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Healthcare Assistant

Location Reading-Berkshire
Job ID 2024-15241
Number of Vacancies Remaining
1
Category
Clinical - Nurse, NMP, Health Care Assistant
Type of Contract
Permanent employee
Contracted Hours Per Week
37.50
Salary Range (pro rata if part time)
CGL points 19 to 21 (£24,466.99 - £26,110.87)
ILW / OLW /Fringe
N/A - Outside London Weighting Area
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Overview

Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives. Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our teams apply these daily, 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. 

 

We are looking for a dedicated and passionate Healthcare Assistant to join our Reading Team, pro-actively assist in the delivery of comprehensive interventions aimed at improving health & wellbeing for service users.

The Healthcare assistant role is a varied one, the successful candidate will be an integral member of a multidisciplinary team, supporting with specialist clinical interventions to people who use our services.

 

Where: Reading

Full Time Hours: 37.5 per week 

Full Time Salary: £24,466.99 - £26,110.88 (pro rata for part time hours) 

Responsibilities

About the role:

  • Working closely with your Nursing team to develop pathways to care
  • Support service users in opiate and alcohol interventions.
  • You will support on harm reduction interventions along with physical health assessments.
  • Keeping the people who use our services at the heart of everything you do

 

About you:

  • Good interpersonal skills and a willingness to work flexibly as part of a team
  • Experience of working within substance misuse or a social care setting would be an advantage but not essential
  • A clear understanding of the need for and ability to deliver quality services
  • Good organisational skills
  • Confidence to work on own initiative as well as part of the team
  • Communicate confidently and effectively, verbally and in writing
  • Respond flexibly to the demands of the post

 

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
  • A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
  • A friendly and supportive team
  • Training, career development & progression opportunities
  • Generous Refer-a-Friend scheme

 

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 this sounds like you and you’d like to begin your journey with Change Grow Live, then we’d love to talk to you.

Salary Range (pro rata if part time)

CGL points 19 to 21 (£24,466.99 - £26,110.87)

ILW / OLW /Fringe

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

Interview Date

16/12/2024

Closing Date

8/12/2024

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

Lynn Taylor | LYNN.TAYLOR@CGL.ORG.UK | 07966694184

 

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

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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’d 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.