Young Person's Resilience Worker

Change Grow Live; Greater London; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Wellness Hour

Wellness Hub

Employee Assistance Programme

Company benefits

Job summary

Change Grow Live is seeking a Young Person Resilience Worker to support the EASY Project for under 18s in Ealing. The role involves outreach, assessment, harm reduction and targeted interventions with young people who use substances, delivered in collaboration with other agencies to promote health and wellbeing.

You will deliver group sessions, training for professionals and families, and contribute to safeguarding actions while working 37.5 hours per week with a salary in the stated range plus

Qualifications

• 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 in related field
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and IT competency
• Knowledge of evidence-based practice around young people’s substance misuse treatment services
• Commitment to multi-agency working and partnerships with professionals
• Excellent team working and interpersonal skills

Responsibilities

• Engage young people in a range of interventions with a young-person centred approach
• Provide assessments, harm reduction and treatment interventions for young people
• Deliver screening, assessment, psychosocial interventions and care planning
• Identify safeguarding concerns and respond effectively
• Reduce drug and alcohol-related harm to young people and community
• Develop and deliver workshops and training for young people, professionals and families
• Engage with community events and help with multi-agency meetings
• Support progression through individual care plans and outcomes

Skills

Experience with young people

Safeguarding knowledge

Drug and alcohol awareness

Excellent written & verbal comms

IT competency

Multi-agency collaboration

Team player

Job description

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 acheive their goals.

Our core values are‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our team members apply these daily to achieve our mission ofhelping 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 successful EASY Project service, for under 18s. 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, across Ealing borough on an outreach basis.

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: Ealing

Hours:37.5 per week

Salary: £28,557.79 - £32,802.41 pro rata

Allowance: Inner London Weighting (£4,236.47)

Closing date:18 October 2026

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 andhealthy 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.

Why Join Us

We thrive by recruiting for success, recognising effort, and creating safe, healthy, agile, and flexible workplaces. Together we are always learning, developing, and growing — where every voice counts and everyone belongs.

What We Offer

• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising annually for first five years.

• A paid “Wellness Hour” each week, plus access to our Wellness Hub and Employee Assistance Programme.

• Other benefits: Change Grow Live employee benefits
• Training, professional development, and clear career progression pathways.

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.

Salary Range (pro rata if part time)

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

ILW / OLW /Fringe

Inner London Weighting (£4,236.47)

Closing Date

18/10/2026

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

Marsha Mccalla | [e-mail] | 07500 962285

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