Apprentice Recovery Worker

CHANGE, GROW, LIVE

Coventry (CV1 4AE)

Closes in 28 days (Tuesday 23 June 2026)

Posted on 12 May 2026

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Summary

An exciting Apprenticeship opportunity has arisen within CGL Coventry for you to join a dynamic team committed to providing intensive key work to families who have drug and/or alcohol misuse issues. 

Wage

£15,600 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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Training course
Adult care worker (level 2)
Hours
Exact shifts to be confirmed.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Tuesday 30 June 2026

Duration

1 year 3 months

Positions available

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 Coventry, 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
  • Act as main care coordinator overseeing assigned groups of service users, providing: screening; asset mapping; comprehensive assessments; recovery planning (using motivational interviewing techniques) and reviews of care
  • Support the development of service based recovery communities
  • Ensure the timely and accurate collection, recording and reporting of specified data
  • Assess suitability for groups in terms of risk and special needs
  • Carry out risk assessments and risk management
  • Work with prescribing clinicians to support substitute prescribing regimes to improve social functioning
  • To be creative and innovative so that the post best meets the needs of the service user, promoting access in to treatment, and continued engagement with underrepresented communities
  • Ensure that all aspects of confidentiality are adhered to and that consent to share information is a key element to building trusting therapeutic alliances
  • Help individuals to develop recovery resources and access peer and mutual support groups to develop their own recovery capital
  • To support the smooth running of the service, by contributing to tasks such as reception, duty cover, and clinical duties on an ad hoc basis
  • Provide health education especially in regard to harm minimisation, blood borne viruses and overdose prevention
  • To assist and carry out appropriate screening processes including DBST, urine and saliva tests, after completion of appropriate training or demonstration of relevant experience

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

1a Lamb Street
Coventry
CV1 4AE

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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Training schedule

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

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
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Team working
  • Patience

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.

https://www.changegrowlive.org/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • Ongoing training and development

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000031203.

Apply now

Closes in 28 days (Tuesday 23 June 2026)

After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.