Change Grow Live
Young Person's Resilience Worker
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Overview
Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our service users' lives. Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’, and our teams apply these daily, 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.
As a Young Person’s Resilience Worker-Diversity & Inclusion Lead, you’ll be part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering interventions that empower young people to reduce risk, build resilience, and lead safer, healthier lives. You will be an integral part of a multi-disciplinary team within an under-18 substance use service across the city. Our approach is centred around a resilience and strengths-based model of support that incorporates some core principles around prevention and earlier intervention, harm reduction and person-centred support. You will engage young people in a range of interventions, utilising strengths-based and young person-centred approaches, empowering them to reduce risk, increase resilience and lead a safe, happy, and healthy life. You will work in an integrated way and collaborate with our key community partners and internal teams in providing the best response to the emerging and dynamic needs of young people.
Where
Sheffield
Hours
37.5 hrs per week
Contract Type
Fixed Term Contract until 30th November 2027 (Maternity Cover)
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
Resilience Worker - Diversity & Inclusion Lead
- Targeted and Specialist 1-2-1 work
- Provide consultation and support to community services and locally led youth provision
- Support in improving service accessibility to underrepresented communities
- Build, strengthen and maintain links with community services in the city to improve pathways and increase referrals
- Engaging community groups and facilitating joint working to maximise outreach to underrepresented communities
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About You
- Experience of working with young people and knowledge of the issues they face
- Knowledge of safeguarding concerns in relation to children and young people and the Fraser Competence framework
- Have an excellent understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience of working within a related field
- Knowledge of working with evidence-based practice around young people’s substance misuse treatment services and methods, including relevant best practice guidance
- An accomplished communicator, both verbal and written, with a high degree of personal IT competency
- Be able to accurately update and maintain records and to work to deadlines for the submission of information, e.g., reports
- Have excellent team working and interpersonal skills, maintaining a highly cooperative approach to supporting colleagues in delivering service objectives
What We Offer
- Enjoy a dedicated weekly Wellness Hour, access to our Wellness Hub, and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental and emotional health.
- We’re committed to your development, with extensive training, funded learning, and pathways into senior or specialist roles.
- Benefit from transparent pay, a contributory pension scheme, and additional support through our wellbeing resources.
- Start with 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata), increasing to the maximum 30 days over five years of service.
- Join a supportive, values-led team where you’ll feel encouraged and valued from your very first day.
- Where possible, we’re open to discussing working patterns that help you maintain a healthy work–life balance.
- Enjoy discounts on shopping, cinema trips, holidays and more, along with our Refer a Friend scheme.
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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.
Direct applications only — we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.
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.
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.
Salary Range (pro rata if part time)
CGL points 23 to 28 (£28,557.79 - £32,802.41)
ILW / OLW / Fringe
N/A - Outside London Weighting Area
Interview Date
26/10/2026
Closing Date
15/10/2026
If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:
Nicholas Cave | nick.cave@cgl.org.uk | 01142752051
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.
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