Senior Practitioner – Detox & Rehabilitation Lead

Recovery is built on courage. Help people take the next step.

Choosing detoxification or residential rehabilitation is one of the biggest decisions someone can make on their recovery journey.

The right support at the right time can make all the difference.

At Change Grow Live, we believe everyone deserves the opportunity to change the direction of their life. Every day, we work alongside people affected by drug and alcohol use, helping them build healthier, safer and more hopeful futures.

We're looking for an experienced Senior Practitioner – Detox & Rehabilitation Lead to join our Camden service.

This is an opportunity to lead one of the most rewarding areas of recovery, supporting people preparing for detoxification and residential rehabilitation while helping colleagues develop the knowledge and confidence to deliver outstanding care.

If you're passionate about recovery, enjoy developing others and believe everyone deserves the opportunity to achieve lasting change, we'd love to hear from you.

Where you will work

Location: Camden

Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Salary: Inner London Weighting will apply to this role.

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

The opportunity

This is more than a specialist recovery role.

You'll become the clinical and operational lead for our Tier 4 detoxification and residential rehabilitation pathway, helping ensure every person receives the right support before, during and after treatment.

Working closely with the Deputy Service Manager and multidisciplinary colleagues, you'll coordinate detoxification and rehabilitation pathways, deliver specialist clinics and group programmes, and work alongside residential providers to create seamless transitions into treatment.

You'll also play a key role in developing colleagues, sharing your expertise and embedding best practice across the service, ensuring people receive consistent, high-quality support throughout one of the most important stages of their recovery.

What you'll be doing

You'll:

• Lead and coordinate Camden's detoxification and residential rehabilitation pathway.
• Support people preparing for community, inpatient and residential detoxification and rehabilitation.
• Deliver specialist one-to-one and group interventions that promote recovery and sustained engagement.
• Work closely with residential providers, hospitals and partner agencies to coordinate care.
• Support staff development through coaching, guidance and clinical leadership.
• Monitor outcomes, review care plans and help drive continuous improvement across the service.
• Promote evidence-based practice, safeguarding and person-centred care throughout the pathway.

About you

You're someone who believes recovery is possible and understands the importance of supporting people through some of the most challenging moments of their lives.

You'll combine strong clinical knowledge with compassion, professionalism and the ability to build trusted relationships with both people using our services and colleagues.

You'll bring:

• Experience working within drug and alcohol services or a related health and social care setting.
• A strong understanding of community detoxification and residential rehabilitation pathways.
• Knowledge of clinical prescribing and substitute prescribing programmes.
• Experience delivering evidence-based psychosocial interventions in both one-to-one and group settings.
• Excellent partnership working and communication skills.
• The confidence to coach, support and develop colleagues.
• A commitment to delivering safe, high-quality, recovery-focused care.

What we will give to you

• 25 days' holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 30 days with length of service.
• A paid Wellness Hour every week.
• Access to our Wellness Hub and Employee Assistance Programme.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Ongoing learning, specialist training and career development opportunities.
• Flexible working arrangements where service needs allow.
• Employee discounts and our Refer a Friend Scheme.
• A supportive, collaborative team where your expertise is valued and your development is encouraged.

Help people take one of the most important steps in their recovery.

Every person who chooses detoxification or rehabilitation is taking a significant step towards changing their life.

Your expertise, encouragement and leadership will help them make that journey with confidence.

Our values — Be open. Be compassionate. Be bold. — shape every conversation, every decision and every opportunity to make a difference.

When completing your application, please demonstrate how your skills, experience and motivation align with the requirements of the role.

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. Unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or visa extensions for this role.

We want to get to know you, not an AI tool. Please make sure your application is written in your own words and genuinely reflects your skills, experience and motivation.

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

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.