Job Title: Family Safeguarding Recovery Practitioner
Location: Redhill
Contract: Temporary – 3 Months Initially (With Likely Extension)
Hours: Monday – Friday 9:00AM – 5:00PM
Pay Rate: £23 P/H Umbrella Ltd (£20.59 P/H PAYE Inclusive/£18.37 P/H PAYE Exclusive)
Organisational Values
- Care
- Be Human
- Do the Right Thing
The Opportunity of a Family Safeguarding Recovery Practitioner
Service Care Solutions are currently recruiting for a respected and well-established charity organisation delivering specialist substance misuse and family support services across the community. The organisation is committed to safeguarding children, supporting families and improving recovery outcomes through compassionate, person-centred interventions.
We are seeking an experienced Family Safeguarding Recovery Practitioner to support parents and carers affected by drug and alcohol misuse, with a focus on minimising the impact on children and promoting safer family environments. The successful candidate will work closely with safeguarding teams, children’s services and multi-agency partners to provide tailored interventions and recovery-focused support to families with complex needs.
This is an excellent opportunity for a practitioner with experience in substance misuse, safeguarding and family support services who is passionate about improving outcomes for vulnerable children and families.
Key Responsibilities
- Managing a caseload of parents and carers affected by substance misuse
- Completing comprehensive assessments, care plans and risk assessments
- Delivering one-to-one psychosocial and recovery-focused interventions
- Supporting families involved with Children’s Social Care and safeguarding services
- Attending child protection conferences, core groups and multi-agency meetings
- Completing joint home visits with partner agencies where requiredDelivering harm reduction advice, BBV awareness and overdose prevention interventions
- Supporting engagement into treatment and ongoing recovery services
- Developing and facilitating family support and group work opportunities
- Maintaining accurate and timely case management records in line with GDPR and safeguarding requirements
Essential Requirements
- Minimum 2 years’ experience within substance misuse or family support services
- Experience working with children, parents and families affected by substance misuse
- Strong understanding of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
- Experience completing assessments, support plans and risk management plans
- Knowledge of harm reduction and recovery-focused approaches
- Excellent communication, report writing and partnership working skills
- Good IT skills including use of case management systems
- NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care (or willingness to work towards)
- Enhanced Child & Adult DBS (within 12 months or registered on Update Service)
- Valid Right to Work documentation;li>
- Satisfactory employment references
- Access to a vehicle with valid UK Driving licence and willingness to travel
Benefits
- Four weekly payroll runs
- Competitive pay rates
- £250 training allowance
- Dedicated specialist substance misuse consultant
- Single point of contact throughout your placement
- Referral bonus schemes available
- PAYE and Ltd payment options
- Access to nationwide substance misuse opportunities
- Free fast-track DBS processing available
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