Young Person's Resilience Worker - Stevenage
Overview:
Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Young People’s 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 young people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join CGL Spectrum's children and young people’s team as a Young Persons Resilience Worker. This role includes delivering targeted interventions to young people around drug and alcohol awareness, psycho-education and early intervention and prevention.You will 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 young people accessing the service 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 access to a car - Essential
Where: This role will be countywide across HertfordshireWhen: We're looking for the right person to join our team on a permanent contract starting August 2025
Full-Time Hours: 37.5 per week
Full-Time Salary Range: £27,861.26- £32,002.35
Allowance: Outer London Fringe of £694.25 (Paid pro rata)
- Please note: Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.
Responsibilities:
About the role:
- Supporting young people 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 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
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 evidence-based 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.
Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role.
If you require sponsorship, please note that this role is not eligible for a Health and Care Worker visa. You may be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route but must meet the minimum salary requirements for the role. You can find out more here Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
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.
Salary Range (pro rata if part time): CGL points 23 to 28 (£27,861.26 - £32,002.35)
ILW / OLW /Fringe: Outer Fringe (£694.25)
Interview Date: 4/6/2025
Closing Date: 22/5/2025
If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:: Jennie Woodwards | jennie.woodwards@cgl.org.uk | 07867140667
: This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.