Healthcare Assistant

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.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Health Care Assistant at our Coventry Service who has the skills and experience to support 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.
Where: Conventry Full Time Hours: 37.5 per week Full Time Salary Range : £25,****** – £26,****** (based on full time hours, pro rata for part time) Contract: Permanent *Please note: 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 Ensure BBV screening and vaccinations are comprehensively delivered Coordinate and support the Hep C treatment clinic Responsibility for the development and running of the needle exchange.
To reduce drug related harm to the individual and wider community To promote harm reduction and enable service users to improve their own health and wellbeing Develop skills and knowledge to conduct clinical interventions.
To promote and support individuals into both abstinence based and medically assisted forms of recovery About you: Excellent understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience of working within a related field.
Experience of delivering harm reduction advice and interventions, including Needle Exchange.
Experience of delivering Naloxone training.
Current Certificated Injection Technique and Immunisation Training OR willing to undertake training A commitment to multi-agency working and establishing partnerships with other professions to achieve good outcomes for the service user group, .
health services, GP\’s, hepatitis clinic etc.
Good working knowledge of physical health interventions, services and good practice.
Be a supportive team player with strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work in partnership with a wide range of professionals, agencies, and internal/external stakeholders Understand the importance of information governance processes and commit to follow and apply all necessary safeguards Seek out learning opportunities to improve and broaden your professional knowledge and skills and to contribute and oversee the learning and development of others What we will give to you: 25 days of annual leave, plus