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Check out our ‘Candidate Pack’ below to find out more and to get to know us a little better. We can assure you that every stage of our recruitment process is fair and reasonable.  Because of the number of applications we receive, we will only contact you if your application is shortlisted for interview.  Due to expansion, we are recruiting regularly, so if you don’t find the job you are looking for today, come back again for another look!

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Advocacy Worker with a focus on Complex Safeguarding

Posted: 12th February, 2024

Location: Salford

Role Details

Advocacy Worker with a focus on Complex Safeguarding.  Full & Part time roles available.

Early Break scale 8-12 £27,490 – £30,589Full time equivalent 37 hours per week.  Subject to review.

Closing Date: Tuesday 19th March 2024 at 12:00 noon

Interview Date:  Tuesday 26th March 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 
  • 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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Holding Families Coordinator

Posted: 22nd February, 2024

Location: Oldham

Role Details

Holding Families Co-ordinator.  Full & Part time roles available.

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

Closing Date: Tuesday 19th March 2024 at 12:00 noon

Interview Date:  Tuesday 26th March 2024

Key deliverables 

  • To co-ordinate roll-out of the Holding Families multi-agency working model with families in Oldham in line with a structured timescale agreed with funders 
  • To promote and champion the Holding Families model and its benefits with partner agencies  
  • To ensure the Safeguarding of vulnerable adults and children within case work 
  • To oversee and co-ordinate student placements that will support the delivery of Holding Families in line with agreed protocols  
  • To undertake assessment, planning and review for  a complex client case load of Holding Families clients – approx. 15 families  
  • Deliver the group work element of the Holding Families offer  
  • To provide education/information/training sessions, as appropriate  
  • To ensure that all necessary administration, recording and reporting is undertaken to specified deadlines 
  • To work with Senior Managers in developing and reviewing the Holding Families model to future proof the offer 
  • To maintain a strong awareness of the issues and best practice related to parental substance misuse and effects on families  
  • To support peer mentoring and volunteers linked to the Holding Families offer as and when required

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Substance Misuse Practitioner within Family Safeguarding Partnership

Posted: 22nd February, 2024

Location: Rochdale

Role Details

Substance Misuse Practitioner within Family Safeguarding Partnership.  Full & Part time roles available.

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

Closing Date: Tuesday 26th March 2024 at 12:00 noon

Interview Date:  Tuesday 2nd April 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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Counselling Supervisor for Reflective Practice

Posted: 29th February, 2024

Location: All Areas

Role Details

Counselling Supervisor for Reflective Practice.

Self Employed Basis.  £60 per client session

Closing Date: Thursday 28th March 20247 at 12 noon.

Interviews will take place on an ad hoc basis as we are appreciative that you may hold a client base already.

Key deliverables 

  • To provide reflective practice space to Early Break workers on a 1:1 and/or group basis
  • To take responsibility for the scheduling of appointments with individual workers and/or groups of workers
  • To liaise with individual workers to ensure that Reflective Practice space is offered on the basis of one hour on a six weekly basis or so that workers receive ten supervision sessions per annum and to offer additional supervision sessions to be negotiated with the workers Line Manager when requested
  • To keep accurate records of the Reflective Practice work with Service workers on the agreed Early Break recording sheets and in line with Data Protection including an annual review undertaken with the worker on their engagement in Reflective Practice
  • To liaise with the Chief Executive and named Senior Management regarding any issues which give rise to concern as regards individual workers. Bringing any issues which may relate to the safety of both workers and/or clients in line with internal Early Break Safeguarding policy
  • To maintain professional standards in keeping with the relevant Codes of Ethics and Practice of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy balanced with the context of delivering Reflective Practice in the Early Break Company where additional policy and procedures are in place.
  • To contribute to the development of the Early Break Reflective Practice framework, taking particular attention to external influences such as emerging National Guidance and outcomes from recognised Safeguarding Forums
  • To attend the Supervisors for Reflective Practice meetings with Senior Management where input to thematic issues will be undertaken as they arise in service
  • To support workers’ understanding of Reflective Practice service through the one to one Reflective Practice sessions and through contributing to whole service training where applicable
  • Ensure you have relevant insurance for practice to be shared with the organisation on a yearly basis or as changes occur
  • Ensure you have evidence of CPD to be shared with the organisation on a yearly basis or as changes occur

Please call us with any queries on 0161 723 3880 or email recruitment@earlybreak.co.uk.

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To apply please return your CV, together with a covering letter to vmaloney@earlybreak.co.uk our CEO by Thursday 28th March 2024 12noon

Voice to Voice Worker

Posted: 29th February, 2024

Location: All Areas

Role Details

Voice to Voice Worker (20 or 25 hours)

Early Break scale 2 £23,008Full time equivalent 37 hours per week.  Subject to review.

Closing Date: Friday 5th April 2024 at 3:00pm

Interview Date:  Tuesday 16th April 2024.

Early Break is a young people and family charity that provides support for Substance Misuse, Sexual Health and Emotional Health & Wellbeing across different areas of Greater Manchester. 

Early Break believes in offering the best service possible and knows how important it is to receive feedback from service users on the services they have received so that where needed improvements can be made to service delivery.  Early Break is employing two Voice to Voice Workers who will be aged 18-25 and will work alongside services to design, develop and assess how well services are delivered within Early Break and partner organisations.

The Voice to Voice workers will receive training and support to enable them to engage with service users through peer to peer interviews, Service User Focus Groups, Virtual Apps, local intelligence gathering, Mystery Shopper exercises Quality Assurance Processes and supported to write reports and feedback to managers in Early Break and partner organisations on the lived experience of young people accessing services.

The Voice to Voice Workers will support the development of an Early Break Service User Forum.

Letters of interest to be sent to: Recruitment, Early Break, Annara House, 7-9 Bury Road, Radcliffe M26 2UG or email: recruitment@earlybreak.co.uk.

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Family Worker - Community Led Programme

Posted: 7th March, 2024

Location: Bury

Role Details

Family Worker – Community Led Programme.  Part time (22.12 hrs / week).

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

Closing Date: Monday 8th April 2024 at 12:00 noon

Interview Date:  Monday 15th April 2024

Key deliverables 

  • To deliver interventions to parents and families affected by serious youth violence typically in the ‘BL9’ area of Bury. 
  • To develop and implement parenting/family/children models in partnership with other organisations who are part of the Community Led work. 
  • To contribute to monitoring reporting systems to evidence the work.  
  • To work with national and local researchers for project evaluation.  
  • To collate data and write reports.  
  • Ensure sharing of own knowledge and experience across the service.  
  • To support the Senior Management Team at Early Break in developing and expanding whole family/parenting models in line with Business planning. 
  • To understand the theoretical model upon which Early Break is based and work within the person-centred ethos. 
  • To deliver individual support and group work in relation to parenting/family work. 
  • To represent the service at relevant meetings.

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