Health and Wellbeing Support Worker inMerseyside inMerseyside PUBLISHED 3 JUN 2024

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 currently recruiting a
Health and Wellbeing Support Worker
to work as part of the Health and Wellbeing team, delivering psychosocial interventions to service users across
Wirral
. Our ideal candidate will have the skills and experience to assess and engage with our service users, 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 health and wellbeing interventions, looking to take the next step in their career with a charity that will support your continued personal and professional development.

This position may include evenings, weekends and bank holiday working.


Where
Wirral


Hours
37.5 per week


Salary
£23,685.20 - £26,110.87

The post holder will work as an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team at the Wirral Ways, to deliver high quality provision by

• Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey.
• Providing screening, assessment, psychosocial interventions, 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.
• Working with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives promoting recovery, Five Ways to Wellbeing, resilience, peer support and self- determination.
  
  
  

About you

• You will have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues or health interventions, engaging people with service and the wider community to support health and wellbeing.
• 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
• 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
• Ability to manage change successfully in a way that prioritises the needs of service users
• 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 (pro rata for part time)
• 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
• Refer a Friend scheme.
  
  
  

Please read attached Job Description for a more detailed outline of responsibilities and Person Specification


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.

CGL points 18 to 21 (£23,685.20 - £26,110.87)

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

10/6/2024

Jennifer Bibby | |

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.