Recovery Worker

Change Grow Live; Watford, Stevenage, Hatfield; On-site; GBP 49,594,000 - 56,482,000; Part time

Job summary

Change Grow Live in Hertfordshire is seeking a Recovery Worker to support individuals from entry into the service through their treatment and recovery journey. This flexible, as-needed role is based across Watford, Hertford, Stevanage or Hatfield and offers variety by fitting around other commitments.

You will work with people who use our services, provide screening, assessment, recovery planning and onward referral, and help reduce drug and alcohol related harm while promoting involvement of

Qualifications

• Understanding of substance misuse and relevant experience
• Experience with groups/pods and managing dynamics
• Strong communication skills and IT proficiency
• Ability to work independently and manage time effectively

Responsibilities

• Support service users from entry through recovery journey
• Provide screening, assessment, and recovery planning
• Reduce drug and alcohol related harm
• Deliver structured content within group settings
• Tailor workshops to service users' needs

Skills

Substance misuse knowledge

Group facilitation

Communication skills

Time management

Partnership working

IT literacy

Relationship building

Job description

Overview

Do you want to work for a caring organisation that believes in people?

Do you want to make a difference?

As a Recovery Worker with Change Grow Live you’ll work with people who use our services, helping them get to where they want to be.

With this role you’ll be working as part of our Hertfordshire teams, based in either, Watford, Hertford, Stevanage or Hatfield.This is a flexible position where you’ll work on an as-needed basis. It’s ideal if you’re looking for variety and the opportunity to fit work around other commitments.

The team supports people with their or their loved ones’ Drug and/or Alcohol use issues.

Where: Hertfordshire

Hours: 0

Contract Type: Sessional

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, serviceuserand 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, peersupportand self-determination
• Research,designand 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,reviewingprogress andidentifyingconcerns 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

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)

£18.01/Hr.

ILW / OLW /Fringe

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

Closing Date

22/9/2026

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

Pinder Chaggar | [e-mail] | 07881335193

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