Overview:
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
Behaviour Change Coordinator to join The Aspire Team! We work with people who have been identified as higher risk drinkers and provide extended brief interventions and/or lower level psychosocial interventions to help people recognize problems or potential problems that may come as a result of their drinking behaviour, helping to resolve ambivalence and encourage positive behavior change.
You’ll have to record information about what you do, so enjoying a bit of paperwork and attention to detail is important. But most of the time you’ll be enjoying working with people from all backgrounds, making a difference to their lives. No two days are the same and we treat every person who comes into our service as an individual, so being flexible, curious and a good listener are key.
Where: Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Hours: 37.5 hrs per week
Salary: £26,393.77 - £30,316.74
Responsibilities:
About the role:
- Coordinate a tailor-made package of care
- Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning (using motivational interviewing techniques) and onward referral
- Support campaigns across the city and provide Brief/Extended Interventions in recognised hotspot areas
- Promoting carer, service user and community involvement
- Providing advocacy for access to partnership services
About you:
- Excellent understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience of working within a related field
- Be an excellent communicator, both verbal and written with good IT skills
- Have a good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services, and good practice
- Be a supportive team player with strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work in partnership with a wide range of professionals, agencies, and internal/external stakeholders
- Understand the importance of information governance processes and commit to follow and apply all necessary safeguards
- Seek out learning opportunities to improve and broaden your professional knowledge and skills and to contribute and oversee the learning and development of others
What we will give to you:
- 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service
- 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
Please read attached Job Description for a more detailed out line of responsibilities and Person Specifications
If this sounds like you and you’d like to begin your journey with
Change Grow Live, then we’d love to talk to you.
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.
Salary Range (pro rata if part time): CGL points 23 to 28 (£26,393.77 - £30,316.74) ILW / OLW /Fringe: N/A - Outside London Weighting Area Interview Date: 5/6/2023 Closing Date: 24/5/2023 If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:: Emma Skelton | emma.skelton@cgl.org.uk | 07985471738 : This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.