Overview
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. 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.
Location
HMP Channings Wood
Hours & Contract
37.5 hours per week. Permanent contract.
Responsibilities
- Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey
- Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral
- Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community
- Promoting carer, service user and community involvement
- Providing advocacy for access to partnership services
- Working with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives: promoting recovery, resilience, peer support and self-determination
- Researching, designing and preparing subject matter and materials for groups/pods
- Delivering structured content within group settings to service users at various stages of recovery
- Engaging in debriefing and evaluations with co-facilitators after groups/pods have taken place, reviewing progress and identifying concerns with service users
- Tailoring specific workshops around the needs of the service users, such as anger management, sleep disorders, relationships, etc.
Qualifications
- Strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience of working within a similar field
- Experience of working with groups/pods and managing group dynamics, such as conflict or challenging behaviour
- Excellent communicator, both verbal and written, with good IT skills
- Proactive and able to work on own initiative with excellent time management and prioritising skills
- Good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services, and good practice
- Supportive team player with strong interpersonal skills, able to work in partnership with a wide range of professionals, agencies, and stakeholders
- Ability to manage change successfully in a way that prioritises the needs of service users
- Understanding of information governance processes and commitment to follow and apply all necessary safeguards
- Seeking out learning opportunities to improve and broaden professional knowledge and skills and to contribute and oversee the learning and development of others
Benefits
- 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays. Additional days of annual leave for each year of service during the first five years, resulting in 30 days after five years.
- Paid wellness hour each week along with a wellness hub and Employee Assist Programme
- Contributory pension scheme
- Various benefits including discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
- Friendly and supportive team
- Training, career development and progression opportunities
- Generous Refer-a-Friend Scheme
Salary
CGL points 23 to 28 (£27,861.26 – £32,002.35)
Additional Information
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time‑limited visas, the organisation is unable to support new visa applications or extensions.
Contact: Hannah Pellowe | hannah.pellowe@cgl.org.uk
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