Healthcare Assistant

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.

We are looking for a dedicated and passionate Healthcare Assistant to join our Reading Team, pro-actively assist in the delivery of comprehensive interventions aimed at improving health & wellbeing for service users.

The Healthcare assistant role is a varied one, the successful candidate will be an integral member of a multidisciplinary team, supporting with specialist clinical interventions to people who use our services.

Where Reading

Full Time Hours 37.5 per week

Full Time Salary £24,466.99 - £26,110.88 (pro rata for part time hours)

About the role

• Working closely with your Nursing team to develop pathways to care
• Support service users in opiate and alcohol interventions.
• You will support on harm reduction interventions along with physical health assessments.
• Keeping the people who use our services at the heart of everything you do
  
  
  

About you

• Good interpersonal skills and a willingness to work flexibly as part of a team
• Experience of working within substance misuse or a social care setting would be an advantage but not essential
• A clear understanding of the need for and ability to deliver quality services
• Good organisational skills
• Confidence to work on own initiative as well as part of the team
• Communicate confidently and effectively, verbally and in writing
• Respond flexibly to the demands of the post
  
  
  

What we will give to you

• 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
• A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
• A friendly and supportive team
• Training, career development & progression opportunities
• Generous 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.

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

CGL points 19 to 21 (£24,466.99 - £26,110.87)

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

16/12/2024

8/12/2024

Lynn Taylor | [email protected] | 07966694184

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