Change Grow Live
Outreach Recovery Coordinator
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Change Grow Live (CGL)
Change Grow Live (CGL) is a national charity committed to helping people make positive changes in their lives. Guided by our values of Be Open, Be Compassionate and Be Bold, we work alongside individuals to find the right treatment, care and support to achieve lasting recovery and wellbeing.
We Are Looking for Recovery Coordinators - Rough Sleeping
This exciting role focuses on engaging people who are experiencing rough sleeping, or who are at risk of rough sleeping, and supporting them to access drug and alcohol treatment, harm reduction interventions and wider recovery support.
About The Role
In this role, you will:
- Engage people experiencing rough sleeping through planned outreach and joint working with homelessness services.
- Build trusting, strengths-based relationships that support sustained engagement in treatment and recovery.
- Deliver harm reduction and overdose prevention interventions, including naloxone provision and safer-use advice.
- Complete assessments, recovery plans and risk assessments, supporting individuals to achieve their goals.
- Facilitate rapid access to treatment, prescribing services, healthcare and wider support.
- Work collaboratively with housing, health, criminal justice and community partners to coordinate care.
- Support people through key transitions, including accommodation moves, hospital discharge and release from custody.
- Maintain accurate records and contribute to safeguarding, information sharing and multi-agency risk management.
What We Are Looking For
Essential
- Experience of working with people affected by substance use and an understanding of evidence-based treatment, harm reduction and recovery approaches.
- Experience of supporting people with multiple and complex needs, including homelessness, rough sleeping or social exclusion.
- Excellent communication, engagement and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to build rapport with individuals who may be reluctant to engage with services.
- Confidence working independently, managing a caseload and prioritising competing demands.
- Experience of partnership and multi-agency working.
- Understanding of safeguarding, risk management and professional boundaries.
- Good IT skills, including the ability to accurately maintain records and use Microsoft Office applications.
- Ability to work flexibly across community settings, including occasional early mornings, evenings or weekends when required.
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Desirable
- Experience of outreach or street-based working.
- Knowledge of local homelessness, housing and support services.
- Experience of supporting people through hospital discharge, prison release or accommodation transitions.
- Knowledge of West Sussex local services and geography.
- Driving licence and access to a vehicle.
What We Offer
- Enjoy a dedicated weekly Wellness Hour, access to our Wellness Hub, and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental and emotional health.
- We’re committed to your development, with extensive training, funded learning, and pathways into senior or specialist roles.
- Benefit from transparent pay, a contributory pension scheme, and additional support through our wellbeing resources.
- Start with 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata), increasing to the maximum 30 days over five years of service.
- Join a supportive, values-led team where you’ll feel encouraged and valued from your very first day.
- Where possible, we’re open to discussing working patterns that help you maintain a healthy work-life balance.
- Enjoy discounts on shopping, cinema trips, holidays and more, along with our Refer a Friend scheme.
Join Us
If you are passionate about reducing harm, tackling health inequalities and helping people take positive steps towards recovery, we would love to hear from you.
Please read the attached Job Description and Rough Sleeping Outreach Addendum for full details of the role and person specification.
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If this sounds like the opportunity for you, apply today and begin your journey with Change Grow Live.
If you have any questions about this opportunity or would like to speak to someone, please contact us westsussex.info@cgl.org.uk
A Note About Using AI In Your Application
AI can be a really helpful tool when putting together your application, and we're happy for you to use it. However, what we're most interested in is you.
We want to understand your experiences, achievements and strengths, so please make sure your application reflects your own story and clearly shows how you meet the essential criteria and the impact you've made in previous roles.
There's no need to write in a particular style. The strongest applications are those that are authentic, specific and clearly demonstrate your skills, experience and potential. We look forward to learning more about you.
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. More information about eligible roles and occupations can be found here Skilled Worker visa Overview - GOV.UK
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.
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.
CGL points 23 to 28 (£28,557.79 - £32,802.41)
N/A - Outside London Weighting Area
26/10/2026
18/10/2026
Sue Thorpe | sue.thorpe@cgl.org.uk
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.
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