Transform Lives with a Rewarding Career at Change Grow Live
Are you passionate about making a real difference in people's lives? At Change Grow Live, we're dedicated to creating positive change for our service users. We provide a safe and supportive environment, supporting each person's unique journey and working together to find the best treatment and care options. Guided by our core values—'Be open, be compassionate, and be bold'—we help individuals reshape their lives, grow, and embrace their life to the fullest.
Join Us as an Assessment and Engagement Worker
We have an exciting opportunity for an Assessment and Engagement Worker to join our vibrant Camden service. In this role, you'll be the first point of contact for new and returning service users, providing essential interventions and conducting comprehensive assessments of their needs and risks. Every day is a new experience, and we approach each person with the understanding that they are an individual.
Location: Camden
Hours: Full time - 37.5 per week
Full time Salary Range: £27,449.53 - £31,529.41 (based on full time working hours, pro rata for part time hours)
Allowances: £4,072.06 Inner London Weighting, (based on full time working hours, pro rata for part time hours)
Responsibilities
What You'll Do:
Conduct triage and thorough assessments for individuals seeking treatment at both hub and community venues.Provide person-centered, recovery-oriented key working to a small caseload, utilising a range of interventions tailored to each individual.Engage people from diverse backgrounds struggling with alcohol and substance use in effective, evidence-based treatment programs.Stay flexible and adapt to activities and tasks that directly meet the needs of our clients and services.Advocate for access to partnership services and collaborate with service users to support their social reintegration, promoting recovery, resilience, peer support, and self-determination.
What We’re Looking For:
A deep, empathetic understanding of substance misuse and a passion for supporting individuals on their journey to recovery, backed by experience in similar settings and a strong knowledge of mental health interventions and services.Exceptional communication skills that allow you to truly connect with and inspire people from all walks of life. Your ability to listen and communicate clearly, along with your IT proficiency, will ensure that everyone’s voice is heard and needs are met.A proactive mindset, with the ability to organise your time effectively, always keeping the well-being of those you support at the forefront of your work. You see challenges as opportunities to make a difference.A collaborative and inclusive spirit, recognising the power of teamwork and bringing strong interpersonal skills to build meaningful connections with a diverse range of professionals, agencies, and stakeholders.Flexibility and adaptability, with a focus on ensuring that the well-being and unique needs of each service user guide your actions and decisions.A steadfast commitment to maintaining the highest standards of information governance and safeguarding, ensuring that everyone’s privacy, dignity, and safety are upheld.A genuine dedication to your own growth and that of others, with an unwavering passion for continuous learning, self-improvement, and contributing to the development and empowerment of those around you.
What We Offer:
25 days of holiday (+ bank holidays), with annual increases for first five years.Paid 'Wellness' hour each week, access to a 'Wellness' hub, and Employee Assist Programme.Contributory pension scheme.Attractive benefits, including discounts on shopping, cinema, holidays, and more.A supportive team environment with training, career development, and progression opportunities.Refer a Friend voucher scheme.We encourage you to ensure that your application clearly demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria, as this will be key in our shortlisting process.
If this role resonates with you, we would love to hear from you. Join us and be part of a team that’s making a real difference every day.
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)
Salary Range (pro rata if part time) CGL points 23 to 28 (£27,449.52 - £31,529.41) ILW / OLW /Fringe Inner London Weighting (£4,072.06) Interview Date 24/2/2025 Closing Date 16/2/2025 If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details: Jonathan Watson | jonathan.watson@cgl.org.uk This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level. Options ApplyApplyShareEmail this job to a friendRefer <p style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;">Sorry the Share function is not working properly at this moment. Please refresh the page and try again later.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;"> </span></p> Share this vacancy on your newsfeed
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.
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