Family Safeguarding Recovery Worker

Job Introduction

At Turning Point, we support people across the UK with substance use issues. As a Family Safeguarding Recovery Worker, you'll make a real difference to their lives as you develop the personal, flexible, and realistic support packages they need to help turn things around. Passionate about people, you'll enjoy the scope and support to enhance your own life too, as you make the role your own as part of a friendly and multidisciplinary team.

Our Oxfordshire Roads to Recovery Service is an integrated Community Drug and Alcohol Service that provides extensive support across the county. Our Recovery Hubs are based in Oxford, Banbury, Witney, Didcot and we also deliver substantial community services across the County. Turning Point Oxfordshire is a highly performing service and we have been awarded ‘Outstanding’ rating by CQC

We are looking for a Family Safeguarding Recovery Worker, to join our established Safeguarding Team, working within an integrated Oxfordshire Children Services Families Solution Service with parents with children on a CP / CIN Plan.

As a Families Worker we offer a salary of £27,981 to £32,416 per year (Dependent on experience).

Role Responsibility

To provide high quality support and interventions to parents as part of the Family Safeguarding Team. This includes working with parents with a history of substance use to achieve their goals and improve outcomes for children.

The post will be required to contribute to the overall aims and objectives of the Family Safeguarding Team by compiling data and progress reports as directed and in line with the Family Safeguarding Workbook.

The focus of all interventions will be:

• To reduce substance use for parents who have children on a CP or CIN Plan
• To reduce the negative impact on children and families
• To provide weekly dedicated support through home visits, undertaking screenings and safeguarding one to one sessions  
• To promote family members involvement to improve outcomes for children

The post holder will be based within one of our TP Oxfordshire Hubs and work flexibly across the local geographical area as required

The Ideal Candidate

Excellent IT skills with knowledge of Word, Excel, and Outlook etc. are essential for this role. (Tested at interview)

Ability to travel around one of the local TP Oxfordshire Treatment Hubs, including some rural setting would be advantageous with access to your own transport is preferred.

If you have any questions, or would like to discuss our Families Worker roles further please feel free to contact Andy Symons on View email address on careers.turning-point.co.uk

About us

As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.

We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.

What Benefits Will I Receive?

We know reward looks different to each person and so whether its ways to make your money go further, a culture supporting recognition and celebration, or opportunities to boost your career – we want to support you in every way we can with our total reward package that includes:

25 days’ paid holiday a year + Bank Holidays, increasing with each year of service up to 27 days + Bank Holidays. Plus the option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost.

Join our team and discover the comprehensive benefits we offer by following this link to explore all the exciting perks available to our employees 

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

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