Young Persons Drug and Alcohol Resilience Worker - Stevenage, United Kingdom - Change Grow Live

Change Grow Live

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Stevenage, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

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.

This role includes delivering targeted interventions to young people around drug and alcohol awareness, education and prevention.

You will also hold a caseload of young people and support them on a one-to-one basis through our different treatment pathways.

You will run and plan our group work programmes, support people through alcohol, opiate, and non
- opiate treatment, and interact with partner agencies to ensure people accessing Spectrum can improve and change their lives. Don't worry, there is a wide array of training and development opportunities to help support you in your work.

Full UK driving license and have access to a car - Essential

Where:
This role will be based across Stevenage and North Hertfordshire

When:
We're looking for the right person to join our team ASAP

Hours: 37.5 per week

Salary:
£27, £31,393.77

Allowance:
Outer London Fringe of £683.99

Responsibilities:

About the role:

Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey
Providing screening, assessment, psychosocial interventions, integrated care planning, post treatment support, including transfer of care
Identifying and responding effectively to potential safeguarding issues
Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community
Promoting carer, service user and community involvement
Providing advocacy for access to partnership services
Working with service users to support positive, holistic outcomes in relation to their health and wellbeing, enabling them to lead safe, healthy, and purposeful lives: reducing risk and increasing resilience

About you:

Experience of working with young people and knowledge of the issues they face
Knowledge of safeguarding concerns in relation to children and young people and the Fraser Competence framework
Have an excellent understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience of working

- within a related field

Knowledge of working with evidencebased practice around young people's substance misuse treatment services and methods, including relevant best practice guidance
An accomplished communicator, both verbal and written with a high degree of personal IT competency
Be able to accurately update and maintain records and to work to deadlines for the submission of information, e.g., reports
Have excellent team working and interpersonal skills, maintaining a highly cooperative

- approach to supporting colleagues in delivering service objectives

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
A great selection of 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.