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.
Join Change Grow Live Nottinghamshire as a Senior Practitioner and play a pivotal role in shaping high-quality, recovery-focused services within the community.
Reporting to the Locality Manager, you will provide operational leadership across the service, working collaboratively with senior colleagues, partner agencies and key stakeholders to achieve shared outcomes. As a valued member of our multidisciplinary team, you will lead on care coordination for individuals with complex needs, champion best practice and help drive service excellence across Nottinghamshire.
Where Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
Hours Full time, 37.5 Per week.
Full Time Salary £32, £34,214.21 per annum, paid pro rata
Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.
About the Role
Identify, and engage with, people who have substance misuse problems with complex physical and / or mental health needs, including co-morbidity. Providing advice, support and recovery focused structured clinical and/or psychosocial interventions to support recovery and primary health care needs.
Carry out comprehensive assessments and develop recovery plans that clearly identify how they will enable progression in addressing substance use and re/integrating into the community.
Further develop CGL's links with local recovery groups / mutual aid groups
Ensure that all aspects of confidentiality are adhered to and ensure consent to share information is always obtained.
Provide health education especially in regard to harm minimisation, blood borne viruses and overdose prevention.
Carry out key harm reduction strategies such as running of the Needle Exchange and distribution of Naloxone, after completion of appropriate training or demonstration of relevant experience.
Support the Team Leader to carry out case file audits and ensure findings encourage a culture of learning within the team, to help improve service user outcomes via the delivery of team learning packages.
Deputise for Team Leaders in meetings, when necessary
When applicable, manage the recruitment, supervision and development of Peer Mentors and Volunteers.
About You
We're looking for a compassionate, skilled and experience professional who
Has experience working with complex substance use needs in a harm reduction or recovery-focused setting.
Is passionate about empowering people to make informed choices about their health and well-being.
Has a positive leadership style and engages well with service users and colleagues
Is confident in safeguarding practice and policies
Is confident in developing partnerships to improve service accessibility and engagement.
Can provide training and guidance to colleagues, sharing knowledge around harm reduction and interventions.
What We Offer
A supportive and inclusive team culture.
25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays. Additionally, you'll receive one extra day of annual leave for each year of service during your first five years, therefore you will enjoy 30 days of leave after five years with us.
A weekly wellness hour, plus access to an Employee Assistance Programme.
Access to a pension scheme and shopping, cinema, and holiday discounts.
Training and career development opportunities.
Refer a Friend Scheme
Please reflect the attached Job Description and Person Specifications in your application.
Direct applications only — we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.
Please note This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
If this sounds like you and you would like to begin your journey with Change Grow Live, then we would love to talk to you.
CGL points 28 to 30 (£32, £34,214.20)
N/A - Outside London Weighting Area
4/3/2026
1/3/2026
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This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.