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Salary: Real Living Wage £13.45 per hour
Location: 2 x posts. 1 covering Central (Preston, Chorley, South Ribble) and 1 covering West Lancashire (Skelmersdale)
Contract: 10hrs/week, fixed-term until 30th April 2028
Closing Date: Open Recruitment. If you have not heard from us 3 weeks after submission, please assume your application has been unsuccessful.
The Role
We are seeking two individuals to join the Active Recovery Programme team to help people in recovery from substance misuse, mental health issues to lead healthier lifestyles, build their resilience and ultimately to improve their prospects through sport and physical activities. Key responsibilities are engaging new participants in activities. Motivating/mentoring them in the community to raise Active Recovery's awareness and gain referrals. This includes working with the Area Project Leads and wider Team to deliver activities in an effective and efficient manner.
The role requests the ability to work a flexible working week to meet the needs of the people and the team. We offer activities that are created based on consultation with our participants and partners. This means being available at weekends and in the evening to support the team.
To work closely with other partners and to signpost participants to other organisations that will meet individual's needs. Safeguarding is an important part of the role and communicating any problems immediately through our Welfare portal.
Working with the Research and Insight Officer to ensure all information has been gathered and input on the Active Recovery Portal for the accurate completion of evaluation paperwork, quarterly reports and outcome measures. To be creative and develop new ideas of delivering and engaging to improve the Active Recovery Programme.
As our Active Recovery pathway is designed to help people engaged in the Programme move into voluntary and paid employment, we always welcome applications from our current volunteers. Must be registered on the volunteers portal.
Please note: An Enhanced DBS will be required for this role and conviction disclosures will be risk assessed by our Safeguarding and HR team.
How to Apply
To apply, please submit a CV and cover letter (of not more than one page), explaining clearly why you are interested in the role and suited to it (based on the person specification), to
If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Claire Yates (Active Recovery Project Lead CGL (Central)) on or
In Addition, Please Provide The Following Information
Confirmation you are eligible to work in the UK (the successful candidate will be required to provide documentary evidence before a job offer is confirmed).
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