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About the Role

As a Hospital Liaison Recovery Worker at Change Grow Live, you will serve as a vital link between acute hospital services and community drug and alcohol services. You will build relationships with hospital staff, provide advice and training on substance misuse, and help identify alternatives to unnecessary admissions. This role is crucial in supporting individuals who repeatedly present for services, working with wider teams to break cycles of need.

Responsibilities

Build effective communication and referral pathways between the hospital and community addiction services.
Act as the key liaison for acute referrals, providing timely and professional advice to hospital teams.
Deliver alcohol and drug assessments using recognised screening tools, offering brief interventions and onward referral.
Develop strong working relationships across A&E, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and other specialist wards.
Provide advanced assessment, planning and evaluation for a small, complex caseload, ensuring safe transitions from hospital to community care.
Support hospital staff in identifying and managing patients with substance use issues, offering guidance, awareness sessions and training.
Work with community recovery teams to ensure assertive and effective follow-up of repeat presentations and discharges.
Participate in service audits and research to improve practice and outcomes.

Requirements

Strong understanding of substance misuse and its impact on health and wellbeing.
Experience delivering brief interventions or working within hospital, health or substance-use settings.
Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, able to work confidently with hospital colleagues, patients and partner agencies.
Proactive and able to work autonomously while maintaining strong team connections.
Skilled in prioritising workload, managing competing demands and working compassionately in fast-paced environments.
Knowledge of safeguarding and mental health practice.
A commitment to continuous learning and improving outcomes for people we support.
Must have the right to work in the UK.
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Skills

Substance misuse
Brief interventions
Hospital settings
Health settings
Substance-use settings
Communication
Relationship-building
Autonomous work
Teamwork
Prioritisation
Workload management
Compassionate work
Safeguarding
Mental health practice
Continuous learning

Location

Barnet

Work Type

Full-time
37.5 hours per week
Weekend working
Out-of-hours working

Experience Level

Experience delivering brief interventions or working within hospital, health or substance-use settings.

Salary/Compensations

£28,557.79 - £32,802.41 (pro rata if part time)
Outer London Weighting £2,250.61

Benefits

25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), rising by one day each year up to 30 days.
A paid Wellness Hour each week.
Access to our Wellness Hub and Employee Assistance Programme.
Contributory pension scheme.
Discounts on shopping, cinema, travel and more.
Friendly, supportive and collaborative team environment.
Comprehensive training, professional development and career progression opportunities.
Refer a Friend scheme.

About the Company

At Change Grow Live, our values — be open, be compassionate, be bold — shape everything we do.
Every day, our teams help people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals and live life to its full potential.
We Thrive by recruiting for success, recognising and rewarding effort.
We are safe, healthy, agile and flexible in how we work.
Everyone at Change Grow Live experiences a sense of belonging — we are inclusive, we engage and connect at all levels, and we create the conditions for success for people who work and volunteer with us.

Equal Opportunity

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.