Recovery Worker

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

Job summary

Change Grow Live is seeking a dedicated role within Spectrum to support people with drug and/or alcohol issues on their recovery journey. The role involves running group work programmes, case management, and collaboration with partner agencies to improve lives. Comprehensive training is provided.

The post requires strong communication, IT skills, and the ability to work independently and in partnership with a range of professionals. DBS check at enhanced level is required.

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proactive and able to manage time effectively.
• Good IT skills and proficiency with common software.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with diverse partners.
• Ability to adapt to change while prioritising service users.
• Knowledge of information governance processes and safeguarding.

Responsibilities

• Support service users from entry through their recovery journey.
• Provide screening, assessment, and recovery planning with onward referrals.
• Reduce drug and alcohol related harm for service users and community.
• Promote involvement of carers, service users and community.
• Advocate for access to partnership services.
• Demonstrate motivational interviewing techniques.
• Ensure safeguarding for children and adults.
• Raise substance awareness and support social reintegration.
• Collaborate with professionals and stakeholders across organisations.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

IT skills

Time management

Interpersonal skills

Partnership building

Change management

Information governance

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 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: Stevanage

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

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)

£18.46/Hr.

ILW / OLW /Fringe

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

Interview Date

12/11/2026

Closing Date

9/11/2026

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