Recovery Champion

Change Grow Live; Kingston upon Hull; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Change Grow Live, a charity based in Hull, is looking for a Recovery Champion. The role involves working with service users to build their recovery capital and support them into long-term recovery. Applicants should have personal experience with addiction and the ability to foster a supportive environment. The position offers a competitive salary, full-time hours, and numerous perks including training and 25 days of holiday.

Benefits

25 days holiday (+ bank holidays)

Paid 'Wellness' hour each week

Contributory pension scheme

Training, career development & progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Ability to work alone and as part of a team.
• Strong IT skills.

Responsibilities

• Promote visible recovery.
• Engage and re-engage service users into treatment.
• Support individuals into recovery.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Empathy

Relationship building

Calm under pressure

Education

Lived experience of drug or/and alcohol misuse

Job description

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Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options.

Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our team members apply these daily to achieve our mission of helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Recovery Champion who has the skills and experience to work with service users initiating, building, and utilising recovery capital to move into long term sustained recovery.

Where Hull

Full Time Salary £25,077.00 (pro rata)

Full Time Hours 37.5 per week (full time)

• 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

• Promote visible recovery
• Initiate and maintain links with the recovery community and mutual aid
• Provide positive role model support to service users
• To be involved in promoting and ensuring service user involvement across the service
• To engage and re-engage service users into treatment
• Promote healthier lifestyles and increase service user choice
• Promote and support individuals into both abstinence based and medically assisted forms of recovery
• To reduce alcohol and drug related harm to the individual and wider community
• Engage with a comprehensive training programme
• Contribute to the overall performance of the service to ensure that targets are achieved
  
  
  

About you

• Lived experience of drug or/and alcohol misuse
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills along with good IT skills
• Be able to build relationships with individuals with multiple needs, whilst remaining empathetic and non-judgemental towards Service Users
• Confident in working alone as well as part of a team
• Can remain calm under pressure
• Able to travel as required, including where public transport is not available
  
  
  

What we will give to you

• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays), increasing annually for the first five years.
• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Several benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
• A friendly and supportive team
• Training, career development & progression opportunities
• Refer a Friend scheme.
  
  
  

The post-holder will be required to work flexibly across all sites within an agreed number of hours to maintain the most appropriate level of service provision. This will include evening and weekend working.

The post-holder will be expected to take responsibility for personal development, identifying personal training needs and participate in regular supervision and appraisal.

Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role.

Please note This role is not eligible fo visa sponsorship if you require it to work in the UK. More information about eligible roles and occupations can be found here Skilled Worker visa Overview - GOV.UK

CGL SPOT (19) (£25,077.00 - £25,077.00)

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

6/7/2025

Matthew Butler | [e-mail] | 01482 620013

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

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

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  Other

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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