Outreach and Engagement Recovery Worker

 

This role is for someone who is adaptable, eager to learn, and determined to empower others to overcome challenges. Whether your experience is personal, professional, or both, your unique perspective and willingness to grow make you an ideal candidate. If you’re ready to bring your energy, compassion, and resilience to this role, we want to hear from you.

 

• →Lived Experience or Understanding of Substance Use Challenges: Your personal journey or understanding of substance use and recovery gives you a unique perspective and ability to empathise with those you support.
• →A Desire to Lead and Inspire: If you’re not experienced in facilitating groups yet, you’re eager to learn. You are confident in building connections, engaging others, and handling challenges with empathy and professionalism.
• →Strong Interpersonal and Communication Skills: You are a great listener, a clear communicator, and comfortable learning new IT skills to enhance your work.
• →Proactive and Eager to Learn: You bring energy and initiative, ready to develop your skills, manage your time effectively, and embrace challenges with a positive outlook.
• →Awareness of Mental Health and Recovery: Whether through experience or curiosity, you’re passionate about understanding mental health and the journey to recovery, and you’re ready to expand your knowledge in these areas.
• →Team-Oriented and Collaborative: You work well with others, valuing the strengths of diverse teams and building strong relationships with professionals, stakeholders, and the community.
• →A Commitment to Making a Difference: You understand the importance of safeguarding and confidentiality and are eager to grow, improve, and contribute to the success of the team and the people we support.

 

 

We want to understand your experiences, achievements and strengths, so please make sure your application reflects your own story and clearly shows how you meet the essential criteria and the impact you've made in previous roles.

There's no need to write in a particular style. The strongest applications are those that are authentic, specific and clearly demonstrate your skills, experience and potential. We look forward to learning more about you.                     

 

  

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)

Inner London Weighting (£4,236.47)

19/10/2026

Flavia Ribeiro Gil (Southwark Adult & Yarmouth) | Flavia.RibeiroGil@cgl.org.uk | 07780639771

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