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About the Role

Change Grow Live is a charity dedicated to making a difference in the lives of Service Users by offering support and respect in a safe environment. This role involves delivering targeted interventions to young people around drug and alcohol awareness, education, and prevention. You will manage a caseload of young people, providing one-to-one support through various treatment pathways, and run group work programs. Collaboration with partner agencies is key to improving young people's lives. Training and development opportunities are available.

Responsibilities

Supporting young people from point of entry into the service and through their treatment journey
Leading on supporting young people who require specialist substance use interventions who are also open to the Newham youth justice service
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 young people and the wider community
Promoting carer, service user and community involvement
Providing advocacy for access to partnership services
Working with young people 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
Working flexibly across sites where required

Requirements

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
Excellent understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience of working within a related field
Knowledge of working with evidence-based practice around young people’s substance misuse treatment services and methods, including relevant best practice guidance
Accomplished communicator, both verbal and written with a high degree of personal IT competency
Ability to accurately update and maintain records and to work to deadlines for the submission of information, e.g., reports
Excellent team working and interpersonal skills, maintaining a highly cooperative approach to supporting colleagues in delivering service objectives
Must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application
Application must be written in the applicant's own words

Skills

Drug and alcohol awareness
Education
Prevention
Caseload management
One-to-one support
Group work program planning and delivery
Inter-agency collaboration
Screening
Assessment
Psychosocial interventions
Integrated care planning
Post treatment support
Safeguarding
Advocacy
Verbal communication
Written communication
IT competency
Record keeping
Report writing
Teamwork
Interpersonal skills

Location

Lambeth

Work Type

Full-time
Fixed term

Experience Level

Entry level

Salary/Compensations

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

Benefits

25-30 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays
Paid wellness hour each week
Wellness hub
Employee Assist Programme
Contributory pension scheme
Discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
Training, career development & progression opportunities
Generous Refer-a-Friend Scheme

About the Company

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 person as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options.
Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our team members apply these daily to achieve our mission of helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.

Equal Opportunity

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