The post-holder will be based at GMRC but work alongside TRC and MASH women’s services and Greater Manchester Pathfinder partnership, with service users who have experienced sexual trauma but who present with additional complex mental health needs.
They will work with service users in partner organisation settings and in the community, working collaboratively with individuals, carers and partners from local multi agency providers and services, to assess and identify social care needs that may be potential barriers to the client being able to address their sexual trauma.
The post-holder will provide guidance, leadership and consultation on social care legislation and policy to the team and to other areas of mental health services, including joint working where appropriate.
They will contribute to developing and maintaining high standards of decision making and professional practice in the field of social work.
The post-holder will be responsible for a caseload of service users under the care of the Pathfinder Partnership, supporting them in their recovery journey.
They will provide specialist social work interventions to service users and their carers / families, and involve them in all planning, helping to develop social resilience, motivation and daily living skills.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Family Connections Worker – Crewe Location: Crewe Salary: £24,000 per annum Vacancy Type: Permanent Closing Date: 17 Dec 2025 About The Role We are currently recruiting for a Family Connections Worker to join our team in Crewe. We are Forward, the social enterprise that empowers people to break the cycle of crime and addiction to move forward and live fulfilling lives. We deliver a range of MOJ Commissioned Rehabilitative services (CRS) directly for Probation in three key areas: Accommodation, Personal Wellbeing and Dependency & Recovery. Accommodation is delivered in Wales, Dependency and Recovery in London and Humberside, Personal Wellbeing in East of England, Sussex, Surrey and as a subcontractor in Kent and Cheshire. These services work with Men 18+ who are under probation supervision, supporting them to navigate through their desired outcomes in order to achieve transformational change, break the cycle of offending and achieve long-term integration into society. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends, and a sense of community. No matter what your past, we believe anyone is capable of lasting change Role Responsibilities You will be working remotely as part of a flexible team of Family Connections practitioners, specifically delivering as part of the wider personal well-being service, Family and Significant others interventions to support adult men and young men in the Criminal Justice system. The support is tailored to individual needs, delivering a range of programmes within the categories of Family and Significant others. The Family Connections practitioner will deliver client centred support depending on the requirements of the individual client. You will be required to manage a caseload, provide appropriate advice and guidance, assess, care plan; deliver structured 1:1 and group-work sessions. You will be responsible for contributing to the targets set by Forward, Interventions Alliance, whom sub-contract Forward Trust to deliver Family and Significant Others service and local commissioners. One of the key targets will be measuring outcomes, so co-operative working relationships with other partner agencies is vital to this role. Flexibility will be required in this role, this may include some evening/weekend shift and with reasonable notice to travel to other projects in your cluster to deliver Health and wellbeing services, enabling continuity of care for the client group. The Ideal Candidate Please see a list of skills and experience needed for this role below;
Please note we reserve the right to close this role early. About Us We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.
To Apply If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for the Forward Trust , please click apply to be redirected to their website to complete your application. |