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Recovery Support Volunteer
Organisation Details
Change Grow Live
Sub theme: Drugs, Alcohol and Addictions, Health and Wellbeing
Stellify Award: This opportunity is part of 'Make a Difference'
Organisation Description: CGL Manchester support adults who experience substance use. We offer a wide range of volunteer opportunities to individuals who have a passion to support our clients, whether they have lived experience or not.
Description of role: 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.
At CGL Manchester you will be working with people to help them change the direction of their life, grow as an individual, and live life to its full potential. As an Alcohol Recovery Support Volunteer, you will be working in close collaboration with the team, assisting them in their caseload management, supporting the service user through all aspects of their treatment journey. This can include completing assessments, supporting people to work towards community and inpatient detoxes, supporting group work and undertaking one to one work. You will be an integral team member and will play an active role in helping our service users achieve their goals. You will receive training and support and work towards holding a small caseload of low-risk clients.
Key Activities:
> Support the recovery coordinator to carry out comprehensive assessments, triage, risk assessments, risk management plans and to contribute to the development of individual community recovery plans
> Provide 1:1 key work session including harm reduction advice and recovery planning
> Support those who use our services to achieve their care plan goals
> Support and empower service users to engage in recovery activities both within Change Grow Live and the wider community
> Work towards holding a small caseload of low risk service users, coordinating their treatment options
> Document sessions on case management systems
An important part of the role is listening to people and sharing what you have heard with the service, representing their views, and using their feedback to help inform how we develop and improve our services. You will help to ensure people hear about any decisions or changes that are made because of their feedback. You will be working with Change Grow Live staff and connecting with the wider community
We also expect an assertive approach to ensuring the safety and well-being of all children, young people and adults, and applicants to these posts will need to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to best safeguarding practice. We are actively recruiting people who can offer us 1 – 3 days per week to work within our drug & alcohol service; we are specifically looking for people who are keen and enthusiastic and would be able to commit to staying as a volunteer with us for up to one year.
Interviews will take place after 30/03/26
All candidates must be available for training which will commence from 20/04/26 and will involve one day/week over seven weeks as follows:
> Mondays at Bradnor Point, Wythenshawe, M22 4TF
> Wednesdays at The Old School House, Clayton, M11 4HA
At CGL Manchester you will be working with people to help them change the direction of their life, grow as an individual, and live life to its full potential. As an Alcohol Recovery Support Volunteer, you will be working in close collaboration with the team, assisting them in their caseload management, supporting the service user through all aspects of their treatment journey. This can include completing assessments, supporting people to work towards community and inpatient detoxes, supporting group work and undertaking one to one work. You will be an integral team member and will play an active role in helping our service users achieve their goals. You will receive training and support and work towards holding a small caseload of low-risk clients.
Key Activities:
> Support the recovery coordinator to carry out comprehensive assessments, triage, risk assessments, risk management plans and to contribute to the development of individual community recovery plans
> Provide 1:1 key work session including harm reduction advice and recovery planning
> Support those who use our services to achieve their care plan goals
> Support and empower service users to engage in recovery activities both within Change Grow Live and the wider community
> Work towards holding a small caseload of low risk service users, coordinating their treatment options
> Document sessions on case management systems
An important part of the role is listening to people and sharing what you have heard with the service, representing their views, and using their feedback to help inform how we develop and improve our services. You will help to ensure people hear about any decisions or changes that are made because of their feedback. You will be working with Change Grow Live staff and connecting with the wider community
We also expect an assertive approach to ensuring the safety and well-being of all children, young people and adults, and applicants to these posts will need to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to best safeguarding practice. We are actively recruiting people who can offer us 1 – 3 days per week to work within our drug & alcohol service; we are specifically looking for people who are keen and enthusiastic and would be able to commit to staying as a volunteer with us for up to one year.
Interviews will take place after 30/03/26
All candidates must be available for training which will commence from 20/04/26 and will involve one day/week over seven weeks as follows:
> Mondays at Bradnor Point, Wythenshawe, M22 4TF
> Wednesdays at The Old School House, Clayton, M11 4HA
Skills / qualities associated with the role: IT Skills, Oral Communication Skills, Written Communication Skills
Are volunteer expenses available?: Yes
Duration of role: Ongoing / Long term
Opportunity times: Monday Morning, Monday Afternoon, Tuesday Morning, Tuesday Afternoon, Wednesday Morning, Wednesday Afternoon, Thursday Morning, Thursday Afternoon, Friday Morning, Friday Afternoon
DBS required: On
Can reasonable adjustments be made regarding additional needs?: Yes
Is this organisation part of the Sports Volunteering Scheme (SVS)?: No
Minimum hours commitment: 7.5 hours/week
Location:
CGL, 43A Carnarvon Street, Cheetham Hill
Manchester
M3 1EZ