Children and Families Worker

Exciting Opportunity: Children and Families Worker

Agency: Supportive Bridge Staffing Agency

Client: Change Grow Live (CGL) - The Corner & Sheffield Young Carers

Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Position Type: Fixed-Term (until 31st March 2028), Full-Time (37.5 hours per week)

Salary: £28,557.79 - £32,802.41 Per Annum (CGL points 23 to 28)

Closing Date: 11th October 2026

About the Role

Supportive Bridge Staffing Agency is proud to partner with Change Grow Live (CGL) to recruit a compassionate, dedicated, and child-focused permanent-track Children and Families Worker to join their multidisciplinary team at "The Corner" in Sheffield, co-located with Sheffield Young Carers.

In this vital role, you will support children, young people, and young carers impacted by familial substance misuse. Using a resilience and strengths-based model, you will deliver one-to-one support, whole family interventions, and creative group activities (such as arts, crafts, and games) in a confidential space to reduce risk, build resilience, safeguard vulnerable individuals, and prevent intergenerational trauma.

Key Responsibilities

• Holistic & Family Support: Provide comprehensive 1:1, group, and whole-family interventions for young carers and children affected by parental/familial substance misuse.

• Think Family Approach: Identify families benefiting from a whole-family approach, negotiating participation, building engagement, and coordinating safety planning.

• Safeguarding & Risk Reduction: Identify and respond proactively to potential safeguarding issues, reducing substance-related harm and promoting health, wellbeing, and safety.

• Flexible Delivery: Work flexibly across The Corner and Sheffield Young Carers (including occasional evening work when required) to facilitate accessible group sessions and activities.

Essential Criteria

• Experience & Knowledge: Strong understanding of substance misuse issues, the challenges facing young people, and evidence-based treatment practices.

• Safeguarding Expertise: Solid knowledge of child and young person safeguarding procedures and the Fraser Competence framework.

• Core Competencies: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, high personal IT competency, and robust record-keeping abilities.

• Requirements: Cooperative team player with strong interpersonal skills. Must hold the legal Right to Work in the UK (note: this role is subject to an enhanced DBS check).

Key Benefits & Perks

• Annual Leave: 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing by 1 extra day for each year of service during the first five years (up to 30 days).

• Wellbeing Support: Paid weekly 'Wellness' hour, access to a Wellness Hub, and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).

• Financial & Career Support: Contributory pension scheme, extensive training, career progression pathways, and a refer-a-friend voucher scheme.

Key Dates & Next Steps

• Closing Date for Applications: 11th October 2026

Note: Change Grow Live reserves the right to close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received. Early application is strongly recommended.