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Volunteer EIS & Assessment Support

Location Liverpool-Merseyside
Job ID 2025-18501
Number of Vacancies Remaining
1
Category
Volunteering in Substance Misuse Services
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Overview

We are a free and confidential service for adults (18+) in Liverpool who are experiencing difficulties with substances.

We believe everyone has the ability to make positive changes. We work with individuals, families, carers, and professionals to offer support that’s right for you.

 

Whether you need one-to-one help, group sessions, or access to medication and treatment, we're here for you.

 

Volunteers play a crucial role in helping us bring our vision to life and deliver our services effectively. Their dedication strengthens the quality, reach, and accessibility of our support, allowing us to help even more people.

 

Responsibilities

At RIVER 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.  Making the decision to enter treatment can be an intimidating experience so it’s paramount that we create a welcoming and caring environment which is non-judgmental.

 

Assessment is a key opportunity to engage people, your role will be to listen to our service users to understand their needs and support them to access the right intervention at the right time in a way that best meets their needs. You will be advising service users about the options that are available to them both within the service and the wider community and offering them appropriate, knowledge, advice and equipment to enable them to keep themselves safe. You will be provided with all the skills, knowledge, training and support to undertake the role.

 

  • Interviews: Will take place towards the last two weeks of February 2026
  • Training: Will start on the third week of March (1 day per week for – 6 weeks).

Closing Date

17/1/2026

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

Alison Fleet | Alison.Fleet@cgl.org.uk | 07471593468

 

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.