Recovery Support Volunteer- Opiate Team

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Overview

Making the decision to enter treatment can be an intimidating experience for the people we support. You can make a difference.

As a Volunteer Opiate Recovery Worker with Change Grow Live you'll work with people who use our services, helping them get to where they want to be.

Responsibilities

With this role you'll be working as part of Opiate team, based in Widnes

We are recruiting for two roles within the team

One role will be to support our Over The Counter pathway, including group delivery one to one support and admin tasks

The other role will involve supporting and developing our Buvidal offer, which will also include working alongside the clinical team as well as group work, one to one support and admin tasks.

Please indicate your preference and area of interest in your application...

No two days are the same and we treat every person who comes into our service as an individual, so being flexible, curious and a good listener are key.

We will support you in this volunteering role by ensuring that you receive regular supervision, and have someone on site who you can approach for day-to-day advice and guidance. In return for the time you give you will receive valuable training and gain experience and skills. You'll be making a real difference too.

Our values are to be compassionate, open and bold. If this sounds like you we'd love to hear from you so click apply.

Compulsory training will be taking place on the following dates, please be aware you would need to attend for these prior to commencing a role:

Tuesday 24th June - Runcorn (9:30-3)

Monday 30th June - Runcorn (9:30-3)

Wednesday 2nd July - Widnes site (9:30-12)

Closing Date

7/5/2025

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

Rebecca McGuinness | rebecca.mcguinness@cgl.org.uk

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.