Overview
Change Grow Live are 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.
This role includes running and planning our group work/community detoxification programmes, case management and interacting with partner agencies to ensure people accessing Spectrum 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.
You will work with people with significant mental health issues, social & health care needs and substance misuse issues, and will work alongside the community mental health teams and adult social care services.
Where: Hatfield
When: We are looking to get the right person into the team ASAP
Hours: 37.5
Salary: £27,861.26 - £32,002.35
Allowances: Outer London Fringe of £694.25
*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:
1. Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey
2. Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral
3. Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community
4. Promoting carer, service user and community involvement
5. Providing advocacy for access to partnership services
6. motivational Interviewing
7. Children’s & adult safeguarding
8. Substance awareness
9. 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
10. Acupuncture
11. Equality/ diversity and inclusion,
12. First aid
About you:
Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and/or experience of working within a similar field
13. Be an excellent communicator, both verbal and written with good IT skills
14. Proactive and able to work on own initiative with excellent time management and prioritising skills
15. Have a good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services, and good practice
16. Be a supportive team player with strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work in partnership with a wide range of professionals, agencies, and internal/external stakeholders
17. Ability to manage change successfully in a way that prioritises the needs of service users
18. Understand the importance of information governance processes and commit to follow and apply all necessary safeguards
19. Seek out learning opportunities to improve and broaden your professional knowledge and skills and to contribute and oversee the learning and development of others
What we will give to you:
25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service
20. Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme
21. Contributory pension scheme
22. Several benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
23. A friendly and supportive team
24. Training, career development & progression opportunities
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
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
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
28/7/2025
Closing Date
21/7/2025