Children and Young Person Family Intervention

PROPS is a leading provider of specialist support to Carers and Families affected by the problematic use of alcohol or other drugs.

We are seeking an outstanding and highly motivated individual to join the current Newcastle team.

Children and Young Person’s (aged 5-18 years) Family Intervention Worker - based in Newcastle.

35 hours per week £24,623

This innovative role will deliver and develop work directly with children and young people affected by someone else’s substance misuse across the city of Newcastle.

Interviews will take place on Monday 28th and Wednesday 30th October, at Fenham Library and Community Hub.

**Young Persons Family Intervention Worker - PROPS North East**

**Reports to**:Young Persons Lead

**Location**:Newcastle

**Job Purpose**

The Children and Young Person’s (5-18 years) Family Intervention Worker (CYPFIW) will provide direct support through one-to-one and group work interventions with children and young people accessing PROPS North East services for issues relating to someone else’s substance misuse.

Delivery of robust evidence-based interventions will be supplemented with holistic support addressing health, social, financial, and legal implications that problematic substance misuse causes.

This work contributes to the PROPS North East vision of working towards sustainable whole family recovery.

Duties are not exclusive. Duties will be reviewed where necessary.

**Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities**:

- To support children and young people and their families through the delivery of one-to-one and group support to make sustained improvements in their health and emotional wellbeing.
- Adopt an assertive outreach approach to engage children, young people and families, to gain support in their own right.
- To be able to design and deliver bespoke interventions covering a wide range of topics
- To adhere to the implementation of risk management procedures (child and adult safeguarding protocols including Early Help) taking personal responsibility for keeping up to date on the requirements of these procedures.
- Facilitate a culture of challenging negative behaviours and discrimination.
- Ensure that all children, young people, their families and local stakeholders are aware of the range of services offered and promote these within the wider community.
- Provide a referral route to additional service provision as required.
- To work collaboratively and proactively with other members of staff and volunteers to ensure that services are fully coordinated and are working collectively towards PROPS North East’s vision and positive outcomes for families.
- To be responsible for performance management at an individual level through self-management; delivery of goals and tasks set; delivery of contractual requirements, targets and outcomes; and reporting progress.
- To be able to demonstrate an ability to work on your own initiative, be flexible and work to tight deadlines. To prioritise designated tasks daily and adapt quickly to an environment with changing demands.
- To attend / lead external client-related meetings where appropriate.
- Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of carer services, drug services and other relevant social / welfare organisations, and their referral criteria.
- To work flexibly to provide adequate cover for all aspects of the service.
- Monitoring outcomes using Microsoft Office 365.

**Partnership Work**
- Work closely with other services to ensure effective care co-ordination via joint working - screening, triage, assessment and referral protocols in line with agreed multi-agency protocols, e.g. information sharing, confidentiality etc.
- Raising of awareness within communities of the impact of substance misuse on families and specifically those families whose loved ones are within the criminal justice system and develop local responses including advice and information and effective referrals.
- To form productive working relationships with external agencies and professionals, existing and new, to ensure carers and their families have access to a wide range of recovery and community resources.

**Education and Awareness**
- To create and deliver training packages including drug and alcohol, young carer awareness and safety planning to young people and key partners.
- Develop and maintain an up-to-date directory of services for young people to access.
- To develop competencies to effectively deliver a range of interventions, undertaking training matched to the role as required.

**Supervision and Training**
- Attend and actively participate in regular supervision and the annual appraisal process.
- Keep personally up to date with developments and new initiatives and legislation affecting drug and alcohol, and its associated behaviours.
- Attend Safeguarding training.
- Keep up to date with legislation regarding the criminal justice system.
- Attend and participate in mandatory and additional training sessions both as trainer and trainee.

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