Recovery Worker

Change Grow Live is a charity dedicated to making a difference in service users' lives by offering support and respect in a safe environment. Our core values—‘Be open, be compassionate, and be bold’—guide our team in helping individuals change their lives, grow, and live to their full potential.

About the role

• Support service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey.
• Provide screening, assessment, and recovery planning, including onward referral.
• Reduce drug and alcohol-related harm to service users and the wider community.
• Promote carer, service user, and community involvement.
• Provide advocacy for access to partnership services.
• Work with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives by promoting recovery, resilience, peer support, and self-determination.
• Research, design, and prepare subject matter and materials for groups/pods.
• Deliver structured content within group settings to service users at various stages of recovery.
• Engage in debriefing and evaluations with co-facilitators after groups/pods, reviewing progress and identifying concerns with service users.
• Tailor specific workshops around the needs of service users, such as anger management, sleep disorders, and relationships.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience working within a similar field.
• Experience working with groups/pods and managing group dynamics, including conflict or challenging behavior.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, along with good IT skills.
• Proactive with the ability to work on your own initiative, demonstrating excellent time management and prioritization skills.
• Good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services, and best practices.
• Supportive team player with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work in partnership with a wide range of professionals, agencies, and internal/external stakeholders.
• Ability to manage change successfully while prioritizing the needs of service users.
• Understanding of information governance processes and commitment to following and applying all necessary safeguards.
• Seek out learning opportunities to improve and broaden professional knowledge and skills, and contribute to the learning and development of others.

Benefits

• 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays. One extra day of annual leave for each year of service during the first five years (30 days after five years).
• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week, along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assistance Programme.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Several benefits including discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, and more.
• A friendly and supportive team.
• Training, career development, and progression opportunities.
• Generous Refer-a-Friend Scheme.

Pay

£28,557.79 - £32,802.41 per year (pro rata for part-time hours), plus an Outer Fringe allowance of £711.60.

Schedule

• Part-time: 22.5 hours per week.
• Permanent contract.
• Based in Hertford.

This role is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK; visa sponsorship is not available.