Criminal Justice Recovery Worker

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

                        Do you want to end the day knowing you have made a difference?

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

The role of the Criminal Justice recovery worker will mainly support people coming through our prison link service as well as other areas of criminal justice involvement including courts and probation.

This role includes one-to-one key work, delivering our group work programmes, case management and interacting with partner agencies, particularly prisons, police, probation and courts, to ensure people accessing Spectrum can improve and change their lives.

Where: Stevenage

Full-Time Hours: 37.5 per week 

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

Allowances: Outer London Fringe of £694.25 (per annum)

Contract: This is a fixed term contract 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. 

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
• Liaison and partnership working including police, probation, courts, prisons.
• 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
• 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
• 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 read attached Job Description for a more detailed out line of responsibilities and Person Specifications

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. More information about eligible roles and occupations can be found here: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK

Please note you will be required to work flexibly across operational sites as required.  This role requires an enhanced DBS and Police/Prison clearance.

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.