Family Support Practitioner
Location: Buckinghamshire
Salary: £24,000 - £28,000 per annum
We are The Forward Trust, a social enterprise that empowers people to break the cycle of crime or addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 30 years, we have been working with individuals to build positive and productive lives, regardless of their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change.
Our family work aims to strengthen relationships and interpersonal connections, so every person feels safe, supported, and valued by their loved ones.
What you will be doing?
As part of the Family Support and Specialist Programmes department, the Family Support Practitioner will work in both their allocated prison and local community, providing specialist support to clients and family members through effective 1:1 and group interventions. The role requires close collaboration with other Forward staff and external partners to ensure a holistic package of care and support is provided.
This role will focus on supporting clients to recognize healthy and unhealthy relationships, build new relationships, and understand the role relationships play in their addiction, offending, mental health, and other areas of need. The Family Support Practitioner will also directly support family members and affected others, helping them improve their health and wellbeing and support clients in making positive changes.
This role may involve working directly with children and young people to promote whole family recovery and rehabilitation.
What are we looking for?
Service Delivery:
We seek an employee who can provide face-to-face and online 1:1 support to clients and their family members or affected others. This support will be offered in prisons, the local community, and remotely via telephone and online for those outside the local area. Responsibilities include conducting needs and risk assessments, creating collaborative support plans, leading 1:1 support sessions focused on family and relationships, facilitating group interventions, family meetings, and visits, and signposting clients and families to other appropriate support services.
Partnership Working:
The ideal candidate will work closely with the substance misuse directorate and other Forward staff to deliver high-quality support, provide specialist advice, network with external organizations, and develop referral and signposting relationships with specialist services. The role also involves attending events to raise the profile of the organization and highlight our family work.
Outcome Monitoring, Evaluation, and Continuous Improvement:
The employee will support the organization by accurately reporting client and program outcomes, providing service delivery reports, and attending regular meetings. Responsibilities include engaging in family work audits, developing new interventions, gathering feedback to improve programs, and participating in coproduction and consultation events. Meeting targets and participating in performance reviews are essential.
Safeguarding:
The candidate must follow the organization's safeguarding policies and procedures, attend relevant training, and keep safeguarding knowledge up to date. They will identify, record, and report any safeguarding concerns and liaise with management and external bodies to support the safety of adults and children.
Health and Safety:
The employee will abide by Forward's policies and procedures, work with the highest regard for health, safety, and security, and ensure accurate information management. They will promote compliance with legal, regulatory, and ethical responsibilities, use lone working systems appropriately, and report any issues to their line manager.
Administration and General:
The role requires keeping accurate records, working autonomously, completing mandatory training, and attending meetings. The employee will continuously improve their knowledge through professional development opportunities, maintain professional boundaries, and ensure confidentiality.
Systems and Policy:
The candidate will work towards Forward's mission and values, adhere to organizational policies, and use IT programs and systems effectively.
Other:
The role involves travel within the local area and taking on other reasonable tasks as deemed appropriate by the line manager.
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for The Forward Trust, please proceed through the following link to complete your application: Apply here.
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