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About the Role

As a Young Persons Transitional Worker with Change Grow Live, you will work with individuals aged up to 25 as they transition into adult services. This role focuses on supporting young people experiencing serious or complex substance-related issues, coordinating transitions into adult treatment pathways and into meaningful education, employment, or training opportunities. The role also supports individuals requiring help around ketamine use with tailored harm reduction advice, early intervention, and recovery-focused support.

Responsibilities

Support individuals through the transition into adult integrated services.
Support individuals through the transition into paid employment and/or relevant training, education or occupation/diversionary activities.
Deliver a range of treatment interventions to clients utilizing a child and young person centric approach.
Carry out triage/screening assessments.
Work flexibly and holistically to promote harm reduction.
Devise, implement and review individual care plans with young people.
Appropriately include parents/carers in the planning and delivery of support.
Support a caseload of young people, delivering psychosocial interventions alongside basic counselling skills and motivational interviewing approaches.
Actively develop relations with partner agencies ensuring robust referral protocols and care pathways are put into place.
Offer a flexible service across the local area in partnership with Health, Social Care, Criminal Justice and generic youth services.

Requirements

Considerable knowledge and experience of working in the substance misuse field.
Considerable knowledge and experience of working with children and young people.
Knowledge of issues facing young people today.
Basic counselling and / or group work experience.
Experience of undertaking comprehensive assessments and in implementing and reviewing individual care plans.
An ability to maintain accurate and timely records.
Understanding of professional accountability in relation to The Children Act 2004 and Every Child Matters 2004.
Must have the right to work in the UK.
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Skills

Child and young person centric approach
Harm reduction
Psychosocial interventions
Basic counselling skills
Motivational interviewing approaches
Assessment
Care planning

Location

Newham

Work Type

Full Time

Experience Level

Young Person’s & Adults Recovery Transitions Worker

Salary/Compensations

CGL points 23 to 28 (£28,557.79 - £32,802.41)
Inner London Weighting (£4,236.47)

Benefits

25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service (Capped at 30 days)
Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week
‘Wellness’ hub
Employee Assist Programme
Contributory pension scheme
Discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
Training, career development & progression opportunities
Refer a Friend Scheme

About the Company

Change Grow Live is a caring organisation that believes in people.

Equal Opportunity

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.