Volunteer Recovery Support (Alcohol) at change grow live CGL

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Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

10 May, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

09 Feb, 26

Experience

0 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Assessment, Risk Management, Harm Reduction, Recovery Planning, Community Engagement, Listening, Documentation, Team Collaboration

Industry

Hospitals and Health Care

Description

Overview Volunteering with Change Grow Live is a great way to make a real difference in people’s lives whilst gaining valuable experience. Whether you want to give back to your community, develop new skills, or meet like-minded people, there are plenty of reasons to get involved. Volunteers make an enormous contribution to our work at Change Grow Live. Last year over 1400 volunteers donated over a quarter of million hours of their time to our organisation. Would you like to join our growing team of volunteers, and make a real difference? Responsibilities At CGL Waltham Forest you will be working with people to help them change the direction of their life, grow as an individual, and live life to its full potential. As a Recovery Support Volunteer, you will be working in close collaboration with the team, assisting them in their caseload management, supporting the service user through all aspects of their treatment journey. This can include completing assessments, supporting people to work towards community and inpatient detoxes, supporting group work and undertaking one to one work. You will be an integral team member and will play an active role in helping our service users achieve their goals. You will receive training and support and work towards holding a small caseload of low-risk clients. Key Activities: Support the recovery coordinator to carry out comprehensive assessments, triage, risk assessments, risk management plans and to contribute to the development of individual community recovery plans Provide 1:1 key work session including harm reduction advice and recovery planning Support those who use our services to achieve their care plan goals Support and empower service users to engage in recovery activities both within Change Grow Live and the wider community Work towa holtowardsding a small caseload of low-risk service users, coordinating their treatment options Document sessions on case management systems An important part of the role is listening to people and sharing what you have heard with the service, representing their views, and using their feedback to help inform how we develop and improve our services. You will help to ensure people hear about any decisions or changes that are made because of their feedback. You will be working with Change Grow Live staff and connecting with the wider community. We also expect an assertive approach to ensuring the safety and well-being of all children, young people and adults, and applicants to these posts will need to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to best safeguarding practice. We are actively recruiting people who can offer us 1 – 3 days per week to work within our drug & alcohol service; we are specifically looking for people who are keen and enthusiastic and would be able to commit to staying as a volunteer with us for up to one year. Closing Date 2/3/2026 If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details: John Stokes | John.stokes@cgl.org.uk | 07407826747 This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.

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Responsibilities

As a Recovery Support Volunteer, you will assist in caseload management and support service users throughout their treatment journey. This includes conducting assessments, supporting detox processes, and engaging in one-on-one and group work.