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Criminal Justice Volunteer

Change Grow Live

Reading

On-site

GBP 10,000 - 40,000

Full time

30+ days ago

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An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Criminal Justice Support Volunteer to make a meaningful impact in the lives of individuals navigating recovery. In this rewarding role, you will collaborate with experienced recovery coordinators, assisting them in managing caseloads and providing essential support to service users. Your responsibilities will include conducting assessments, facilitating group activities, and empowering individuals to achieve their recovery goals. With comprehensive training and a supportive team environment, this opportunity offers invaluable experience in the criminal justice and recovery fields. If you are passionate about helping others and want to contribute to positive change, this role is perfect for you.

Experience in supporting individuals in recovery is beneficial.
Ability to conduct assessments and manage risks effectively.

Support the Criminal Justice Recovery Coordinator with assessments and recovery plans.
Provide one-on-one support and facilitate recovery activities.

Assessment Skills

Risk Management

Communication Skills

Empathy

No specific educational qualification required

Case Management Systems

Overview

At Change Grow Live you will support people to help them change the direction of their life, grow as an individual, and live life to its full potential.

As a Criminal Justice Support Volunteer, you will be working in close collaboration with Criminal Justice Recovery Coordinators and Criminal Justice Services. You will be assisting Criminal Justice Recovery Coordinators in their caseload management, supporting the service user through their community order or licence conditions. This can include completing assessments, risk management plans, support in facilitating groups and undertaking one to one work.

This is an exciting opportunity which will allow you to gain experience of working within both the Recovery Coordinators and criminal justice fields. You will be part of a supportive team and will receive comprehensive training and guidance to develop within the role. This is a rewarding role where you can make a real difference to the lives of others.

Responsibilities

Support the Criminal Justice Recovery Coordinator to carry out comprehensive assessments, triage, risk assessments, risk management plans and to contribute to the development of individual community recovery plans.
Provide 1:1 key work sessions including harm reduction advice and recovery planning.
Support those who use our services to build and maintain their recovery capital.
Support those on community orders or licence conditions to successfully complete the requirements and reach their treatment goals.
Support and empower service users to engage in recovery activities both within Change Grow Live and the wider community.
Assist and carry out screening processes including urine and saliva tests.
Work towards supporting the Criminal Justice Recovery Coordinator with their caseload.
Support and work toward delivering the criminal justice recovery group.
Document sessions on case management systems.

Contact Information

If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:

Curtis Harris | Curtis.harris@cgl.org.uk

Please note that we require you to be 18 years of age or older to be considered for this volunteering role. This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.

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