Overview
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 a Criminal Justice Recovery Worker who has the skills and experience to assess and engage with our service users, ensuring that they access the right intervention at the right time, in a way that best meets their needs.
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.
Where: Tunbridge Wells
Full Time Salary: £27,861.26 - £32,002.35* dependent on experience
Full Time Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Contract Type: 24 month fixed term contract
*Please note: 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.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities:
1. Deliver psychosocial interventions to reduce disengagement, reduce harm and associated criminality.
2. Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral
3. Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community
4. Promoting carer, service user and community involvement
5. Providing advocacy for access to partnership services
6. 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
What we are looking for:
7. Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience of working within a similar field
8. Be an excellent communicator, both verbal and written with good IT skills
9. Proactive and able to work on own initiative with excellent time management and prioritising skills
10. Have a good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services, and good practice
11. 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
12. Ability to manage change successfully in a way that prioritises the needs of service users
13. Understand the importance of information governance processes and commit to follow and apply all necessary safeguards
14. Seek out learning opportunities to improve and broaden your professional knowledge and skills and to contribute and oversee the learning and development of others
What we will offer you:
15. Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme
16. 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising yearly for the first 5 years
17. Contributory pension scheme
18. Several benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
19. A friendly and supportive team
20. Training, career development & progression opportunities
21. Refer a Friend scheme.
Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role.
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.
Salary Range (pro rata if part time)
CGL points 23 to 28 (£27,861.26 - £32,002.35)
ILW / OLW /Fringe
N/A - Outside London Weighting Area
Interview Date
19/2/2026
Closing Date
13/2/2026