Recovery Worker

Change Grow Live; Hull and East Yorkshire; Presencial; GBP 29 000 - 33 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Wellness hour weekly

Contributory pension

Discounts for shopping, cinema, etc.

Training, career development &进

Generous Refer-a-Friend Scheme

Resumo da oferta

Change Grow Live in Hull (based at HMP Hull Prison) is seeking a Recovery Coordinator to assess and engage service users, ensuring access to the right interventions at the right time and in the most suitable manner. You will support individuals through their recovery journey with tailored interventions and harm-reduction advice in a prison setting.

Join a Drug and Alcohol Recovery Team focused on facilitating one-to-one support, group programmes, and recovery-focused activities.

Qualificações

• Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience of working within a similar field.
• Experience of working with groups/pods and managing group dynamics, such as conflict or challenging behaviour.
• 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.

Responsabilidades

• Supporting service users from entry into the service 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 reintegration, promoting recovery, resilience and self-determination.
• Research, design and prepare subject matter and materials for groups / pods.
• Deliver structured content within group settings to service users at various stages of recovery.
• Debriefing and evaluations with co-facilitators after groups/pods, reviewing progress.
• Tailor workshops around service user needs (e.g., anger management, sleep disorders, relationships).

Conhecimentos

Substance misuse knowledge

Group facilitation

Communication skills

Time management

Interpersonal skills

Governance awareness

Descrição da oferta de emprego

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 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 Coordinator 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.

With this role, you’ll be working as part of Change Grow Live’s Drug and Alcohol Recovery Team, based at HMP Hull Prison, supporting people to address their substance misuse and take positive steps towards recovery.

You’ll help deliver a range of tailored interventions, including one-to-one support, group programmes, harm reduction advice and recovery-focused activities. By building trusting relationships and encouraging engagement, you’ll support individuals to understand their substance use, explore their recovery goals and access the right support for their needs.

Where: Hull

Hours: 37.5 per week

Contract Type: Permanent

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

• Research, design and prepare subject matter and materials for groups / pods.

• Deliver structured content within group settings to service users at various stages of recovery

• Engage with debriefing and evaluations with co-facilitators after groups/pods have taken place, reviewing progress and identifying concerns with service users

• Tailor specific workshops around the needs of the service users, such as: anger management, sleep disorders, relationships, etc

About you:

• Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience of working within a similar field

• Experience of working with groups/pods and managing group dynamics, such as conflict or challenging behaviour.

• 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 of annual leave, plus bank holidays. Additionally, you'll receive one extra day of annual leave for each year of service during your first five years, therefore you will enjoy 30 days of leave after five years with us.

• 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

• Generous Refer-a-Friend Scheme

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.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Salary Range (pro rata if part time)

CGL points 23 to 28 (£28,557.79 - £32,802.41)

ILW / OLW /Fringe

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

Closing Date

1/11/2026

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

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