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Recovery Support Volunteer

Location Swindon-Wiltshire
Job ID 2025-15694
Number of Vacancies Remaining
5
Category
Volunteering in Substance Misuse Services
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Overview

Purpose of role:

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 a Recovery support volunteer you will be working in close collaboration with Recovery Coordinators, assisting them in their caseload management, supporting the service user through all aspects of their treatment journey. This can include completing assessments, risk management plans and undertaking one to one work. You will receive training and support and work towards holding a small caseload of low risk clients.

Training opportunities will be provided. 

 

Responsibilities

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 towards holding a small caseload of low risk service users, coordinating their treatment options
  • Document sessions on case management systems

Closing Date

4/4/2025

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

Rich Duggan | rich.duggan@cgl.org.uk | 07890066946

 

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.