Recovery Worker

Change Grow Live; Horsham; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

An established charity is seeking a dedicated Recovery Worker to support individuals on their journey to recovery. This role involves assessing and engaging with service users, ensuring they receive the right interventions at the right time. The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and excellent communication skills. Join a compassionate team committed to making a positive impact in the community, where every day brings new challenges and opportunities to help others lead fulfilling lives.

Benefits

25 days holiday (+ bank holidays)

Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week

Contributory pension scheme

Discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays

Training and career development opportunities

Friendly and supportive team

Refer a friend scheme

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of substance misuse issues.
• Experience working within a similar field.
• Good working knowledge of mental health interventions.

Responsibilities

• Supporting service users through their treatment/recovery journey.
• Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning.
• Reducing drug and alcohol-related harm.

Skills

Substance Misuse Understanding

Excellent Communication

Time Management

Mental Health Knowledge

Interpersonal Skills

Tools

IT Skills

Job description

Overview

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 aim 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 Worker who has the skills and experience to assess and engage with our service users, ensuring that they access the right intervention at the right time, in a way that best meets their needs.

The role will also involve engaging services users and supporting them to navigate treatment, working in partnership with Housing Officers to assist with addressing substance misuse issues by promoting engagement and whilst working with Housing Officers to identify those clients that exist within our services who need support with tenancy sustainment.

As directed by the Team Leader, the post-holder will be an integral member of a multi-disciplinary team promoting STAR and engaging service users and delivering psycho-social interventions, support clients to navigate clinical treatment pathways. The post holder will co-locate between CGL substance misuse settings and housing offices as needed.

The post-holder will be part of a team that provides screening, comprehensive assessments, and care planning for new service users in outreach, delivering harm minimisation training and interventions as well as coordinating treatment for clients identified as having a housing need.

No two days are the same and we treat every person who comes into our service as an individual, so being flexible, curious and a good listener are key.

Where: Hastings

Full- Time Hours: 37.5 Per week

Full Time Salary Range: £27,861.26- £32,002.35

Contract Type:Fixed Term until 31st March 2026

*Please note: 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
• 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

About you:

• Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and 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

What we will give to you:

• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service “Capped at 30 days”
• 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 and receive vouchers if candidate is successful.

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.

If you require sponsorship, please note that this role is not eligible for a Health and Care Worker visa. You may be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route but must meet the minimum salary requirements for the role. You can find out more hereSkilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

If this sounds like you and you would like to begin your journey with Change Grow Live, then we would love to talk to you.

Salary Range (pro rata if part time)

CGL points 23 to 28 (£27,861.26 - £32,002.35)

ILW / OLW /Fringe

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

Closing Date

13/5/2025

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

Sue French | [e-mail] post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.