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Alcohol Support Volunteer

Location York-North Yorkshire
Job ID 2024-14520
Number of Vacancies Remaining
1
Category
Volunteering in Substance Misuse Services
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Overview

At Change Grow Live 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 an Alcohol support volunteer you will be working as part of the Alcohol team, assisting them in their caseload management and supporting the service user through all aspects of their treatment journey. This can include completing assessments, supporting people in attending community and inpatient detox, assisting 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 you could, given time and experience, work towards holding a small caseload of clients.  

 

Responsibilities

Volunteering at Change Grow Live

 

  • Volunteers contribute to Change Grow Live in a variety of ways. From Admin Volunteers to Service User Reps, from Peer Mentors to Healthcare Support Volunteers, from Independent Visitors to Community Mentors each volunteer brings a unique set of skills and talents. We are incredibly grateful for all that volunteers do to support our service users.
  • If there isn’t a specific volunteering role listed for the service in your area, or have a skill you would like to donate to us you can use this listing to express your interest
  • Most of our volunteer opportunities don’t need any special qualifications. We’ll make sure you get all the training and support you need. All we ask is that you're kind, open-minded and passionate about supporting people.
  • Everyone is welcome at Change Grow Live. As a volunteer you will be treated with respect and accepted for who you are. You don’t need to have personal experience of drug and alcohol recovery to get involved

 

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

Dave Barf | david.barf@cgl.org.uk | 07548 834602

 

Please note that we require you to be 18 years of age or older to be considered for this volunteering role.

 

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.