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 role for a Family and Carer Practitioner in the Caring Changes team working across Sunderland, Houghton-le-Spring and Washington. Caring Changes is a small service, within the Wear Recovery treatment service, dedicated to supporting adults who are affected by a loved ones substance misuse. The service offers tailored support to adults using a variety of interventions so if you are compassionate, creative and have a working knowledge of the impact of adult substance misuse then this unique role could be for you!
Where: Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
Hours: 37.5 hrs per week
Salary: £26,393.77 - £30,316.74
Responsibilities:
About the role:
- Coordinate family and carer Involvement with a recovery orientated substance misuse model
- Develop links with statutory and third sector organisations to improve access to services for Family and Carers
- To work within a strengths-based approach to ensure that clients wellbeing is supported
- To ensure that onward safeguarding referrals are made and develop links with appropriate services
- Deliver a range of 1-1 and group interventions including structured programmes such as CRAFT as well as providing emotional support, advocacy and respite activities
- Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community
About you:
- Experience of working with drug and alcohol issues and a clear understanding of the need for, and ability to, deliver quality services
- Be an excellent communicator, both verbal and written with good IT skills
- Proactive and able to work on own initiative with excellent time management and prioritising skills
- Experience of safeguarding and the Think Family and Hidden Harm agendas
- Motivational interviewing techniques
- Good knowledge of local community-based support practices
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: 2/6/2023 Closing Date: 25/5/2023 If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:: Claire Agher | claire.agher@cgl.org.uk | 07769142969 : This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.