Young Person's Resilience Worker

Overview:

Do you want to make a difference to young people and their community?

At Change Grow Live, our commitment to making a difference in the lives of those who use our services is unwavering. We provide support, respect, and a safe environment, where we tailor our approach to each individual's needs to find the best treatment and support options.

Guided by our core values of being open, compassionate and bold, our team embodies these principles daily, striving to empower individuals to reshape their lives, foster personal growth, and embrace life to its fullest.

Stockton Young People's Service are a dynamic and innovative service within Stockton-on-Tees. We are a specialist service supporting young people/adults up to the age of 25 in relation to substance use. We have an exciting opportunity for a Young Person's Resilience Worker to join us!

As a Young Person’s Resilience Worker, you’ll be part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering interventions that empower young people (ages 10-18) to reduce risk, build resilience, and lead safer, healthier lives.

Your role includes joint working with agencies, facilitating communication, advising on substance use, delivering educational workshops, attending safeguarding meetings, and providing feedback.

You’ll manage a caseload, offering assessments, care planning, 1:1 and group interventions, outreach, and community events for young people using alcohol or drugs in Stockton. Strong engagement skills, partnership working, and a solid understanding of safeguarding are essential.

Where: County wide. The majority of your time will be spent in the community, engaging directly with children and young people and working with partners across Children Services and other local stakeholders including housing, health and education.

Contract: Fixed term until 24th of March 2026

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 of annual leave, plus bank holidays. Additionally, you'll receive one extra day of annual leave for each year of service during your first five years, therefore you will enjoy 30 days of leave after five years with us.
• 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 you fully complete the personal statement in the screening questions, outlining how you meet the person specification and job criteria.

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)

Salary Range (pro rata if part time): CGL points 23 to 28 (£27,861.26 - £32,002.35)

ILW / OLW /Fringe: N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

Closing Date: 16/5/2025

If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:: Clare Halpin | clare.halpin@cgl.org.uk

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