Entry Into Service (EIS) Engagement Punjabi Speaking Volunteer
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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, 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.
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.
RISE (a consortium, led by Change Grow Live, and includes Central and North West London NHS Mental Health Trust, and service user-led organisation Build on Belief) is the integrated end-to-end treatment and recovery service which offers a wide range of pharmacological and psychosocial interventions to Ealing residents 18 years and over.
A new RISE Primary Care Assessment Team (PCAT) has been formed to navigate Ealing resident GP & Hospital patients who are not currently accessing Structured Treatment but with concerns around alcohol &/or illicit drug use into RISE and provide psycho-social interventions within the primary care setting.
We therefore have an exciting opportunity for a Punjabi Speaking Volunteer who has the skills and experience to assess and engage with our service users, ensuring that they access the right intervention at the right time, in a way that best meets their needs.
Responsibilities
You will work as an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team of Recovery Practitioners, Doctors, Nurses, Psychiatrists, and Psychologists, to deliver high quality provision from point of entry into RISE.
You will support:
> clients treatment/recovery journey
> providing support to Team members with screening, assessment, pharmacological support, psychosocial support - cognitive & behavioural based interventions motivational interviewing interventions
> recovery planning and onward referral
> reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users & the wider community
> promoting carer, service user & community involvement
You will need to work flexibly across the local community with hours to suit service need.
The team is peripatetic rather than hub based so all team members work in a variety of venues, including; GP Surgeries, Substance Misuse Hubs, Home Visits.
We will support you in this volunteering role by ensuring that you receive regular supervision, Reflective Practice / Clinical Supervision and have a Team member on site who you can approach for day-to-day advice and guidance.
Please note be considered for this volunteering role we require you to be
> 18 years of age or older
> Able to commit to a minimum of two days a week.
> Subject to a (CGL funded) Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.
We believe that having diverse people working as part of our team makes us the organisation that we are.
We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and to make Change Grow Live a great place to work. If you have any feedback on our recruitment processes (good or bad) we'd love to hear from you so that we can make sure they are fair and we attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible.
The safety of vulnerable children, young people and adults is our absolute priority. We will support you in your role to make sure that you are equipped to support the safety of people who use our services and those around them, to the highest standard possible.
If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:
Philip Keightley | Philip.Keightley@cgl.org.uk | 07795391186
Please note that we require you to be 18 years of age or older to be considered for this volunteering role.
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.