Recovery Worker - Manchester, United Kingdom - Change Grow Live

Change Grow Live

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Manchester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Overview:
Do you want to work for a caring organisation that believes in people?

Do you want to make a difference?

As a recovery worker with Change Grow Live you'll work with people who use our services, helping them get to where they want to be.

Responsibilities:

Change Grow Live is 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.

Manchester CGL service is looking to recruit, a recovery worker within our dynamic Young Adult team (below 25's).

Where:
Manchester

When:
We're looking to get the right people in to the team ASAP

Hours: 37.5hrs per week

We will give to you

25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years' service Flexible working arrangements 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.

About the role

Engage young people who have substance use issues and provide them with advice, support and structured interventions to support their health and wellbeing needs. This may include facilitating access to and supporting clinical interventions.
Build therapeutic relationships and deliver a personalised package of care.
Carry out comprehensive service user assessments and develop individual care plans that clearly identify how achieving each goal will enable progression in addressing substance use and related outcomes.
Work closely with your service's Safeguarding Lead/Manager and Team Leader to ensure all issues and concerns are escalated and dealt with quickly and effectively.
Further develop CGL's links with local children, young people and family services. This includes adult drug and alcohol services.
Support and provide advocacy for young adults by participating in all relevant multiagency meetings.
Adopting a proactive approach to engagement, maximising service accessibility. This includes delivering interventions peripatetically from our Manchester based offices
To be creative and innovative so that the post best meets the needs of the service user, promoting access into treatment, and continued engagement with underrepresented communities.
Coordinate integrated approaches to support young adults achieving holistic outcomes in meeting their care plan. This may include supporting young adults into education, employment or training opportunities.
Provide health education especially in regard to harm minimisation, blood borne viruses and overdose prevention.
Work closely with our clinical team and our alcohol nurse team if in need of medical interventions
To carry out key harm reduction strategies
Experience of working with young adults
Knowledge of issues facing young adults today.
Knowledge of safeguarding concerns in relation to adults, children and young people.
Excellent understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience of working within a related field.
Knowledge of working with evidencebased practice around young adult's substance misuse treatment services and methods, including relevant best practice guidance.
Ability to manage change successfully in a way that prioritises the needs of service users.
Ability to manage challenging behaviour in a calm and professional manner

. - Ability to liaise and work in partnership with a wide range of professionals and agencies.

Effective interpersonal skills with the ability to engage successfully with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
An ability to travel to different locations throughout the service area.