Recovery Worker

Change Grow Live; Hatfield; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Change Grow Live in Hatfield is seeking a dedicated professional to join the Spectrum team in a sessional role, supporting people with drug and/or alcohol issues on their recovery journey. You will run group work programmes, conduct screening, assessment and recovery planning, and coordinate with partner agencies to maximise outcomes for service users.

Training and development opportunities are available. Applicants should have experience in substance misuse or related fields, strong

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of substance misuse issues or experience in a similar field.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with good IT abilities.
• Proactive and able to work on own initiative with strong time management.
• Knowledge of mental health interventions, services and good practice.
• Supportive team player capable of working with a wide range of professionals.
• Appreciation of information governance and safeguarding requirements.

Responsibilities

• Supporting service users from entry into the service through their treatment/recovery journey.
• Providing screening, assessment, recovery planning and onward referral.
• Reducing drug and alcohol-related harm for service users and the wider community.
• Promoting involvement of carers, service users and the community.
• Advocating access to partner services and engaging with agencies.
• Delivering motivational interviewing and safeguarding (children and adults).
• Raising awareness of substance misuse, equality and inclusion, and first aid.

Skills

Substance misuse knowledge

Communication skills

Time management

Team player

Information governance

Job description

Overview

Change Grow Liveare 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.

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Spectrum for you to join a dynamic team committed to supporting people with drug and/or alcohol issues on their recovery journey.

This role includes key working, running and planning our group work programmes, case management and interacting with partner agencies to ensure people accessing Spectrum can improve and change their lives. Don’t worry, there is a wide array of training and development opportunities to help support you in your work.

You will work with people with mental health issues, social & health care needs and substance misuse issues.

Where: Hatfield

Hours: 0

Contract Type: Sessional

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:

• Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey
• Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral
• Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community
• Promoting carer, service user and community involvement
• Providing advocacy for access to partnership services
• motivational Interviewing
• Children’s & adult safeguarding
• Substance awareness
• Working with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives: promoting recovery, resilience, peer support and self-determination
• Acupuncture
• Equality/ diversity and inclusion,
• First aid

About you:

• Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and/or experience of working within a similar field
• Be an excellent communicator, both verbal and written with good IT skills
• Proactive and able to work on own initiative with excellent time management and prioritising skills
• Have a good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services, and good practice
• Be a supportive team player with strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work in partnership with a wide range of professionals, agencies, and internal/external stakeholders
• Ability to manage change successfully in a way that prioritises the needs of service users
• Understand the importance of information governance processes and commit to follow and apply all necessary safeguards
• Seek out learning opportunities to improve and broaden your professional knowledge and skills and to contribute and oversee the learning and development of others

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.

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

Salary Range (pro rata if part time)

£18.46/Hr.

ILW / OLW /Fringe

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

Interview Date

17/11/2026

Closing Date

12/11/2026

Heather Brooks | [e-mail] | 07881335222