Young Person's Resilience Worker - Coventry, United Kingdom - Change Grow Live

Change Grow Live

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Coventry, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Overview:

Who we are:

Positive Choices is Change Grow Live's confidential service in Coventry supporting young people between the ages of 5 and 24.

We offer advice and guidance to young people who are affected by a loved one's drug or alcohol misuse or if they are using drugs or alcohol themselves and want support to make changes.

We also support young people around unhealthy partner relationships, sexual health and keeping safe online and in the community.

We are an Award-Winning Service with a great reputation across the city looking to expand our team with people that want to make a real difference.

Service:
Positive Choices Substance Misuse and Risk-Taking Behaviour Service

Post:
Young Person's Resilience worker - Risk taking behaviour worker

Location:
Coventry

Salary:
£27,449-£31,529

Hours: 37.5

Term:
Permanent

Closing Date: 12th April 2024

Responsibilities:

Be hard working, enthusiastic, _nonjudgmental _and have the confidence to engage young people aged 16 and above, and work closely with their families/carers and partner agencies.
Support young people who are using substances to reach their potential. _Prior experience of supporting this age group and understanding the challenges they may face, having a good knowledge of substances and why young people use substances would be beneficial._
Offer support to young people where they feel most comfortable. This post will involve outreach work as well as having access to a central base. Working creatively is important as some young people will also prefer to work digitally.
Hold a caseload, meaning you will engage young people typically on a onetoone basis to complete a comprehensive assessment, identify support needs and manage any risk.
Deliver evidencebased interventions to help reduce risk, increase their understanding of themselves, their behaviours and their substance use to make informed decisions and make desired changes.
Identify and respond effectively to any safeguarding concerns and share these with the Designated Safeguarding Lead.
Coordinate and deliver targeted group interventions.
Build on and continue to develop positive working relationships with stakeholders and key partners such as Throughcare, Supported accommodation providers and CGL's adult service.
Deliver training and consultation to other professionals on the issues facing young people, especially around drugs and/or alcohol.
Record notes on to the system in a timely and accurate fashion.

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Here is what a Resilience Worker in the team had to say:

'My job is really varied, I can be in schools talking about consent and healthy relationships, out in the community running group sessions about drugs and alcohol or supporting young people with getting involved in activities like boxing or running club. I get to spend every day working with young people and seeing the difference you can make to a young person's life makes my job feel so rewarding. I love how supportive our team is and the passion and care we all have for our young people and their families. We are always open to trying new ways of working if it is beneficial for the young people we are supporting and that is a great thing to be a part of.'_

The role is very rewarding though it can be emotionally taxing. The team are very supportive and are always available for a de-brief. There is other support in place such as supervision, a training and induction package, shadowing and team meetings.

There are lots of other benefits to working at Change Grow Live including:

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increases with length of service)
Company pension scheme
Weekly wellbeing hour
Discounts on retailers through our You at Work Portal
Cycle to work scheme
Employee Assistance Programme (24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
Mentoring Scheme
National forums: LGBTQ+ Forum, Trans and Nonbinary forum, Accessibility Forum, Equality Forum etc.

If shortlisted, your interview will take place the agreed date.

The interview process will likely last around 2-3 hours and will involve a Competency based interview, Values based interview and a written task.