Outreach Recovery Champion

North Northamptonshire | Corby Based | Full Time | Permanent

Your experience could change someone's future.

Recovery is powerful.

Not because it changes what happened in the past, but because it creates possibilities for what comes next.

At Change Grow Live, we know that some of the most inspiring recovery journeys are led by people who have walked the path themselves. People who understand the challenges, recognise the barriers and can show others that change is possible.

We're looking for an Outreach Recovery Champion to join our North Northamptonshire service, based in Corby, helping people take their first steps towards recovery and supporting them to build lives that are healthier, safer and more fulfilling.

This is more than a role. It's an opportunity to use your lived experience to create hope, build confidence and help others believe in their own potential.

Why this role matters

Recovery doesn't happen in isolation.

For many people, the journey towards lasting change begins with a single conversation, a trusted relationship, or someone who believes in their potential before they believe in it themselves.

As an Outreach Recovery Champion, you'll work alongside people who are experiencing substance use challenges, rough sleeping, homelessness, or are at risk of losing their accommodation. Using your lived experience and recovery-focused approach, you'll help individuals identify their strengths, build recovery capital and develop the confidence, connections and opportunities needed to achieve long-term, sustained recovery.

Working across communities, partner organisations and local services, you'll engage people who may be disconnected from support, helping them access treatment, rebuild relationships and take positive steps towards healthier, more stable lives. Through one-to-one support, group-based interventions and outreach activity, you'll empower individuals to make meaningful changes, reduce harm and move towards secure accommodation, improved wellbeing and greater independence.

Most importantly, you'll ensure the people we support are heard. You'll amplify their voice, champion their strengths and help shape services around what matters most to them—creating opportunities for recovery, connection and lasting change.

Who we're looking for

We're looking for someone who has lived experience of recovery and wants to use that experience to support others.

You'll bring:

• Personal experience of recovery from substance use
• A passion for helping others achieve positive change
• An understanding of the challenges people face when accessing support
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• The confidence to work independently and as part of a wider team
• A commitment to maintaining professional boundaries
• A willingness to learn, develop and grow professionally

Most importantly, you'll be someone who believes that recovery is possible and wants to help others realise that too.

The Details

Role: Outreach Recovery Champion
Location: Corby, North Northamptonshire
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time

What you'll be doing

• Supporting people to build and sustain recovery capital and achieve long-term recovery
• Delivering one-to-one interventions, recovery coaching and group-based support
• Engaging people who are rough sleeping or at risk of homelessness and supporting them towards settled accommodation
• Promoting visible recovery and strengthening links with mutual aid and recovery communities
• Working alongside partner organisations to create integrated pathways of support
• Encouraging service user involvement and ensuring people's voices influence service delivery
• Acting as a positive role model, demonstrating that recovery and positive change are possible

The role involves community outreach, partnership working and occasional evening or weekend working to meet the needs of the people we support.

Why join Change Grow Live?

Everything we do starts with people.

Guided by our values of Be Open, Be Compassionate and Be Bold, we work together to create services that are built on evidence, rooted in communities and focused on helping people achieve lasting change.

You'll join a team that values lived experience, invests in development and genuinely believes in the power of recovery.

What we offer

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 30 days with service
• A paid weekly Wellness Hour, Wellness Hub and Employee Assistance Programme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Employee benefits and discount platform
• Learning, training and development opportunities
• Supportive supervision and ongoing coaching
• Career progression opportunities across a national organisation

Our Strategy

We're building services that are:

• Built on evidence and compassion
• Rooted in communities
• Focused on prevention, recovery and long-term outcomes
• Driven by collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement

As an Outreach Recovery Champion, you'll play an important role in bringing that vision to life across North Northamptonshire.

Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.

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 this vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Recovery changed your life. Now help someone else change theirs.