Hospital Engagement Worker

Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options. Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our team members apply these daily to achieve our mission of helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Hospital Engagement Worker who has the skills and experience to assess and engage with our service users, ensuring that they access the right intervention at the right time, in a way that best meets their needs. With this role you’ll be working as part of Renew's Hospital Engagement team, based in Hull Royal Infirmary. You’ll have to record information about what you do, so enjoying a bit of paperwork and attention to detail is important. But most of the time you’ll be enjoying working with people from all backgrounds, making a difference to their lives. 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.

Where: Hull

Hours: 37.5 per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Responsibilities

About the role:

• Proactively engage with and assess all patients entering hospital or A+E with an alcohol or drug issue, providing brief interventions where appropriate or supporting service users into community structured treatment.
• Facilitate the continuation of alcohol detoxes started in hospital, into the community.
• Set up effective communication and referral pathways with hospital-based specialist teams.
• Act as a point of contact for acute referrals.
• Increase the number of people accessing structured treatment for alcohol support following hospital admission.
• Provide support to acute hospital services to avoid unnecessary admission to hospital of people who can be supported and treated in community services.
• Provide brief interventions, triage and assessment, to patients who misuse alcohol and/or drugs, while they remain in a hospital setting.

About you:

• Experience of working in a hospital setting or host environment (desirable).
• Be an excellent communicator, both verbal and written with good IT skills.
• Proactive and able to work on own initiative with excellent time management and prioritising skills.
• Experience of delivering brief and extended interventions, utilising ITEP, MI, CBT skills (desirable).
• Have a good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services, and good practice.
• Be a supportive team player with strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work in partnership with a wide range of professionals, agencies, and internal/external stakeholders.
• Ability to manage change successfully in a way that prioritises the needs of service users.
• Understand the importance of information governance processes and commit to follow and apply all necessary safeguards.
• Seek out learning opportunities to improve and broaden your professional knowledge and skills and to contribute and oversee the learning and development of others.

What we will give to you:

• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each year’s service (capped at 30 days).
• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• A great selection of benefits including discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
• A friendly and supportive team.
• Training, career development & progression opportunities.
• Refer a Friend and receive £250 in vouchers if candidate is successful.

Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role.

A note about using AI in your application: AI can be a really helpful tool when putting together your application, and we're happy for you to use it. However, what we're most interested in is you. We want to understand your experiences, achievements and strengths, so please make sure your application reflects your own story and clearly shows how you meet the essential criteria and the impact you've made in previous roles. There's no need to write in a particular style. The strongest applications are those that are authentic, specific and clearly demonstrate your skills, experience and potential. We look forward to learning more about you.

Direct applications only — we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.

Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Salary Range (pro rata if part time): CGL points 23 to 28 (£28,557.79 - £32,802.41)

Interview Date: 13/8/2026

Closing Date: 9/8/2026

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

Carol Paddison | carol.paddison@cgl.org.uk | 01482839009

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