Young Person Resilience Worker - Early Interventions

Do you want to work for a caring organisation that believes in people?

Do you want to make a difference?

At Change Grow Live, our commitment to making a difference in the lives of those who use our services is unwavering. We provide support, respect, and a safe environment, where we tailor our approach to each individual's needs to find the best treatment and support options.

Guided by our core values of being open, compassionate and bold, our team embodies these principles daily, striving to empower individuals to reshape their lives, foster personal growth, and embrace life to its fullest.

We’re excited to offer an opportunity for a Young Person’s Resilience Worker – Early Interventions with the passion, skills, and experience to support young people facing challenges around substance use and related needs. This role is key in ensuring timely, tailored interventions that make a real difference.

As part of a multi-disciplinary team within an integrated, all-age recovery service, you’ll work closely with partners across Health, Education, Youth Justice, and Children and Young People’s services to help young people reduce risk, build resilience, and lead healthier, safer lives.

Key responsibilities include:

• Building strong, trusting relationships with young people.

• Supporting service users through assessment, care planning, psychosocial and safeguarding interventions.

• Delivering 1:1 and targeted group work focused on prevention and early intervention.

• Collaborating with key partners to ensure a joined-up, responsive approach for vulnerable young people.

• Promoting the involvement of young people, families, and communities in shaping their support.

You’ll manage a diverse caseload across Nottinghamshire, providing outreach, community-based support, and engaging interventions for young people affected by alcohol or drug use. Strong engagement skills, partnership working, and a solid understanding of safeguarding are essential.

Where: County wide across Nottinghamshire. The majority of your time will be spent in the community, engaging directly with children and young people and working with a range of partners across the Nottinghamshire. Some of your time will be spent providing support remotely including online and telephone.  

Full Time Hours: 37.5 per week

Full Time Salary: £27,861.26 - £32,002.35 dependant on experience (based on full time hours, pro rata for part time hours)

Contract Type: Fixed Term until 31st March 2025. 

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.

Please note - interviews will be taking place week commencing 16^th June 2025

About the role: 

A significant proportion of the role will be focussed on contributing to the services early intervention, prevention and targeted offer in the  following areas:

• Providing entry into service screening, assessments and brief interventions to young people who are using substances, that will include telephone, video, other digital and in person contact and communication methods.
• Providing assessments and brief interventions that are appropriate to young people’s additional learning and developmental needs (e.g. SEND/SEMH)
• Supporting the services partnership offer in education, including outreach delivery such as drop-ins, targeted group work and supporting educational programmes.
• Ensuring  young people who may need more structured and intensive support are offered this and are supported to access and engage in this in the most appropriate and timely way.
• Responding to enquiries from and liaison with professionals, partner agencies, families and carers and young people.

About you: 

• Experience of working with young people and knowledge of the issues they face
• Knowledge of safeguarding concerns in relation to children and young people and the Fraser Competence framework
• Have an excellent understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience of working
• within a related field
• Knowledge of working with evidence-based practice around young people’s substance misuse treatment services and methods, including relevant best practice guidance
• An accomplished communicator, both verbal and written with a high degree of personal IT competency
• Be able to accurately update and maintain records and to work to deadlines for the submission of information, e.g., reports
• Have excellent team working and interpersonal skills, maintaining a highly cooperative
• approach to supporting colleagues in delivering service objectives 

 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
• Refer a friend scheme.

Please ensure you fully complete the personal statement in the screening questions, outlining how you meet the person specification and job criteria.   

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 Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

If you are passionate, eager to learn and develop your skills in working with young people who need support in relation to their drug and alcohol use – then this might be a perfect opportunity for you!