Recovery Worker
About this role
Exciting Opportunity: Recovery Worker (Part-Time)
Agency: Supportive Bridge Staffing Agency
Client: Change Grow Live (CGL) - Preston Recovery Team
Location: Preston, Lancashire
Position Type: Permanent, Part-Time (23.5 hours per week)
Salary: Pro-rata based on CGL points 23 to 28 (£28,557.79 - £32,802.41 full-time equivalent)
Closing Date: 11th October 2026
About the Role
Supportive Bridge Staffing Agency is proud to partner with Change Grow Live (CGL) to recruit a dedicated, compassionate, and versatile permanent Recovery Worker to join their recovery team in Preston on a part-time basis (23.5 hours per week).
In this vital role, you will assess and engage with service users and their loved ones, ensuring they access the right interventions at the right time. Beyond traditional casework, you will design, prepare, and facilitate structured group sessions, pods, and tailored workshops (such as anger management, sleep disorders, and relationships) to help individuals reduce harm, build resilience, and achieve meaningful social reintegration.
Key Responsibilities
Caseload & Care Planning: Support service users from initial entry through their recovery journey, providing screening, risk assessment, recovery planning, and advocacy.
Group Work & Workshops: Research, design, and deliver structured group content, pods, and tailored workshops addressing specific service user needs.
Harm Reduction & Reintegration: Deliver harm reduction strategies, promote community/carer involvement, and foster peer support and self-determination.
Collaboration & Evaluation: Work closely with internal and external stakeholders, conducting post-group debriefs and reviews with co-facilitators.
Essential Criteria
Experience & Knowledge: Strong understanding of substance misuse issues, mental health interventions, and experience working within a similar support field.
Group Work Experience: Proven experience working with groups or pods and successfully managing group dynamics, conflict, or challenging behavior.
Core Competencies: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, good IT proficiency, and a proactive, self-motivated approach to time management.
Requirements: Supportive team player with strong interpersonal skills. Must hold the legal Right to Work in the UK (note: this role is subject to an enhanced DBS check).
Key Benefits & Perks
Annual Leave: 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata), increasing by 1 extra day for each year of service during the first five years (up to 30 days).
Wellbeing Support: Paid weekly 'Wellness' hour, access to a Wellness Hub, and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
Financial & Career Support: Contributory pension scheme, extensive training, career progression pathways, and a generous refer-a-friend scheme.
Key Dates & Next Steps
Closing Date for Applications: 11th October 2026
Note: Change Grow Live reserves the right to close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received. Early application is strongly recommended.