Criminal Justice Recovery Champion

 

You will work  directly with inidivuals initiating, building, and establishing recovery capital to support them to move into long term sustained recovery.

This will be achieved by working with service users, supporting, and delivering one to one interventions including:

• Supporting service users on leaving prison.
• Supporting service users to required appointments.
• Advocating and advising them.
• Seeking out other support options for service users from the Warrington partnership.
• Work closely with Warrington probation helping offenders maintain consistency.
• Safeguard vulnerable adults and children as and when require

 

 

• Lived experience of drug or/and alcohol misuse 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills along with good IT skills 
• Be able to build relationships with individuals with multiple needs, whilst remaining empathetic and non-judgemental toward Service Users 
• Confident in working alone as well as part of a team 

• Can remain calm under pressure 
• Able to travel as required, including where public transport is not available 

 

 

• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising annually for first five years
• Paid wellbeing hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme 
• Contributory pension scheme 
• A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc. 
• A friendly and supportive team 
• Training, career development & progression opportunities 
• Earn vouchers in our generous Refer-a-Friened

  

 

 

 

 

If you require sponsorship, please note that this role is not eligible for a Health and Care Worker visa. You may be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route but must meet the minimum salary requirements for the role. You can find out more here Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

 

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

CGL SPOT (20) (£26,296.03 - £26,296.03)

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

24/8/2026

16/8/2026

Amanda Gilmartin | amanda.gilmartin@cgl.org.uk | 07435551509

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