Healthcare Assistant in Stevenage

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 Health Care Assistant covering our Hertford and Stevenage Service who has the skills and experience to support 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.

Where: Hertford & Stevenage

Hours: Full Time 37.5 per week

Contract: Permanent

Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.

Responsibilities

About the role:

• Ensure BBV screening and vaccinations are comprehensively delivered
• Coordinate and support the Hep C treatment clinic
• Responsibility for the development and running of the needle exchange.
• To reduce drug related harm to the individual and wider community
• To promote harm reduction and enable service users to improve their own health and wellbeing
• Develop skills and knowledge to conduct clinical interventions.
• To promote and support individuals into both abstinence based and medically assisted forms of recovery

About you:

• Excellent understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience of working within a related field.
• Experience of delivering harm reduction advice and interventions, including Needle Exchange.
• Experience of delivering Naloxone training.
• Current Certificated Injection Technique and Immunisation Training OR willing to undertake training
• A commitment to multi-agency working and establishing partnerships with other professions to achieve good outcomes for the service user group, e.g. health services, GP’s, hepatitis clinic etc.
• Good working knowledge of physical 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
• 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 of annual leave, plus bank holidays. Additionally, you'll receive one extra day of annual leave for each year of service during your first five years, therefore you will enjoy 30 days of leave after five years with us
• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Several benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
• A friendly and supportive team
• Generous Refer-a-Friend scheme
• Training, career development & progression opportunities

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.

Join us in our journey of empowerment and holistic support, where every individual's well-being is at the heart of what we do. 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 is subject to review in line with the 2025/26 pay award.

Salary Range (pro rata if part time): CGL points 20 to 21 (£26,091.00 - £26,502.53)

ILW / OLW /Fringe: Outer Fringe (£694.25)

Interview Date: 29/5/2026

Closing Date: 22/5/2026

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

Pinder Chaggar | pinder.chaggar@cgl.org.uk | 07881335193

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