PSI Worker

Location Wisbech-Cambridgeshire
Job ID 2025-18189
Number of Vacancies Remaining
1
Category
Health and Social Care Practitioner
Type of Contract
Fixed term employee
Duration (# of months)
4
Contracted Hours Per Week
37.50
Salary Range (pro rata if part time)
CGL points 23 to 28 (£27,861.26 - £32,002.35)
ILW / OLW /Fringe
N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

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 and grow as individuals.

 

As a PSI Worker at Change Grow Live, your focus will be on developing and delivering group/pod work programmes.  You will work with other programme facilitators and professionals within your project, to design and deliver groups/pods, using evidence based practice, covering the most appropriate issues to your service users.

 

Where: Wisbech

Full Time Hours: 37.5 per week

Full Time Salary Range£27,861.26– £32,002.35*

Contract: Fixed Term Contract until 31st March 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.

Responsibilities

About the role:

  • Provide core psychosocial interventions relevant to drug and alcohol recovery, including 1:1 key work, pod/ group based work, harm minimisation and brief interventions
  • Participate in multi-disciplinary assessments, risk management and planning using whole person and trauma- informed approaches
  • Work in collaboration with prescribing and clinical colleagues to support the delivery of specialist interventions
  • Support with onward referral to a range of treatment and community support agencies

 

About you:

  • Experience of working with groups/ pods and managing group dynamics such as conflict and challenging behaviour
  • Ability to identify the needs of groups
  • Knowledge of CBT, REBT, drug and alcohol recovery work
  • Experience of Motivational Interviewing and Psycho Social Interventions
  • Experience of how to work with challenges associated with substance and alcohol use e.g., cravings and triggers.

 

What we will give to you:

  • 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service- capped at 30 days
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme
  • Contributory pension scheme
  • A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
  • A friendly and supportive team
  • Training, career development & progression opportunities

 

Please note: This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level and vetting by the HMPPS / National Probation Service at recruitment stage as well as ability to maintain clearance on an ongoing basis

 

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 (£27,861.26 - £32,002.35)

ILW / OLW /Fringe

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

Closing Date

27/11/2025

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

Selena White | selena.white@cgl.org.uk

 

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

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