Lived Experience Support Worker, Ref:0176ZS

Occy; Liskeard; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 31,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing benefits

Job summary

WithYou Cornwall's Liskeard team is seeking a Lived Experience Support Worker to help vulnerable clients on their recovery journey. You will be based at the Liskeard office and draw on your own lived experience of drug or alcohol issues to engage and motivate service users, while maintaining professional boundaries.

This permanent, part-time role (18.75 hours per week) offers a pro rata salary of £27,250 per year, including a £1,000 allowance.

Qualifications

• You must have personal lived experience of drugs or alcohol.
• Relevant health and social care experience (voluntary or paid).
• Able to build trust while maintaining professional boundaries.
• Desire to use your lived experience to engage and motivate service users.

Responsibilities

• Support clients along their recovery journey.
• Engage clients through outreach, harm reduction, structured interventions and activities.
• Collaborate with Recovery Workers and other in-house services.
• Maintain professional boundaries and safeguarding in all interactions.

Skills

Lived Experience

Care Experience

Trust Building

Teamwork

Boundaries

Job description

We are looking for a Lived Experience Support Worker to join our North and East team. You will be based at our Liskeard office. This role is suitable only for candidates who have had personal lived experience of drug and alcohol issues and who are willing to draw on this experience in their day to day work. This is likely to involve disclosure of this personal experience.

We are part of a large integrated drug and alcohol service working with some of Cornwall's most excluded and disadvantaged people. Successful candidates will work as part of the adult community team, alongside in-house services which include outreach, hospital, clinical, criminal justice and a residential rehabilitation facility.

The successful candidate will work alongside Recovery Workers, using your knowledge and experience to encourage people to use the service and support them when they are not, working with individuals to achieve their goals. Using your lived experience, you will support our clients with their journey either into recovery or maintaining their recovery.

Our Lived Experience Support Workers are an active and integral part of our teams, bringing ideas and solutions so we can develop and improve our recovery communities and helping our clients to get onto the path to recovery. In your role, you will reach people through outreach, harm reduction, structured interventions and activities and will show through your own experience, knowledge and learning that change is possible.

We’re looking for a compassionate and motivated individual, with an exceptional ability to build meaningful relationships:

• You will have been on your own journey with drugs or alcohol.
• You will have relevant experience (voluntary or paid) in the health and social care sector and/or clear motivations for applying.
• You will be able to develop relationships of trust whilst maintaining professional boundaries.
• Ability to work effectively with people regardless of their backgrounds.
• You will have the ability to be part of a team and also be able to use your own initiative and work alone.
• Ability to build effective relationships with colleagues and other agencies.
• 12 months not in treatment and 24 months away from problematic substance misuse.
• Willingness to use personal experience to engage and motivate service users.
• Driving licence and access to a vehicle is desirable.

Above all, we are looking for someone who is passionate about what we do and has a positive and engaging approach to our clients and key stakeholders.

Join our team as a Lived Experience Support Worker in Liskeard.

Are you a compassionate and motivated individual who wants to change people’s lives? Our Liskeard Community Drug and Alcohol service is looking for a Lived Experience Support Worker to join them in providing high quality recovery care to a diverse client group. If you are looking for a role where you can connect with and support people who are using drugs or alcohol using your own lived experience, and are passionate about changing people’s lives for the better, we’d love to hear from you.

As a Lived Experience Support Worker in Cornwall you’ll join us on a salary of £27,250 per annum pro rata (this includes a £1,000 per annum allowance). This role is permanent and part time working 18.75 hours per week.

In Cornwall, you’ll be part of a dedicated local team supporting people across our communities to make positive, lasting changes. At WithYou, we’re committed to supporting our staff just as much as the people we work alongside. You’ll have access to a supportive and inclusive team environment and a range of wellbeing benefits to help you thrive both professionally and personally. If you’d like to find out more about joining our Cornwall service, please get in touch with our Recruitment Team at [e-mail].

Please note that having experienced your own journey with drugs or alcohol and being willing to use that experience to help others is essential for this position.

The closing date for applications is 14th October 2026.

Please note: This role may close earlier than the stated deadline if we receive a high volume of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.