Young Person's Resilience Worker

Overview

Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to young people's lives, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each young person as an individual and working with them to achieve their goals.   

Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our team members apply these daily to achieve our mission of helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.

Our Young Person Resilience Workers play an integral role within Change Grow Live, engaging young people in a range of interventions, using a young person-centred approach, and empowering our young service users to reduce risk, increase resilience and lead a safe, happy, and healthy lives.

We are seeking a dynamic and enthusiastic individual to join our Gateshead service.  You will have the skills to work effectively with young people who use substances and an ability to work confidently with other agencies and professionals. You will be delivering assessment, harm reduction and treatment interventions, to young people.

You will deliver targeted small-group interventions to young people focused on drug and alcohol awareness, education, and prevention. The role also involves engaging with young people at community events and providing training and guidance for professionals and families.

There is a wide array of training and development opportunities to help support you in your role.

Where: Gateshead

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

*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:

• 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 and healthy lives.
• Supporting young people from point of entry into the service and through their support journey.
• Engage young people who are using substances 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 young people's 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 young people 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.
• Supporting and providing advocacy for young people by participating in all relevant multi agency meetings, for example: Child Protection meetings, Complex Case Review panels, etc.
• Networking and attending community events.
• Developing and delivering workshops and training for young people, professionals and other associated people, such as parents and carers.

About you:

• 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 professionals to achieve good outcomes for the service user group.
• 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.

Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role. 

A note about using AI in your application

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.   

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

8/12/2026

Closing Date

29/11/2026

If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:

Kirsty Martin | [email protected]

 

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