Community Educator

Change Grow Live

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

Change Grow Live is a charity dedicated to improving the lives of their Service Users through support, respect, and tailored treatment and care options. They are seeking a Community Educator to join their Inspire service in Lancashire. This role involves delivering targeted training and education sessions, primarily face-to-face, to communities and partner organizations across Lancashire, with some online delivery as needed. The role also includes developing and producing alcohol and drug-related resources in partnership with another Community Educator to reduce harm, raise awareness, and promote services, ensuring collaboration with colleagues across the service and region for integrated working.

Requirements

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent training and presentation skills and the ability to tailor messages to a wide range of audiences and communities
• Experience in planning, delivery and evaluation of a training programme.
• Ability to work independently, but also to contribute to team working.
• Ability to be flexible in working arrangements and work to tight deadlines.
• Ability to create a range of new harm reduction and health promotion resources in a variety of formats including digital which meet the needs of the population.
• Advanced IT skills including the use of MS Teams, PowerPoint, social media, websites and apps
• Knowledge of drug and or alcohol use and the relevant harm minimisation messages, or the ability to develop knowledge in this area.
• Understanding of current developments and priorities in substance misuse policy at a national and local level.
• Experience of liaising and working with professionals from a variety of services
• Evaluation and report writing skills
• A commitment to personal development.
• The ability to work outside office hours as and when required.
• Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application.
• This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.

Responsibilities

• Delivery of training and awareness raising sessions with audiences of varying levels of knowledge.
• Utilise digital platforms to deliver sessions as well as face to face delivery.
• Planning and evaluation of training or education programmes.
• Organising events and campaigns to promote or raise awareness of messages.
• Responsibility for risk management and Health & Safety requirements of the delivered training events
• Developing promotional or awareness raising materials and content.
• Developing campaigns to raise awareness of subject matter focussed on identified cohorts.
• Produce reports on the effectiveness of harm reduction campaigns and messages using qualitative and quantitative mechanisms.
• Understanding of current developments and priorities in substance misuse policy at a national and local level.
• Work collaboratively and utilise the significant knowledge and experience of colleagues and service leads to ensure the accuracy of messages provided.
• Build and maintain networks and effective working relationships with a full range of health professionals, statutory officers, and community/voluntary workers.

Benefits

• Dedicated weekly Wellness Hour
• Access to our Wellness Hub
• Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
• Extensive training
• Funded learning
• Pathways into senior or specialist roles
• Transparent pay
• Contributory pension scheme
• Additional support through our wellbeing resources
• 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata), increasing to the maximum 30 days over five years of service.
• Discounts on shopping, cinema trips, holidays and more
• Refer a Friend scheme

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed