6 Mar
2023
Full time Service User Involvement Coordinator at Change Grow Live
Job Description
Full Job Description
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 and grow as individuals.
As Service User Involvement Coordinator at Change Grow Live, you will provide support in the ongoing development of the Southampton Recovery Community and service user involvement via advocacy, involvement, re-integration and assertive linkage to other services in the community.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who has experience in a similar field looking to take the next step in their career.
Responsibilities:
Where: Southampton
When: We’re looking to get the right people in to the team ASAP
Hours: 18.75hrs per week
Salary: £26,393.77 – £30,316.74 pro rata
What we will give to you:
- 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service
- Flexible working arrangements
- 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
About the role:
- Proactively engage & signpost and/or onward refer into support services; structured treatment services; alternative therapy services, PX services as appropriate
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Engage with service users to identify assets and to identify and challenge deficit behaviours and drug/alcohol use thus ensuring equal opportunities for wellness across four key domains
- Empower service users to establish non-judgemental supportive relationships with Integrated Recovery service via strategies to Identify, develop, implement and sustain “best practice”.
- Work one to one with service users to provide different levels of practical, emotional, informational and instrumental peer support
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.
Please note: This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level and vetting by the HMPPS / National Probation Service at recruitment stage as well as ability to maintain clearance on an ongoing basis
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 Closing Date: 22/3/2023 If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:: Dean Latona | [email protected] : This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.
Location :Southampton
Closing Date :22/3/2023
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