Young Person's Resilience Worker

 

• To engage young people in a range of interventions, utilising a young person centred approach, empowering them to reduce risk, increase resilience and lead a safe, happy andhealthy lives.
• Supporting young people from point of entry into the service and throughout their engagement with the service
• Engage young people who have substance use issues and provide them with advice, support and structured interventions to support their health and wellbeing needs
• Providing screening, assessment, psychosocial interventions, integrated care planning, post treatment support, including transfer of care
• Identifying and responding effectively to potential safeguarding issues
• Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to young people and the wider community
• Promoting carer, service user and community involvement
• 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
• Working with under-18s to support positive, holistic outcomes in relation to their health and wellbeing, enabling them to lead safer and healthier lives: reducing risk and increasing resilience.
• Support and provide advocacy for young people by participating in all relevant multi agency meetings, such as: Child Protection meetings; Complex Case Review panels, and core group meetings.

 

• Experience of working with young people
• Knowledge of safeguarding concerns in relation to children and young people
• Excellent understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience of working within a related field
• Accomplished written and verbal communication skills and a high degree of personal IT competency
• Knowledge of working with evidence based practice around young people’s substance misuse treatment services and methods, including relevant best practice guidance
• A commitment to multi-agency working and establishing partnerships with other professions to achieve good outcomes for under-18s.
• Excellent team working and interpersonal skills, maintaining a highly cooperative approach to supporting colleagues in delivering service objectives

 

• 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 

 

AI can be a really helpful tool when putting together your application, and we're happy for you to use it. However, what we're most interested in is you.

We want to understand your experiences, achievements and strengths, so please make sure your application reflects your own story and clearly shows how you meet the essential criteria and the impact you've made in previous roles.

There's no need to write in a particular style. The strongest applications are authentic, specific and clearly demonstrate your skills, experience and potential. We look forward to learning more about you.

 

 

Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions. More information about eligible roles and occupations can be found here: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK

 

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

 

 

If this sounds like you and you would like to begin your journey with Change Grow Live, then we would love to talk to you. 

CGL points 23 to 28 (£28,557.79 - £32,802.41)

Outer London Weighting (£2,250.61)

8/11/2026

Annie Hoff | annie.hoff@cgl.org.uk | 07425129641

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