Harm Reduction Lead

Change Grow Live; Liverpool; Presencial; GBP 36.000 - 38.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

25 days holiday pro rata

Contributory pension scheme

Wellness initiatives and employee ass.

Various discounts and benefits

Opportunities for career development

Refer a Friend Scheme

Descripción de la vacante

Change Grow Live in Liverpool is seeking a Harm Reduction Lead to steer the service's harm reduction offer, ensuring evidence-based approaches inform delivery. You will lead training, collaborate with internal and external partners, and champion safer practices for people who use drugs and alcohol.

The role requires extensive experience in harm reduction, stakeholders engagement, and line management, with a focus on improving health outcomes and service quality across the organisation.

Formación

• Significant knowledge of harm reduction and health promotion interventions relating to drug and alcohol use.
• Experience in drug and alcohol treatment delivering harm reduction advice and guidance to colleagues and wider communities.
• In-depth knowledge of needle exchange provision including harm minimization, appropriate equipment and safer injecting techniques.
• Experience developing and delivering bespoke training and awareness raising packages for internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to build and maintain networks and effective working relationships with a full range of health professionals, statutory officers, and community/voluntary workers.
• Understanding of current developments and priorities in substance misuse policy at a national and local level.
• Line management experience including coaching and staff development.

Responsabilidades

• Lead harm reduction strategies and programmes across the service.
• Coordinate Needle and Syringe Programme provision and training.
• Monitor local drug trends and produce alerts for LDIS.
• Oversee Naloxone provision and training.
• Engage with people who use drugs to shape service delivery.
• Develop resources for IPED users and wider community.
• Lead on training for external partners and staff.

Conocimientos

Harm reduction

Training delivery

Stakeholder engagement

IPEDs knowledge

Leadership

Line management

Data analysis

Descripción del empleo

Overview

Believe in People?

The best people have one thing in common.

They care.

At Change Grow Live, our commitment to making a difference in the lives of our Service Users is unwavering. We provide support, respect, and a safe environment, tailoring our approach to each individual's needs to find the best treatment and support options.

Guided by our core values of being open, being compassionate, and being bold, our team embodies these principles daily, striving to empower individuals to reshape their lives, foster personal growth, and embrace life to its fullest.

Are you wanting to develop your career and make a difference to the lives of people in Liverpool? Do you want to use your expert Harm Minimisation knowledge to ensure that everyone has the right information to make informed choices?

If so, join our vibrant and passionate team in Liverpool as our Harm Reduction Lead.

Location: Liverpool

Hours:Full-time (37.5 hours per week)

Contract Type: Permanent

Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.

Responsibilities

About the role

The postholder will lead the harm reduction offer across the service, working with a range of internal and external stakeholders to ensure both the ethos and the evidence base of harm reduction informs all aspects of service delivery.

The postholder will Champion an organisational and wider systems culture which believes in people who use drugs and alcohol, giving them the respect and freedom of choice to improve their health and wellbeing.

The role will lead on internal and external training and awareness raising to improve understanding and outcomes for people who use drugs and alcohol.

Key activities include:

• To maintain an awareness of, implement, maintain, and evaluate effective Health Promotion and Harm Reduction strategies and programmes related to individuals, communities and organisations that work with individuals with drug and/or alcohol use disorders.
• To be responsible for delivery of the Needle and Syringe Programme provision in the area, ensuring colleagues are trained and competent, as well as appropriate advice and equipment is provided in all needle exchange locations. Encourage the return of used equipment to reduce associated harms to individuals and impact on the communities. Ensure effective provision via Pharmacies and promote NSP Direct.
• To maintain a current knowledge of appropriate and evidence-based harm reduction interventions.
• To monitor local intelligence around overdose and changes in drug trends, creating drug alerts as needed and feeding into LDIS systems locally and nationally.
• To lead the service Naloxone provision, including Naloxone Champions and stakeholder training, stock management, and leading on peer to peer Naloxone distribution.
• To liaise with wider teams ensuring provision of BBV testing, vaccination and treatment is available to all including those only accessing needle exchange services.
• To engage with people who use drugs or alcohol to ensure the service continues to offer the appropriate levels of quality harm minimisation advice, building in feedback to shape and enhance the service offer.
• To lead on the service offer for people who use Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs (IPED’s) ensuring access to both equipment and advice is available and delivered to high standards.
• To work with internal and external partners to develop resources, participate in, and where possible lead on research into areas of harm reduction which would benefit service users and wider communities.
• To reduce drug related harm to the individual and wider community, including reducing harms associated with use of substances across the life course whilst improving wellbeing by tapping into, and facilitating access into, community and specialist resources available.
• To oversee the delivery of harm reduction education, awareness and prevention training within service and ensure a bespoke offer is available to external partners and community members.
• To oversee the design and delivery of wider drug and alcohol training to colleagues, providing refresher sessions and updates as appropriate.
• To lead on the delivery of training and awareness raising of drug and alcohol and wider health issues to external system partners, developing bespoke training to meet the needs of each stakeholder.
• To lead on the development of new, evidenced based resources to educate on emerging trends and raise awareness of risks or harms.
• To lead the development and production of alcohol and drug-related resources for service users and people not in service to reduce harm, raise awareness and promote services, liaising closely with internal and external partners to share wider messages. Leadership
• To provide leadership within the service, including providing support, coaching and teaching to staff working in the service around harm reduction and areas of specialist knowledge, covering both drug and alcohol service users.
• To provide operational line management of a team of staff which includes supervision (with reflective practice), appraisal, performance and sickness management as well as ensuring staff follow CGL and external policies applicable to their roles.
• To ensuring quality of service delivery through data analysis and engaging staff in service quality improvement planning. Where necessary, create team and individual performance plans to improve quality and performance.

About You

• Understanding of current developments and priorities in substance misuse policy at a national and local level.
• Significant knowledge of harm reduction and health promotion interventions relating to drug and alcohol use.
• Relevant recent experience of working within drug and alcohol treatment delivering harm reduction advice and guidance to colleagues and wider communities.
• In depth knowledge of needle exchange provision including harm minimization, appropriate equipment and safer injecting techniques.
• In depth knowledge and experience of working with IPED users providing advice and guidance and seeking feedback to shape service delivery.
• Significant experience of developing and delivering bespoke training and awareness raising packages for internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to build and maintain networks and effective working relationships with a full range of health professionals, statutory officers, and community/voluntary workers.
• Knowledge of the issues facing people who use drugs or alcohol including appropriate medical interventions, social care, and health issues.
• A clear understanding of the need for and ability to deliver quality services.
• Line management experience including coaching and staff development.

We offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Ongoing professional development and training.
• 25 days holiday pro rata(+ bank holidays), increasing by 1 day annuallyin the first five years.
• Wellness initiatives and employee assistance programs.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Various discounts and benefits.
• Opportunities for career development and progression.
• Refer a Friend Scheme

Direct applications only — we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.

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

A note about using AI in your application

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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 authentic, specific and clearly demonstrate your skills, experience and potential. We look forward to learning more about you.

Salary Range (pro rata if part time)

CGL points 31 to 33 (£36,101.10 - £38,114.53)

ILW / OLW /Fringe

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

Closing Date

8/11/2026

If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:

Anthony Ungi | [e-mail]

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