undertake case reviews and allocation of cases
• Develop workers through Personal Development Plans and agreed internal performance processes
• To deliver the model of service to the highest possible standards in service delivery to young clients and their families
• To provide education/information/training sessions, as appropriate
• To ensure that all necessary administration, recording and reporting is undertaken to specified deadlines.
• To support on the recruitment and management of staff offering Advocacy.
• Manage a small caseload and function as a key worker for young service users with substance related needs as required.
• To contribute to the development of reports on service activity.
• 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.

Key deliverables – Advocacy Worker

• 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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