Senior Worker/ Practitioner
Change Grow Live
- Walthamstow, East London
- £31,529-33,709 per year
- Permanent
- Part-time
- 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.
- Strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience in a similar field
- Excellent communicator, both verbal and written, with good IT skills
- Proactive and able to work on your initiative with excellent time management and prioritising skills
- Good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services, and good practice
- Supportive team player with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work in partnership with various professionals, agencies, and internal/external stakeholders
- Ability to manage change successfully, prioritising the needs of service users
- Understanding of the importance of information governance processes and commitment to follow and apply all necessary safeguards
- Eagerness to seek learning opportunities to improve professional knowledge and skills, contributing to the learning and development of others.
- 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays), rising yearly for first 5 years
- Paid 'Wellness' hour each week along with a 'Wellness' hub and Employee Assist Programme
- Contributory pension scheme
- Various benefits, including discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
- A friendly and supportive team
- Training, career development, and progression opportunities
- Refer a friend scheme for a successful candidate.