Recovery Worker

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.  

Where: Cambridgeshire 

Full Time Hours: 37.5 per week

Full Time Salary Range: £27,861.26 - £32,002.35 per annum dependant on experience (based on full time working hours, paid pro rata for part time)

Contract Type: Fixed Term until 30-Mar-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. 

With this role you’ll be working as part of the Family Intervention Recovery Support Team (FIRST).

The FIRST Recovery Worker will work in close partnership with Social Care's Targeted Support team, offering early-intervention support to parents and carers where low-level, stable drug and/or alcohol use is beginning to impact family functioning or has the potential to escalate if not addressed. The role focuses on preventing the need for statutory involvement by providing short-term, solution-focused support to strengthen family stability, reduce risk, and improve outcomes.

FIRST workers work collaboratively with families to build motivation for change, improve coping strategies, and enhance protective factors, enabling them to maintain progress within their community. Support may be delivered across local operational sites, including community venues, partner offices, and family homes where appropriate.

Our values are to be compassionate, open and bold. If this sounds like you we’d love to hear from you so click apply.

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 

• 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 

• Research, design and 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, reviewing progress and identifying concerns 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 

What we will give to you: 

• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service “Capped at 30 days” 

• 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 

• Generous Refer-a-Friend Scheme 

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. 

Direct applications only — we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.

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.