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 Group Worker to join the HMP/YOI Isis Substance Misuse Service 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.
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A PRISON BASED ROLE AND IS SUBJECT TO PRISON SECURITY CLEARANCE.
Where: HMP/YOI Isis, Western Way, London SE28 0NZ
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £27,861.26 - £32,002.35 FTE (dependent on experience)
Allowances: £2195.72 Outer London Weighting (based on full time hours, paid pro rata if part-time)
Contract Type: Permanent
About the Service:
HMP/YOI Psychosocial Substance Misuse Service is a specialist service that is committed to supporting service users to tackle their drug and alcohol use, reduce reoffending and lead happier, healthier lives. Whether their aim is to stop using substances completely, to cut down, or for harm reduction information, we are here to support that journey. HMP/YOI Isis is a Cat C men’s prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Thamesmead, South East London, with prisoners aged between 18 – 27.
About the role:
The focus of the role is delivering and developing group interventions for the prisoners engaging with the Psychosocial Substance Misuse Service within HMP/YOI Isis, using evidence based practice, covering the most appropriate issues to the service users. This will primarily be our Foundations of Rehabilitation programme, but also include group interventions such as SMART Recovery and pod working. This role is based full time in HMP/YOI Isis.
About you:
We’re looking for a innovative group worker to join our team, with experience of delivering group work, who is committed to providing the best service to our service users. Someone that will proactively promote engagement in group interventions. While working within a dynamic environment, being flexible and adaptive to changing priorities is key.
Please see job description and person specification attached for further details.
What we will give to you:
Please read attached Job Description for a more detailed out line of responsibilities and Person Specifications.
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)
The successful candidate will need to complete an enhanced DBS check and obtain HMPPS security clearance
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.
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