At Change Grow Live Walsall, as a Recovery Worker Apprentice, you will be working towards the Adult Care Level 2 apprenticeship, over the duration of 18 months, alongside your daily roles and responsiblities.
The focus of this role is to provide intensive key work to families who have drug and/or alcohol misuse issues, which could potentially put their children, families or themselves at risk. Workers will work to help families overcome complex problems, which will enable them to become reintegrated into society. This role will cover operational sites as required, including community locations and family homes. This includes working with adults and young people with a history of substance misuse.
Your roles and responsibilities will include;
Supporting service users from the 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
Provide high-quality support and interventions to families with a multi-disciplinary Safeguarding team
Work closely with local Social Services Teams and Family Intervention Project
Promote family members' involvement to improve outcomes for children
Present cases at The Beacon Clinical meetings for Multi-disciplinary discussion where a change in circumstances/behaviour potentially changes the service user's risk profile
Review ongoing care and treatment, liaising closely with the full range of specialist works within the multi-disciplinary team, both within The Beacon and the Family Safeguarding Team
Work in partnership with other agencies and carry out joint key working to enable effective engagement and movement from semi-structured psychosocial interventions to promote recovery
Change Grow Live offer some fantastic benefits which include;
Health checks
Help paying for childcare
Cycle to work scheme
Food intolerance and allergy testing
Gym flex
Life insurance
Will Writing Service
Employee assistance programme
Please note that before employment can commence, an enhanced DBS check will need to be carried out.Training:Adult Care Worker Apprenticeship Level 2 Functional Skills in maths and English.Training Outcome:Ongoing training and development.Employer Description:CGL is a health and social care charity working with individuals, families and communities across England and Wales that are affected by drugs, alcohol, crime, homelessness, domestic abuse, and antisocial behaviour. Their projects, delivered in communities and prisons, encourage and empower people to regain control of their lives and motivate them to tackle their problems.Working Hours :Monday - Friday 9:00 am-5:00 pm.Skills: Team Working,Organisation Skills....Read more...
Principal Duties:
1. Learn how to assist and enable clients to achieve daily living activities, which could include but is not exhaustive:
Maintaining personal hygiene and appearance
Ensuring intake of drinks, fluids and food is documented accurately and when necessary, assist in feeding and drinking and making dietary decisions
Achieving optimum mobility and physical comfort using all available equipment and manual handling techniques where appropriate
Maintaining privacy and dignity
Maintaining independence and identity
Prevention of pressure area damage through good nursing care
Contributing to effective palliative care
Maintaining tidiness and cleanliness within the physical environment
2. Learn how to undertake tasks as detailed and prescribed in a service user’s care/support plan.
3. Develop skills in using innovative methods to support and encourage service users to participate in meaningful activities, new experiences and opportunities which will meet their individual needs (physical, emotional, social and spiritual) and promote good health.
4. Learn how to be responsible for providing physical and personal care to service users taking into account their basic and acute emotional needs.
5. Learn how to keep accurate, daily records as required (both electronically and manually).
6. Learn how care providers work in cooperation with members of multi-disciplinary health teams in order to maximise opportunities for service user therapeutic care.
7. Learn how to provide effective social care support to the people of Rochdale in line with the Care Act including:
Developing a relationship with individuals and their families/circles of support
Using a range of personalised and person-centred approaches to understand what people need
Developing a support plan and carrying out a personalised review
Exploring flexible and creative support opportunities within the local community
Developing skills in researching information to provide advice, support and guidance
8. To adhere to all statutory requirements and good practices as laid down by all authorities involved.Training:Adult Care Worker Level 2.
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.Training Outcome:Progression offered to the right candidate.Employer Description:Rochdale Council builds success and prosperity with our citizens and partners, whilst protecting our vulnerable people.Working Hours :37-hours per week - Monday to Friday. Shifts to be confirmed.Skills: Communication skills,Team working,Proud,Pioneering + Open,Committed to gaining Skills,Passionate....Read more...
