- Advertised from 4th November 2021
- Contracted Hours Per Week: 37.5 Duration (# of months): 12
Role
Overview
Do you want to work for a caring organisation that believes in people?
Do you want to make a difference?
We are currently looking to appoint a full-time Recovery Champion based in the West Lothian Recovery Service.
We are looking for someone who has had personal substance misuse issues and is now in recovery to support service users with their own recovery journey.
As a Recovery Champion with Change Grow Live, you’ll work with people who use our services, helping them get to where they want to be.
Responsibilities
The team supports people with their or their drug and/or alcohol issues.
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. If you enjoy working in a fast paced dynamic environment, then we want to hear from you.
You’ll have to record information about what you do, so enjoying a bit of paperwork and attention to detail is important. But most of the time you’ll be enjoying working with people from all backgrounds, making a difference to their lives.
Have you always fancied working as a Drugs and alcohol worker? this role is for you, enabling you to learn and develop on the job, supporting the team in their day to day duties and learning from experienced recovery Coordinators.
This is what one of our Recovery Champions had to say: “I like the team spirit, that we all bring something different, and we always put the people who use our service first”.
Application notes
Closing Date: 21/11/2021
If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through, please contact us using the below details:
David Kelly | dave.kelly@cgl.org.uk | 07443143925
This post is subject to a Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme check at an enhanced level.
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.
Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options.
Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our team members apply these daily to achieve our mission of helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.
We have an exciting opportunity for an Administrator to join our busy South East Recovery Service. Service. Our Administration team here at Change Grow Live play an integral part in supporting the team in our mission, proving administrative and clerical support to our teams enabling them to focus on delivering our services, ensuring our service users receive the help and support they need to achieve their goals. Acting as our first point of contact our Admin team are the face of our service, speaking with our service users face to face and via the telephone, are non-judgemental, empathetic and want to make a real difference to people’s lives.
Duties for the post include dealing with initial queries, welcoming service users and professionals into the service, signposting within the service and the community. The postholder will be expected to maintain a clean office environment with thorough attention to detail and a great telephone manner. A large focus of the role is on data input to Change Grow Live’s own database system and DaiSy, the national government reporting tool. Accurate input and attention to detail are critical for this role as is ensuring the data is kept up to date. The ability to extract data and provide reports on service activity and goals will also be required.
The successful candidate will have experience of providing administrative support in a service-based organisation, a good knowledge of general office procedures, excellent IT and literacy skills, and the ability to accurately manage databases and spreadsheets. They will also need good interpersonal skills as team working is essential in this role
Substance Use Recovery Development Team Leader
- Part time
- £32,185 – £33,677 pro-rata
- Airdrie (On site)
- Closing 11th April 2024
We are seeking a part time Team Leader who is passionate and enthusiastic about recovery and who has a good track record in promoting successful recovery development work, peer support and community development initiatives.
A self-starter, and a highly skilled communicator, you will be pivotal in developing good links between treatment & support services, North Lanarkshire Recovery Community (NLRC) and aftercare provision. Employed by Recovery Scotland, you will be comfortable in working with a range of stakeholders to develop and champion a robust recovery orientated system of care that has peer development at its heart.
Length of contract: Initially to 31 March 2026, thereafter to be determined primarily by the availability of funding and the performance of the post holder.
You will:
- Have a recognised professional qualification at a minimum of SVQ level 4
- Have a demonstrable experience in managing a dedicated staff team
- Have a good understanding of and familiarity with what works to promote and sustain recovery
- Be successful in providing evidence-based recovery interventions, and
- Have an ability to work flexibly and creatively in motivating, supporting and developing people in recovery
Fife Alcohol Support Service (FASS) is Fife’s main third sector alcohol and substance misuse charity. FASS has been working on the frontline, supporting people through their issues with misuse and on to better lives for over 40 years now. Our many services range from therapeutic counselling to practical support, and we help individuals, their families and communities Fife-wide.
As our chosen candidate, you will extend this ethos of enablement throughout our dedicated teams. The organisation has evolved rapidly in recent years and we are now looking to consolidate and expand strengths across our range of services. On appointment, you will have the unique opportunity of taking FASS to its next stage of development.
You will be a dynamic individual—a visionary and great communicator. As our overall Head of Service, you will be a strategist, innovator and rational decision-maker, keen to embrace change. You will have excellent planning, analytical and negotiation skills and will steer the dedicated staff teams by example, creating an enhanced culture of collaboration and support. You will also understand the importance of a strong brand, both externally and internally, and work towards its creation.
As an experienced and effective leader, you will have sound knowledge of financial management, HR, IT and communications management and systems.
In return you will experience first-hand how FASS, under your leadership, will help people transform their lives.
With alcohol deaths rising and access to treatment at a ten-year low, Alcohol Focus Scotland’s role in advocating and supporting change has never been more important. Our Board has a vital role in ensuring the organisation is well-governed and able to deliver on our strategic plan.
Who we are
Alcohol Focus Scotland (AFS) is Scotland’s national alcohol charity, committed to preventing and reducing harm to individuals, families, communities and Scotland as a whole.
Who we are looking for
We wish to recruit up to five new Directors to join our Board. In particular, we are looking for individuals who have skills, expertise and experience in one or more of the following areas of policy, practice and governance:
Policy and practice:
- public health, Alcohol and Drugs Partnerships or alcohol service provision research and or policy development in a relevant field (e.g. alcohol or commercial determinants of health, alcohol marketing)
- public affairs or campaigns
- the impact of alcohol on children, young people and families
- business development and delivery of training to external stakeholders
Governance:
- finance and fundraising
- charity and organisational governance (incl. human resources, equality and diversity, health and safety, data protection)
- legal knowledge relevant to AFS’s objectives (e.g. licensing law)
AFS is committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work and Directors will be appointed on merit. We particularly welcome applications from people who will bring greater diversity to our Board, including from people with lived experience.
These positions are unpaid but travel expenses will be reimbursed.
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