Community Educator

 

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 have an exciting opportunity for a Community Educator to join our Inspire service! This role is Lancashire wide delivering mainly face to face targeted training and education sessions to communities and partner organisations - although there will be some element of online delivery as required. 

 

The role will also lead in partnership with the other Community Educator the development and production of alcohol and drug-related resources for the community to reduce harm, raise awareness and promote services, liaising closely with colleagues across the service and region to ensure joined-up working.

 

• 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.

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.

 

Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions. More information about eligible roles and occupations can be found here: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK

 

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

CGL points 23 to 28 (£28,557.79 - £32,802.41)

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

6/7/2026

28/6/2026

Emma Foster (Lancashire Complete Service (NEW)) | emma.foster@cgl.org.uk | 07717141106

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