Assessment and Engagement Worker - Birkenhead, United Kingdom - Change Grow Live

Change Grow Live
Change Grow Live
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Birkenhead, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Overview:

Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options.

An exciting opportunity has opened for an
Engagement Worker to join our Wirral Ways Recovery Service.

The role will be supporting people into treatment with a focus on people who use opiates and crack cocaine.

offering rapid assessment / access to treatment and prescribing, the post may also carry a small caseload of people who are in service at the start of their recovery journey.


Where:
Wirral Ways Recovery Service


Hours:37.5 per week


Salary:
£27, £31,529.41 per year


Responsibilities:


About the role:


  • Provide triage and comprehensive assessments for service users looking to access
treatment in both hub and spoke community venues.

  • If required provide recovery orientated key working to a small caseload using a broad
range of person centred interventions.

  • Engaging alcohol and illicit substance users from across the area into effective,
evidence based treatment programmes.

  • To utilise a flexible approach and where required participate in activities and tasks
which directly respond to client and service need.

  • Providing advocacy for access to partnership services
  • Working with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives: promoting recovery, resilience, peer support and selfdetermination

About you:


  • Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience of working within a similar field
  • Be an excellent communicator, both verbal and written with good IT skills
  • Proactive and able to work on own initiative with excellent time management and prioritising skills
  • Have a good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services, and good practice
  • Be a supportive team player with strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work in partnership with a wide range of professionals, agencies, and internal/external stakeholders
  • Ability to manage change successfully in a way that prioritises the needs of service users
  • Seek out learning opportunities to improve and broaden your professional knowledge and skills and to contribute and oversee the learning and development of others

What we will give to you:

  • 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years' service "Capped at 30 days"
  • Paid 'Wellness' hour each week along with a 'Wellness' hub and Employee Assist Programme
  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Several benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
  • A friendly and supportive team
  • Training, career development & progression opportunities
  • Refer a Friend Scheme.


If this sounds like you and you'd like to begin your journey with
Change Grow Live, then we'd love to talk to you.

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