Young Person's Resilience Specialist

7 days ago


Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Change Grow Live Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Young Person's Resilience Worker to join our team in Gateshead. As a key member of our service, you will play a vital role in engaging young people in a range of interventions, using a person-centred approach, and empowering them to reduce risk, increase resilience, and lead safe, happy, and healthy lives.

Key Responsibilities
  • Engage young people in a pragmatic and meaningful way, empowering them to access ongoing support.
  • Work closely with our partners within Mental and Physical health services to provide holistic support.
  • Assess need and develop collaborative packages of support for young people, including brief, harm reduction, 1:1, group, and clinical interventions.
  • Carry out comprehensive service user assessments and develop individual care plans that clearly identify how achieving each goal will enable progression in addressing substance use and related outcomes.
  • Work closely with the service's Safeguarding Lead to ensure all issues and concerns are escalated and dealt with quickly and effectively.
  • Carry out risk assessments and risk management plans.
  • Be responsive to the needs of young people, ensuring interventions are accessible and facilitating home visits, working with colleges, universities, etc.
About You
  • Experience of working with young people and knowledge of issues facing them today.
  • Knowledge of safeguarding concerns in relation to children, young people, and adults.
  • Understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience of forging strong working relationships with internal and external partners.
  • Knowledge and experience of working with young people who use substances and delivering training to different audiences in a variety of settings.
About Us

Change Grow Live is a charity dedicated to making a difference in the lives of our service users. We offer 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.

What We Offer
  • 25 days holiday (rising by 1 day for each year's service) plus bank holidays.
  • Paid 'Wellness' hour each week, a 'Wellness' hub, and an Employee Assist Programme.
  • Contributory pension scheme.
  • A great selection of benefits, including discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
  • A friendly and supportive team.
  • Training, career development, and progression opportunities.
  • Refer a Friend Scheme.


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