Recovery Worker

• To engage with a range of individuals who misuse substances and have adopted ‘street-based living’ with a view to engaging them in appropriate services and moving them into more settled lifestyles.
• Increase service user choice, service user involvement and empower service users to maintain sustainable change; working collaboratively and proactively to ensure that services are fully co-ordinated and are working collectively towards the achievement of goals and positives outcomes for each individual client.
• To build and develop service users’ personal strengths and social networks in the UK and/or in the individual’s country of origin.
• To provide a range of flexible and effective interventions to engage with hard to reach service users.

 

  

• Excellent communication, negotiation and advocacy skills.
• Confidence to build and maintain relationships with a wide range of services, representing the organisation and creating effective pathways
• Confidence to work autonomously as well as part of the team.
• The ability to work with confidence and patience with clients unwilling to engage with services and those that exhibit challenging behaviour.
• The ability to work unsociable hours as and when required.
• Good level of IT literacy, including the ability to use IT systems, including Microsoft Office applications
• Ability to critically reflect and evaluate interventions, service delivery and areas for development

 

• Experience of working as part of an outreach team
• Experience of working with people experiencing homelessness
• Experience of working within the substance misuse sector
• Knowledge of local services and geography

Please read attached Job Description for a more detailed out line of responsibilities and Person Specifications 

 

If this sounds like you and you would like to begin your journey with Change Grow Live, then we would love to talk to you.

 

 

AI can be a really helpful tool when putting together your application, and we're happy for you to use it. However, what we're most interested in is you.

 

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.

 

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.

£20.35/Hr.

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

20/10/2026

Daren Hesketh | Daren.Hesketh2@cgl.org.uk

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