About us
Changing Lives is a nationwide charity helping people facing the most challenging of circumstances to make positive change – for good. We believe that everyone deserves a safe home, a rewarding job and a life free from addiction or abuse. We know that given the right support, anyone can change their life for the better.
Our services across the country help thousands of people each year who are experiencing a wide range of complicated challenges, including homelessness, drug and alcohol addiction, unemployment, involvement with the criminal justice system, sexual exploitation and domestic abuse. By focusing on their strengths, potential and opportunities, we support the people we work with to overcome their problems and live safe, successful, independent lives.
Our charity is powered by over 600 passionate colleagues who bring a diverse and inclusive environment for our colleagues to grow. We are proud to say that many have actual lived experience of the challenges faced by those we support. We are looking for committed and compassionate professionals to join our team, who share our enthusiasm for changing lives.
About the Service – Treatment & Recovery Services
Our dedicated treatment and recovery services offer tailored support to help people challenge dependency. We understand that recovery from dependency is a personal process, and we know that it is possible with the support.
At Changing Lives, we recognise that substance dependency is often something that emerges linked to life experiences and we are here to help people explore, make meaning and decide what changes they would like to make moving forward.
We work with people at every stage of their recovery journey. We offer an effective therapeutic support for people, and on-going support as life progresses. We also support people to connect within their communities and to other services that can help with other issues arising, including employment, housing, family relationships, mental health and more.
About the Job
We are looking for a passionate individual to join the North Yorkshire Horizons team to cover maternity leave. Alittle about the project, North Yorkshire Horizons is an integrated substance misuse and alcohol recovery service based across five locations within North Yorkshire. The team is made up of Community Asset, Treatment and Clinical teams, which together provide an inclusive and thorough experience to clients wishing to recover from, and be free from, drug and alcohol dependency.
The Community Asset Coach will manage a caseload of individuals and identify opportunities and activities for individuals based on their interests, strengths, passions and recovery plan. In addition, the successful individual will work with services users to assess and proactively support them in planning, meeting and sustaining their recovery goals. The role involves taking a community development approach in order to ensure that service users who have exited treatment are supported in developing and engaging with their own community to increase their own recovery capital.
Flexible working options available, happy to discuss at interview stage and we will consider full and part time hours. Salary and benefits pro rata for part time hours.
If you are ready to make a positive difference as a Community Asset Coach, then we would love to hear from you.
