Job Description

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 \xe2\x80\x98Be open, be compassionate and be bold\xe2\x80\x99 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.

Are you passionate about helping young people change their lives? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for a Young Persons Children and Families Worker with our expanding young persons Jigsaw Service in Nottingham City.

This is not a usual drug and alcohol service; it is an innovative and forward-thinking project, with a proven track record of effectively engaging young people, young adults and their families. Our ethos is centred around the principles of harm reduction, we provide non-judgmental, fact-based, information and advice surrounding drug and alcohol use and the associated risks.

We aim to give young people and young adults the knowledge and skills to make more informed choices, to keep themselves and their peers aware, safe, and well when it comes to drugs/alcohol.

Where: Jigsaw Nottingham City

When: to start in October 2023.

Hours: 37.5hrs per week.

Salary: \xc2\xa326,393 - \xc2\xa330,316 dependent on experience.

Don\xe2\x80\x99t meet every single requirement on the job description for this role? At CGL we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you\xe2\x80\x99re excited about this role but your past experience doesn\xe2\x80\x99t align perfectly with every point on the person specification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You maybe just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

Responsibilities

About the role:

• To engage children and young people in a range of interventions, utilising a family centred approach, empowering them to reduce risk, increase resilience and lead a safe, happy and healthy life.
• Identify families in conjunction with other agencies, who will benefit from the Think Family / Whole family approach, negotiating participation and engagement with the programme of care;
• Manage a caseload of children and young people effected by parental substance misuse;
• Ensure that appropriate safeguarding practice is followed at all times, working in partnership with statutory agencies where appropriate;
• Provide assessment, psychosocial interventions, integrated care planning and after care support, including transfer of care
• Provide service user advocacy to support engagement from and access to partnership services;
• Work with service users 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.

About you:

• Experience of working with families who have multiple risk factors e.g., Parental mental health, parental substance misuse, domestic violence, anti-social behaviour, unemployed, poor / unsuitable housing, parental disability, parental learning disability
• Experience of delivering 1:1 and group work, including evidenced based interventions
• Extensive experience of working in the substance misuse field
• Experience of working in close partnership with key stakeholders including Children\xe2\x80\x99s Services, schools, primary care and contributing to / chairing multi-agency meetings
• The ability to undertake comprehensive assessments, care-planning, case management and reviews
• Experience of delivering training to professionals
• The ability and willingness to be empathetic, inclusive and non-judgemental in your practice
• Practical knowledge of relevant legislation and application of safeguarding children & young people policies and procedures

What we will give to you:

• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each year in the first 5 years service
• Paid \xe2\x80\x98Wellness\xe2\x80\x99 hour each week along with a \xe2\x80\x98Wellness\xe2\x80\x99 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 read attached and Role Specifics for a more detailed outline of responsibilities and Person Specification

If this sounds like you and you\xe2\x80\x99d like to begin your journey with Change Grow Live, then we\xe2\x80\x99d love to talk to you.

We believe that having diverse people working as part of our team makes us the organisation that we are.

We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and to make Change Grow Live a great place to work.

If you have any feedback on our recruitment processes (good or bad) we\xe2\x80\x99d love to hear from you so that we can make sure they are fair and we attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible.

The safety of vulnerable children, young people and adults is our absolute priority. We will support you in your role to make sure that you are equipped to support the safety of people who use our services and those around them, to the highest standard possible.

Salary Range (pro rata if part time)

CGL points 23 to 28 (\xc2\xa326,393.77 - \xc2\xa330,316.74)

ILW / OLW /Fringe

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

Closing Date

16/7/2023

If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:

Habib Akhtar | habib.akhtar@cgl.org.uk

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

Change Grow Live