Senior Worker/ Practitioner

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.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Worker/Practitioner who has the skills and experience to assess and engage with our service users, ensuring that they access the right intervention at the right time, in a way that best meets their needs. With this role you’ll be working as part of Adult Substance Misuse Service based in Waltham Forest, carrying a caseload of service users, supporting them through their treatment with us.
Where: Waltham Forest
When: We are looking to get the right person into the team ASAP
Hours: 37.5
Salary: CGL Scale 28 – 30 (£31,529.41 - £33,708.58 plus OLW £2,163.27) dependent on experience
About the role:
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
Supporting and developing colleagues
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.
About you
Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience of working within a similar field.
Be an 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.
Have a good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services, and good practice
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
Ability to manage change successfully in a way that prioritises the needs of service users
Understand the importance of information governance processes and commit to follow and apply all necessary safeguards
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 “Capped at 30 days”
Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme
Contributory pension scheme
Several benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
A friendly and supportive team
Training, career development & progression opportunities
Refer a friend scheme and receive £250 in vouchers if candidate is successful
If this sounds like you and you would like to begin your journey with Change Grow Live, then we would love to talk to you.