Outreach and Engagement Worker

As a recovery worker with Change Grow Live you’ll work with people who use our services, helping them get to where they want to be.

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 are recruiting an Engagement and Outreach Worker to work within our service. Our ideal candidate will have the skills and experience to assess and engage with people who use our service, ensuring that they access the right intervention at the right time, in a way that best meets their needs. 

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with experience of substance misuse issues looking to take the next step in their career with a charity that will support your continued personal and professional development.

Where: Ashton (across all Hubs) 
Full Time Hours: 37.5 hrs per week

Contract: Permanent 

*Please note: 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.

About the Role:

As directed by the Team Leader and Project Manager the post-holder will be an integral member of a team delivering comprehensive Tier 3 clinical & psycho-social intervention services in response to Criminal Justice & Community pathways. The post-holder will carry a small case load and provide screening, comprehensive assessments, Recovery planning & reviews, and will adhere to titration and prescribing pathways as per standard operating procedures if required. Providing a range of recognised psycho-social interventions.

• Undertake assessments and record in electronic and paper-based case notes as required.
• Initiate, complete and follow up referrals to services as required.
• Contribute to integrated care planning to assure effective referrals to Hepatology and Sexual Health services to enable assessment for specialist treatment.
• Support the provision of pre and post blood borne virus test discussion.
• To provide recovery coaching using a broad range of psychosocial interventions
• Provide education and support to patients, their families, and significant others.
• To engage with people from the under-represented groups who have substance misuse problems and provide them with advice, screening, and referral to clinical interventions to address their substance misuse issues, and primary health care (including blood borne viruses).
• Work towards understanding the barriers and gaps for different community groups and compile findings as part of a continuous needs’ assessment for this changing client population.
• Take responsibility for co-ordinating publicity, promotion, and dissemination of information about Services to communities within an overall objective of encouraging uptake of services by the diverse/underrepresented community groups
• Develop and maintain strong links with key stakeholders in local services. Liaise with individuals, statutory and voluntary organisations as appropriate and represent the service at relevant meetings, forums, and conferences in agreement with line manager.

About You:

• Experience of working with substance misuse issues and a clear understanding of the need for and ability to deliver quality services.
• A clear understanding of issues relating to under represented groups in drug services and BME communities and their engagement with Services
• Qualification in substance misuse and / or relevant experience
• Sound and demonstrable knowledge of clinical prescribing issues.
• Knowledge of the issues facing substance mis-users including appropriate medical interventions, social care and health issues.
• Motivational interviewing techniques.
• Knowledge or experience of CBT, Relapse Prevention or Brief Solution focussed Therapy
• Ability to assess and care plan service users and formulate written reports as necessary.
• Community based support practices.
• Maintain professional boundaries and work effectively with partnership agencies.
• Demonstrate skills to undertake administrative duties.
• Experience of contributing to project development.
• Clinical auditing skills to inform evaluation of the service and identify areas for development.
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience of engaging with a wide variety of individuals
• Ability to form trusting and constructive working relationships in a short space of time

What We Offer:

• 25 days holiday pro rata (plus bank holidays), increasing with length of service (up to 30 days)
• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week and access to a dedicated Wellness Hub.
• Employee Assistance Programme and access to staff discounts for shopping, cinema, and more.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• A friendly and supportive team environment.
• Training and development opportunities to help you grow your career.
• A refer-a-friend scheme with voucher reward if the candidate is successful.

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. 

Direct applications only — we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.

Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions. 

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.