Senior Worker/ Practitioner
CompanyChange Grow Live
Location
Portland Port, England, United Kingdom
Employment TypeFull-time
Posted At4/24/2026
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Occupation Code Skill LevelMedium Skilled
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Description
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 Senior Worker to join the HMPYOI Portland/ HMP The Verne Substance Misuse Psychosocial Interventions Service who has the skills and experience to engage our service users, ensuring that they access the right intervention at the right time, in a way that best meets their needs.
The Senior Worker will help support a recovery culture within the team and across the wider prison - utilising their expertise to help continually develop the service and support the team and people using the services.
This role will work with the Team Leader to build partnerships that will help support the recovery process and continuity of care after release. You will also cover for the Team Leader in their absence.
You will lead the team’s approach to Peer Mentoring, including capturing all key data and line managing volunteers and Support Workers at relevant sites. You will help ensure that recovery pathways in the prison are visible and effective all the way from induction to release and beyond. This post is new and is being introduced following additional funding for our Recovery Services.
Where This role is split between HMPYOI Portland/ HMP The Verne
Hours 37.5 per week
Contract Permanent
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
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 Senior Worker to join the HMPYOI Portland/ HMP The Verne Substance Misuse Psychosocial Interventions Service who has the skills and experience to engage our service users, ensuring that they access the right intervention at the right time, in a way that best meets their needs.
The Senior Worker will help support a recovery culture within the team and across the wider prison - utilising their expertise to help continually develop the service and support the team and people using the services.
This role will work with the Team Leader to build partnerships that will help support the recovery process and continuity of care after release. You will also cover for the Team Leader in their absence.
You will lead the team’s approach to Peer Mentoring, including capturing all key data and line managing volunteers and Support Workers at relevant sites. You will help ensure that recovery pathways in the prison are visible and effective all the way from induction to release and beyond. This post is new and is being introduced following additional funding for our Recovery Services.
Where This role is split between HMPYOI Portland/ HMP The Verne
Hours 37.5 per week
Contract Permanent
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.
- Support the development of service-based recovery communities.
- Assist and carry out appropriate screening processes including DBST, urine and saliva tests, 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.
- Engage in regular consultation with service users to maintain the quality of the service, supporting staff by encouraging service user engagement.
- Provide health education especially regarding harm minimisation, blood borne viruses and overdose prevention.
- Ensure that all aspects of confidentiality are adhered to.
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience of working within a related field.
- Knowledge and experience of multi-agency working and establishing partnerships with other professions to achieve good outcomes for the service user group.
- Ability to communicate complex information to individuals and groups in a way that is easily understood.
- Written and verbal communication skills and a high degree of personal IT competency. The ability to accurately update and maintain records in a timely fashion and to work to deadlines for the submission of information.
- Excellent team working and interpersonal skills, maintaining a highly cooperative approach to supporting colleagues in delivering service objectives.
- 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.
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.
CGL points 28 to 30 (£32,002.35 - £34,214.20)
N/A - Outside London Weighting Area
12/5/2026
2/5/2026
Laura Pauffley | laura.pauffley@cgl.org.uk | 01305 715 883
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.