laborer Leeds, England
Job description
We wish to appoint a:
Specialist Mental Health and Interventions Worker (Family Drug and Alcohol Court Team)
37 hours a week
FTC until 31 March 2024 with the potential for extension.
Salary £30,451
We have an excellent opportunity for someone with good knowledge and experiencing of delivering therapeutic interventions to join the Leeds Family Drug and Alcohol Court Team (FDAC). We’d be particularly interested to hear from those with a background of working with domestic abuse and a violence and/or mental health.
The FDAC Team has now been established in Leeds for over seven years and has excellent partnership relations with its stakeholders and the Family Court Judiciary. The post holder will form part of a multidisciplinary specialist team, based in Barca-Leeds, to work with families who have children subject to care proceedings being held in the Family Drug and Alcohol Court. FDAC provides a problem solving, trauma informed and restorative approach to care proceedings which aims to improve the outcomes for children by helping parents change the issues that have put their children at risk of harm. The FDAC Team complete a dynamic assessment of the family and advises the Family Court. The successful candidate will hold a caseload delivering interventions addressing the issues giving rise to Care Proceedings including domestic abuse, mental health, substance misuse and the impact on parenting. The work addresses the trauma and the entrenched drivers and behaviours behind the presenting issues.
To find out more about the team and Barca-Leeds please visit: https://www.barca-leeds.org/services/fdac
The successful applicant will benefit from the following:
Flexible Working
29 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays (pro-rata)
4 weeks company sick pay
Cycle to work scheme
Free eye tests
24/7 confidential staff helpline
Barca-Leeds is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. It is the organisation’s policy to require the successful applicant to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check at a level appropriate to the role, before appointment is confirmed.
Please visit our website for full details and application pack: www.barca-leeds.org/vacancies
Completed applications should be sent to [email protected]
By no later than 9am Monday 31st July 2023. Interviews scheduled for Friday 4th August 2023.
Applicants should quote the job reference number in the subject header of your e-mail (BL170)
Any queries regarding the job role can be directed to the FDAC Manager at [email protected]
Barca-Leeds strives to be an equal opportunities employer
Registered Charity Number. 1048996
Company limited by Guarantee No 2949419
Our values are to; be compassionate, act with integrity, be responsive, and be empowering
The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions. If the attached documents do not meet your accessibility requirements, please contact the recruiter directly. For more information about the accessibility of this website, please click this link https://jobs.leeds.gov.uk/accessibility.
