Family Safeguarding Recovery Coordinator
About this role
Exciting Opportunity: Family Safeguarding Recovery Coordinator
Agency: Supportive Bridge Staffing Agency
Client: Change Grow Live (CGL) - Family Safeguarding Team
Location: Preston, Lancashire
Position Type: Permanent, Part-Time (22.5 hours per week)
Salary: £28,557.79 - £32,802.41 Per Annum Pro Rata (CGL points 23 to 28)
Closing Date: 19th October 2026 (Interview Date: 3rd November 2026)
About the Role
Supportive Bridge Staffing Agency is proud to partner with Change Grow Live (CGL) to recruit a compassionate, dedicated, and resilient permanent Family Safeguarding Recovery Coordinator to join their team in Preston.
In this vital part-time role, you will work closely with local Children’s Services Teams and CGL core members to engage service users and their families. By delivering specialist and generic interventions through 1-1 sessions or groups, conducting home visits, parenting needs assessments, and preparing reports for child protection conferences, you will empower families to build life skills, reduce risks, and achieve positive outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Multi-Agency Collaboration: Partner closely with local Children’s Services Teams to support families, escalate issues quickly, and ensure coordinated care.
Family Interventions & Life Skills: Deliver 1-1 or group interventions to help families develop life skills (e.g., budgeting, cookery, parenting, literacy/numeracy, and education/employment access).
Assessments & Safeguarding: Conduct home visits, drug testing, and Parenting Needs Assessments. Prepare written reports for, and attend, Child Protection, Core Group, and Child in Need meetings.
Specialist Knowledge: Apply strong working knowledge regarding the impact of hidden harm, honor-based violence, child sexual exploitation, and FGM with cultural sensitivity.
Essential Criteria
Experience & Background: Experience working with families displaying challenging behavior in fields such as social work, youth offending, substance misuse, probation, health, education, or community work.
Safeguarding Knowledge: Sound working knowledge of current legislation surrounding young people, families, and child protection practice.
Core Competencies: Ability to manage challenging behavior calmly and professionally, handle complex and diverse cultural family issues with sensitivity, and communicate effectively.
Requirements: Resilient, empathetic team player. 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 (pro rata), increasing up to 30 days over five years of service.
Wellbeing Support: Dedicated weekly Wellness Hour, access to the Wellness Hub, and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
Financial & Career Support: Contributory pension scheme, extensive training, funded learning pathways into senior/specialist roles, and a refer-a-friend scheme.
Key Dates & Next Steps
Closing Date for Applications: 19th October 2026
Interview Date: 3rd November 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.