Hospital Recovery Liaison Specialist

Change Grow Live; Greater London; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Wellness Hour

Pension scheme

Discounts

Team environment

Training & progression

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Job summary

Change Grow Live in Barnet is seeking a Hospital Liaison Recovery Worker to connect hospital teams with community addiction services. You will assess, support and coordinate care for individuals with substance use issues within hospital and A&E settings.

You will build strong relationships across wards, provide training and brief interventions, and contribute to improving outcomes through collaborative work with community recovery services.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of substance misuse and its impact on health and wellbeing.
• Experience delivering brief interventions or working within hospital, health or substance-use settings.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills — able to work confidently with hospital colleagues, patients and partner agencies.
• Autonomous worker who remains connected with the team.
• Able to prioritise workload and manage competing demands in fast-paced environments.
• Knowledge of safeguarding and mental health practice.
• Commitment to continuous learning and improving outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Build effective communication and referral pathways between the hospital and community addiction services.
• Act as the key liaison for acute referrals, providing timely and professional advice to hospital teams.
• Deliver alcohol and drug assessments using recognised screening tools (e.g. AUDIT), offering brief interventions and onward referral.
• Develop strong working relationships across A&E, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and other specialist wards.
• Provide advanced assessment, planning and evaluation for a small, complex caseload — ensuring safe transitions from hospital to community care.
• Support hospital staff in identifying and managing patients with substance use issues, offering guidance, awareness sessions and training.
• Work with community recovery teams to ensure assertive and effective follow-up of repeat presentations and discharges.
• Participate in service audits and research to improve practice and outcomes.

Skills

Substance misuse knowledge

Brief interventions

Communication skills

Autonomous working

Workload prioritisation

Safeguarding & MH knowledge

Continuous learning

Job description

Change Grow Live in Barnet is seeking a Hospital Liaison Recovery Worker to connect hospital teams with community addiction services. You will assess, support and coordinate care for individuals with substance use issues within hospital and A&E settings.

You will build strong relationships across wards, provide training and brief interventions, and contribute to improving outcomes through collaborative work with community recovery services.