Overview
Do you want to work for a caring organisation that believes in people?
Do you want to make a difference?
As a Sessional Recovery Coordinator with Change Grow Live you’ll work with people who use our services, helping them get to where they want to be.
With this role you’ll be working as part of the Recovery Team at HMP Bristol.
The team supports people with their or their loved ones’ drug and alcohol issues.
Please note that we will only be considering candidates with active Prison Clearance/Vetting.
Contract Type: Sessional
Hours: Ad Hoc
Location: Bristol
Responsibilities
About The Role:
- Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral
- Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community
- Promoting carer, service user and community involvement
- Providing advocacy for access to partnership services
- Working with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives: promoting recovery, resilience, peer support and self-determination
About you
- Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience of working within a similar field
- Be an excellent communicator, both verbal and written with good IT skills
- Proactive and able to work on own initiative with excellent time management and prioritising skills
- Have a good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services, and good practice
- Be a supportive team player with strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work in partnership with a wide range of professionals, agencies, and internal/external stakeholders
- Ability to manage change successfully in a way that prioritises the needs of service users
Salary Range (pro rata if part time)
£16.89/Hr.
ILW / OLW / Fringe
N/A – Outside London Weighting Area
Closing Date
10/6/2026
Contact
Ryan Young | ryan.young@cgl.org.uk
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.
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