Outreach Worker

2 days ago

Brighton, United Kingdom Change Grow Live Full time

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.

The **Brighton and Hove Street Outreach Service** is recruiting one full time **Outreach Worker** to join the outreach team. This is a permanent role.

The post holders will form part of a busy outreach team that supports individuals rough sleeping in the city. Good communication skills, team-working and an understanding of the issues faced by people experiencing homelessness or vulnerable individuals is essential. Having good knowledge of the city and good partnership links is desirable.

The post holder will be flexible in their approach to providing the best service for people experiencing homelessness including rough sleepers. You will be required to work some unsocial hours. You must be proactive to ensure clients have ongoing support.

**Where**:Brighton

**Full Time Hours**:37.5 per week

**Full Time Salary Range**: £27,861.26 - £32,002.35 (based on full time hours, pro rata for part time)
- Please note: Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.

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

- Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey
- Providing screening, assessment, and 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, resilience, peer support and self-determination

**About you**:

- Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience of working within a similar field
- 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
- 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 “Capped at 30 days”
- Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme
- Contributory pension scheme
- Several benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
- A friendly and supportive team
- Training, career development & progression opportunities

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