Recovery Worker

Overview

Change Grow Live (CGL) are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives.  

Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our teams apply these daily 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. 

Recovery Intervention Service Ealing (RISE) is an integrated end-to-end treatment and recovery service which offers a wide range of pharmacological and psychosocial interventions to Ealing residents 18 years and over to their families and significant others who are experiencing issues with drugs and/or alcohol use. RISE is a consortium, with CGL being the lead contractor, and includes Central and North West London NHS Mental Health Trust (CNWL) and two service user led organizations and Build on Belief (BOB). 

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Change Grow Live Ealing RISE for an enthusiastic, dedicated and outcome focused Recovery Worker to join our successful Ealing Drug and Alcohol Team for people experiencing homelessness on a Sessional basis. 

We’re looking for a committed professional to support Homeless individuals with substance use needs, many of whom face additional challenges such as neurodevelopmental conditions, learning disabilities, unstable housing, poor health, safeguarding concerns, and limited support networks.

You’ll manage a dedicated caseload and work flexibly across the community, offering assertive outreach.

This is a hands-on role suited to someone resilient, empathetic, and motivated to drive change where it matters.

Contract Type: Sessional

Hours: Ad Hoc / 0

Location: Ealing

Responsibilities

About the role:  

• To engage with a range of individuals who misuse substances and have adopted ‘street-based living’ with a view to engaging them in appropriate services and moving them into more settled lifestyles.
• Increase service user choice, service user involvement and empower service users to maintain sustainable change; working collaboratively and proactively to ensure that services are fully co-ordinated and are working collectively towards the achievement of goals and positives outcomes for each individual client.
• To build and develop service users’ personal strengths and social networks in the UK and/or in the individual’s country of origin.
• To provide a range of flexible and effective interventions to engage with hard to reach service users.

Abilities and Skills (essential criteria):

• Excellent communication, negotiation and advocacy skills.
• Confidence to build and maintain relationships with a wide range of services, representing the organisation and creating effective pathways
• Confidence to work autonomously as well as part of the team.
• The ability to work with confidence and patience with clients unwilling to engage with services and those that exhibit challenging behaviour.
• The ability to work unsociable hours as and when required.
• Good level of IT literacy, including the ability to use IT systems, including Microsoft Office applications
• Ability to critically reflect and evaluate interventions, service delivery and areas for development

Desirable criteria:

• Experience of working as part of an outreach team
• Experience of working with people experiencing homelessness
• Experience of working within the substance misuse sector
• Knowledge of local services and geography

Please read attached Job Description for a more detailed out line of responsibilities and Person Specifications 

If this sounds like you and you would like to begin your journey with Change Grow Live, then we would love to talk to you.

A note about using AI in your application

AI can be a really helpful tool when putting together your application, and we're happy for you to use it. However, what we're most interested in is you.

We want to understand your experiences, achievements and strengths, so please make sure your application reflects your own story and clearly shows how you meet the essential criteria and the impact you've made in previous roles.

There's no need to write in a particular style. The strongest applications are those that are authentic, specific and clearly demonstrate your skills, experience and potential. We look forward to learning more about you.

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 Range (pro rata if part time)

£20.35/Hr.

ILW / OLW /Fringe

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

Closing Date

20/10/2026

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

Daren Hesketh | [email protected] This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.