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Senior Worker

Location Exeter-Devon
Job ID 2026-19677
Number of Vacancies Remaining
1
Category
Health and Social Care Practitioner
Type of Contract
Permanent employee
Contracted Hours Per Week
37.50
Salary Range (pro rata if part time)
CGL points 28 to 30 (£32,002.35 - £34,214.20)
ILW / OLW /Fringe
N/A - Outside London Weighting Area
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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, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.
 
We are currently recruiting a Senior Worker to work as part of the HMP Exeter  service delivering psychosocial interventions to service users in the HMP Exeter. Our ideal candidate will have 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.
 

The Senior Worker will help support a recovery culture within the team and across the wider prison – utilising their expertise to help continually develop the service and support the team and people using the services. You will work with the Team Leader to build partnerships that will help support the recovery process and continuity of care after release. You will also cover for the Team Leader in their absence.

 

The Post Holder will lead the team’s approach to Peer Mentoring, including capturing all key data and line managing volunteers and Support Workers at relevant sites. You will help ensure that recovery pathways in the prison are visible and effective all the way from induction to release and beyond.

 
This position may include evenings, weekends and bank holiday working. 

 

Where: HMP Exeter

Hours: Full time, 37.5 per week
 
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.

Responsibilities

About the role: 

 

  • Identify, and engage with, people who have substance misuse problems with complex physical and / or mental health needs, including co-morbidity. 
  • Support the development of service-based recovery communities. 
  • Assist and carry out appropriate screening processes including DBST, urine and saliva tests, after completion of appropriate training or demonstration of relevant experience. 
  • Support the Team Leader to carry out case file audits and ensure findings encourage a culture of learning within the team. 
  • Engage in regular consultation with service users to maintain the quality of the service, supporting staff by encouraging service user engagement. 
  • Provide health education especially regarding harm minimisation, blood borne viruses and overdose prevention. 
  • Ensure that all aspects of confidentiality are adhered to. 

 

About you:

 

  • Excellent knowledge and understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience of working within a related field. 
  • Knowledge and experience of multi-agency working and establishing partnerships with other professions to achieve good outcomes for the service user group. 
  • Ability to communicate complex information to individuals and groups in a way that is easily understood. 
  • Written and verbal communication skills and a high degree of personal IT competency. The ability to accurately update and maintain records in a timely fashion and to work to deadlines for the submission of information. 
  • Excellent team working and interpersonal skills, maintaining a highly cooperative approach to supporting colleagues in delivering service objectives. 

 

 

 

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 
  • A great selection of 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. 

 

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

 

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 is subject to review in line with the 2025/26 pay award.

Salary Range (pro rata if part time)

CGL points 28 to 30 (£32,002.35 - £34,214.20)

ILW / OLW /Fringe

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

Interview Date

7/5/2026

Closing Date

29/4/2026

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

Dorota Adametz | dorota.adametz@cgl.org.uk | 01392415915

 

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

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We believe that having diverse people working as part of our team makes us the organisation that we are.

We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and to make Change Grow Live a great place to work. If you have any feedback on our recruitment processes (good or bad) we’d love to hear from you so that we can make sure they are fair and we attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible.

The safety of vulnerable children, young people and adults is our absolute priority. We will support you in your role to make sure that you are equipped to support the safety of people who use our services and those around them, to the highest standard possible.