Recovery Worker

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

Job summary

Join a leading charity as a Recovery Worker in Stevenage, supporting individuals on their recovery journeys. This role emphasizes individualized care, strong communication, and teamwork, while offering competitive pay, benefits like wellness hours, and training opportunities. If you’re passionate about making a difference, we want to talk to you.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Paid wellness hour each week

Contributory pension scheme

Employee Assist Programme

Training and career development

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of substance misuse
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
• Knowledge of mental health interventions

Responsibilities

• Assess and engage service users effectively
• Provide screening and recovery planning
• Support service users' social reintegration

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Time Management

Flexibility

Education

Understanding of substance misuse issues

Knowledge of mental health interventions

Job description

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 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.

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 Stevenage

Full Time Hours 37.5 per week

Full Time Salary Range £27,861.26 - £32,002.35 (pro rata for part time hours)

Allowance Outer Fringe Weighting £694.25 (paid pro rata)

Contract Type Maternity Cover- Contract to end 24th February 2026.

• 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.
  
  
  

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
• Prevent training
• 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 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 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
  
  
  

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 here Skilled 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.

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

Outer Fringe (£694.25)

8/7/2025

24/6/2025

Raymond Jay | [e-mail] | 07881335225

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