Engagement Support Volunteer

2 weeks ago


Preston, United Kingdom Change Grow Live Full time

Overview:
Making the decision to enter treatment can be an intimidating experience for the people we support. You can make a difference.

As an Engagement Support Volunteer with Change Grow Live, you’ll work with people who use our services, helping them get to where they want to be.

With this role you’ll be working as part of the Engagement Team, Inspire, based in Preston, Lancashire

The team supports service users with drug and alcohol issues and supporting the team completing triage assessments, face to face and by phone in Inspire Preston base and within community settings such as job centres, hospitals.

**Responsibilities**:
No two days are the same and we treat every person who comes into our service as an individual, so being flexible, curious and a good listener are key.

We will support you in this volunteering role by ensuring that you receive regular supervision and have someone on site who you can approach for day-to-day advice and guidance. In return for the time, you give you will receive valuable training and gain experience and skills. You’ll be making a real difference too.

Our values are to be Compassionate, Open and Bold. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you so click apply.

**Interview Date**:
20/03/2023



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