Apprentice Recovery Worker
CHANGE, GROW, LIVE
Leamington Spa (CV31 2BB)
Closes in 13 days (Friday 26 June 2026)
Posted on 12 June 2026
Contents
Summary
An exciting Apprenticeship opportunity has arisen within CGL Leamington Spa for you to join a dynamic team committed to providing intensive key work to families who have drug and/or alcohol misuse issues.
- Wage
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£15,600 a year
- Training course
- Adult care worker (level 2)
- Hours
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37.5 hours a week - exact shifts to be confirmed.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 27 July 2026
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
At Change Grow Live Leamington Spa, as a Recovery Worker Apprentice, you will be working towards the Adult Care Level 2 apprenticeship, over the duration of 18 months, alongside your daily roles and responsibilities.
The post holder will work as an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team at the service named above to deliver high quality provision by:
- Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey;
- Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral;
- Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community;
- Promoting carer, service user and community involvement;
- Providing advocacy for access to partnership services;
- Working with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives: promoting recovery, resilience, peer support and self determination.
Your daily roles and responsibilities will include;
- Support the recovery team in engaging people who have substance misuse problems and providing them with advice, support and recovery focused interventions to support their recovery and primary health care needs.
- Over time and with training, build therapeutic relationships and deliver a tailor-made package of care including: Recognised psycho-social interventions; 1to1 key work, POD and group work; Harm minimisation and brief interventions.
- Participate in service user assessments and learn to develop individual recovery plans that clearly identify how achieving each goal will enable progression in addressing substance use and re/integrating into the community.
- Work with the team on developing CGL’s links with local recovery groups / mutual aid groups.
- Learn how other team members’ work, such as prescribing clinicians, nurses and psychologists.
- Learn about the process of developing ‘recovery resources’ and accessing peer and mutual support groups so that you can support service users in developing their own recovery strategies.
- To participate in the smooth running of the service, by contributing to tasks such as reception and administrative tasks as required.
- Learn about harm minimisation, in particular blood borne viruses and overdose prevention, so that you can explain the strategies to other people.
Change Grow Live offer some fantastic benefits which include;
- Health Checks
- Help paying for childcare
- Cycle to work scheme
- Food intolerance and allergy testing
- Gym flex
- Life insurance
- Will Writing Service
- Employee assistance programme
Please note that before employment can commence an enhanced DBS check will need to be carried out.
Where you'll work
16 Court Street
Leamington Spa
CV31 2BB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED
Training course
Adult care worker (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply national standards, organisational policies and procedures, codes of conduct and ways of working that apply to own role.
- Follow national legislation, policies and guidance in adult social care settings, relating to health and safety within the scope of own role.
- Consider the human rights of individuals in adult social care settings, in line with organisational policies relating to equity, diversity and inclusion to support an open culture.
- Demonstrate a duty of candour, and duty of care acting in the best interest of individuals to ensure they do not come to harm.
- Apply a person-centred, co-produced approach when developing relationships with individuals to support their health and wellbeing.
- Assist with conducting risk assessments, which focus on positive risk taking, to ensure the safety of yourself and others.
- Apply the principles of positive and proactive care and support for those with lived experience to proactively avoid or reduce escalation, de-escalate, and manage conflict.
- Customise information, advice and guidance to individuals with or without capacity or their representative to make informed, independent choices and decisions.
- Adapt approach to care and support for individuals with lived experience to meet their current and evolving cognitive and physical needs and conditions.
- Recognise and respect how an individuals capacity determines their ability to make informed decisions about their needs.
- Identify and respond to signs and symptoms of changes in the physical and mental capacity, mental health and wellbeing of those with lived experience, and monitor, record and report changes.
- Use appropriate communication methods that are adapted to respond to the needs of individuals, stakeholders and family members in adult social care settings, including verbal, written, non-verbal and digital communication.
- Develop personal resilience and access support to maintain wellbeing of self.
- Use record keeping systems to maintain clear and accurate records of interactions with individuals, and others ensuring security of information and data.
- Apply methods of digital working and communication and new care technologies to support improvements in own work setting.
- Record learning opportunities in line with organisational policies that support lifelong learning and meet the relevant standards.
- Record, use feedback and supervision to improve own practice to identify and support the development of individual goals and career opportunities.
- Contribute and agree to the personal development plan demonstrating support required for new learning goals and reflection on actual practice.
- Monitors safe and effective administration of medicines in accordance with national and organisational policies and the limitations of own role.
- Apply national standards, organisational policies and procedures, codes of conduct and ways of working that apply to own role.
- Follow national legislation, policies and guidance in adult social care settings, relating to health and safety within the scope of own role.
- Consider the human rights of individuals in adult social care settings, in line with organisational policies relating to equity, diversity and inclusion to support an open culture.
- Demonstrate a duty of candour, and duty of care acting in the best interest of individuals to ensure they do not come to harm.
- Apply a person-centred, co-produced approach when developing relationships with individuals to support their health and wellbeing.
- Assist with conducting risk assessments, which focus on positive risk taking, to ensure the safety of yourself and others.
- Apply the principles of positive and proactive care and support for those with lived experience to proactively avoid or reduce escalation, de-escalate, and manage conflict.
- Customise information, advice and guidance to individuals with or without capacity or their representative to make informed, independent choices and decisions.
- Adapt approach to care and support for individuals with lived experience to meet their current and evolving cognitive and physical needs and conditions.
- Recognise and respect how an individuals capacity determines their ability to make informed decisions about their needs.
- Identify and respond to signs and symptoms of changes in the physical and mental capacity, mental health and wellbeing of those with lived experience, and monitor, record and report changes.
- Use appropriate communication methods that are adapted to respond to the needs of individuals, stakeholders and family members in adult social care settings, including verbal, written, non-verbal and digital communication.
- Develop personal resilience and access support to maintain wellbeing of self.
- Use record keeping systems to maintain clear and accurate records of interactions with individuals, and others ensuring security of information and data.
- Apply methods of digital working and communication and new care technologies to support improvements in own work setting.
- Record learning opportunities in line with organisational policies that support lifelong learning and meet the relevant standards.
- Record, use feedback and supervision to improve own practice to identify and support the development of individual goals and career opportunities.
- Contribute and agree to the personal development plan demonstrating support required for new learning goals and reflection on actual practice.
- Monitors safe and effective administration of medicines in accordance with national and organisational policies and the limitations of own role.
Training schedule
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
The key dates provided should be used as a guide only. If the position is filled, the vacancy will close early.
About this employer
CGL is a health and social care charity working with individuals, families and communities across England and Wales that are affected by drugs, alcohol, crime, homelessness, domestic abuse, and antisocial behaviour. Their projects, delivered in communities and prisons, encourage and empower people to regain control of their lives and motivate them to tackle their problems.
After this apprenticeship
On going training and development.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000036872.
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Closes in 13 days (Friday 26 June 2026)
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