Hospital Engagement Worker

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.

We have an exciting opportunity for a** Hospital Engagement Worker **who has 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. With this role you’ll be working as part of Renew's Hospital Engagement team, based in Hull Royal infirmary.

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.

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**Where**:Hull

**Hours**: 37.5hrs per week

**Salary**: £27,449.53 - £31,529.41 Pro Rata (CGL Scale 23 - 28) dependent on experience

**Responsibilities**:
**About the role**:

- Proactively engage with and assess all patients entering hospital or A+E with an alcohol or drug attributer, providing brief interventions where appropriate or supporting service users into community structured treatment.
- To facilitate the continuation of alcohol detoxes started in hospital, into the community.
- Set up effective communication and referral pathways with hospital based specialist teams. Act as a point of contact for acute referrals.
- To increase the number of people accessing structured treatment for alcohol support following hospital admission.
- Provide support to acute hospital services to avoid unnecessary admission to hospital of people who can be supported and treated in community services.
- Provide brief interventions, triage and assessment, to patients who misuse alcohol and/or drugs, while they remain in a hospital setting.

**About you**:

- Experience of working in a hospital setting or host environment (desirable).
- 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 delivering brief and extended interventions, utilising ITEP,MI, CBT skills (desirable).
- 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.
- 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.

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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.