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Volunteer Harm Reduction Support

Location Worksop-Nottinghamshire
Job ID 2026-20655
Number of Vacancies Remaining
1
Category
Volunteering in Substance Misuse Services
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Overview

Join our Team as a Volunteer! 

 

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. 

Responsibilities

This is an exciting volunteer role where you can make a real difference. The Harm Reduction Volunteer plays an important role in helping to reduce drug-related deaths. A key part of the role is engaging with service users, family members, carers, and visitors to increase awareness of overdose prevention, provide naloxone training, support stock management, and contribute to blood-borne virus (BBV) testing initiatives.

Naloxone Promotion and Training

  • Actively promote naloxone to service users, family members, carers, and other relevant individuals.
  • Provide information on opioid overdose risks and prevention.
  • Deliver naloxone awareness and administration training in line with service procedures.
  • Encourage individuals at risk of witnessing or experiencing an opioid overdose to carry naloxone.
  • Support the distribution and replacement of naloxone kits.
  • Accurately record naloxone interventions, training sessions, and distributions on CRiiS.
  • Monitor naloxone stock levels and report shortages to the relevant team members.

Blood-Borne Virus (BBV) Testing

  • Promote BBV testing to service users.
  • Offer and complete BBV testing in accordance with training, competency requirements, and service procedures.
  • Provide information on BBVs, harm reduction, and appropriate referral pathways.
  • Accurately record BBV testing activity on CRiiS.

As part of your journey with us attending our training sessions is essential to support you in your role. Our sessions will equip you with what you need to thrive in your volunteer role. 

 

Training:

Mandatory: Volunteer Induction training

Mandatory: Boundaries/Confidentiality training

Required: Drug Awareness training

Required: Harm Reduction training

Required: Alcohol Awareness training

Required: Blood Borne Virus training

Required: Naloxone training

 

We are committed to creating an environment that respects and values diversity, with a positive and supportive culture where everyone feels welcome, empowered, and represented.   

   

Interested? Please get in touch, we’d love to hear from you!  

 

Closing Date

11/8/2026

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

Lynne Jaap | Lynne.Jaap@cgl.org.uk | 07800528464

 

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.