Change Grow Live
Overview Do you want to work for a caring organisation that believes in people? Do you want to make a difference? As a Recovery Coordinator - Housing Exploitation (cuckooing) supporting the SWITCH homelessness prevention workstream, you will work with individuals within local communities who have been identified through the Multi-Agency Cuckooing Assessment Panel (MACAP) process. Your primary aim will be to achieve positive outcomes for those experiencing cuckooing and exploitation, particularly individuals who may be at risk of losing stable housing and require treatment services. You will provide support to victims of cuckooing, many of whom may have experienced trauma, substance misuse, and other barriers that impact their ability to sustain accommodation and engage with treatment services. A significant aspect of the role will involve supporting individuals to rebuild their lives and strengthen their support networks. This may also include assisting them in accessing financial support through personalisation funds to help maintain stable housing. You will deliver sensitive, one-to-one interventions and develop recovery and safety plans for service users affected by cuckooing. It is essential to recognise that many individuals will have experienced trauma and may be affected by substance misuse, requiring a flexible, holistic, and trauma-informed approach to support. In addition, you will work collaboratively with partner agencies including the police, probation services, local authorities, and housing providers as part of a multi-disciplinary team (MDT). You will also play a key role within the MACAP process. Where: Hull Hours: 37.5 per week Contract Type: 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 You: Work as part of multi-disciplinary team to deliver high-quality support to those at risk of homelessness and tenancy breakdown. To arrange and attend professional meetings with services in relation to the people we support i.e. MARM meetings Foster a compassionate and inclusive environment where every person is treated as an individual, with flexibility, curiosity, and active listening being central to our approach. Collaborate with your team and service safeguarding experts to identify and mitigate risks for people we are supporting. To co ordinate and lead a pro active solution focused approach for people, ensuring they can access appropriate treatment options To provide personalised assessments and develop and regularly review holistic recovery and support plans with the person you and other professionals to reduce barriers to recovery and ensuring their needs are met. Qualifications Experience of working within substance misuse services, and knowledge of substance misuse and recovery approaches. Experience of working within housing or homelessness services Knowledge of local health, housing, and community support services. Knowledge of the challenges and barriers faced by people experiencing exploitation, homelessness, housing instability, and social exclusion. Knowledge and experience in supporting vulnerable adults experiencing multiple unmet needs and difficulties accessing services. What we will give to you: 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years' service "Capped at 30 days" 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 Training, career development & progression opportunities Generous Refer-a-Friend Scheme 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. Salary Range (pro rata if part time) CGL points 23 to 28 (£28,557.79 - £32,802.41) ILW / OLW /Fringe N/A - Outside London Weighting Area Interview Date 22/7/2026 Closing Date 5/7/2026 Contact Details Karla Tock Disclaimer This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.
Overview Do you want to work for a caring organisation that believes in people? Do you want to make a difference? As a Recovery Coordinator - Housing Exploitation (cuckooing) supporting the SWITCH homelessness prevention workstream, you will work with individuals within local communities who have been identified through the Multi-Agency Cuckooing Assessment Panel (MACAP) process. Your primary aim will be to achieve positive outcomes for those experiencing cuckooing and exploitation, particularly individuals who may be at risk of losing stable housing and require treatment services. You will provide support to victims of cuckooing, many of whom may have experienced trauma, substance misuse, and other barriers that impact their ability to sustain accommodation and engage with treatment services. A significant aspect of the role will involve supporting individuals to rebuild their lives and strengthen their support networks. This may also include assisting them in accessing financial support through personalisation funds to help maintain stable housing. You will deliver sensitive, one-to-one interventions and develop recovery and safety plans for service users affected by cuckooing. It is essential to recognise that many individuals will have experienced trauma and may be affected by substance misuse, requiring a flexible, holistic, and trauma-informed approach to support. In addition, you will work collaboratively with partner agencies including the police, probation services, local authorities, and housing providers as part of a multi-disciplinary team (MDT). You will also play a key role within the MACAP process. Where: Hull Hours: 37.5 per week Contract Type: 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 You: Work as part of multi-disciplinary team to deliver high-quality support to those at risk of homelessness and tenancy breakdown. To arrange and attend professional meetings with services in relation to the people we support i.e. MARM meetings Foster a compassionate and inclusive environment where every person is treated as an individual, with flexibility, curiosity, and active listening being central to our approach. Collaborate with your team and service safeguarding experts to identify and mitigate risks for people we are supporting. To co ordinate and lead a pro active solution focused approach for people, ensuring they can access appropriate treatment options To provide personalised assessments and develop and regularly review holistic recovery and support plans with the person you and other professionals to reduce barriers to recovery and ensuring their needs are met. Qualifications Experience of working within substance misuse services, and knowledge of substance misuse and recovery approaches. Experience of working within housing or homelessness services Knowledge of local health, housing, and community support services. Knowledge of the challenges and barriers faced by people experiencing exploitation, homelessness, housing instability, and social exclusion. Knowledge and experience in supporting vulnerable adults experiencing multiple unmet needs and difficulties accessing services. What we will give to you: 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years' service "Capped at 30 days" 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 Training, career development & progression opportunities Generous Refer-a-Friend Scheme 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. Salary Range (pro rata if part time) CGL points 23 to 28 (£28,557.79 - £32,802.41) ILW / OLW /Fringe N/A - Outside London Weighting Area Interview Date 22/7/2026 Closing Date 5/7/2026 Contact Details Karla Tock Disclaimer This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.
Change Grow Live
Leeds, Yorkshire
Overview AWS Cloud Infrastructure Engineer Where: UK flexible: office space available in major UK cities, but remote-ok. Occasional national travel for collaboration days, planning sessions, and team events. Hours: 37.5h/week Please note: 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 Why Change Grow Live? Change Grow Live is a health and social care charity supporting people through some of the most difficult situations in life, including drug and alcohol use, mental health challenges, domestic violence, homelessness, and social exclusion. We support tens of thousands of people every year through services including: Needle exchanges, both in-person and anonymous Screening for blood-borne viruses Drug testing for fentanyl, nitazenes and other harmful substances Prescribing safer alternatives to opioids Supporting medication adherence through pharmacy partnerships Specialist support for children and young people Technology is central to how we support our services safely, securely, and effectively. Responsibilities Our technology Our in-house systems support a huge range of operational, clinical, and reporting needs across the organisation. Our primary platform, has evolved over more than 15 years and acts as an electronic patient record, case management system, quality management platform, and NHS integration platform. Our in-house systems support a wide range of operational, clinical, and reporting needs across the organisation. Our primary platform is a mature EPR and case management system that has evolved over more than 15 years, serving as an electronic patient record, case management, quality management, and NHS integration platform. Our infrastructure is cloud first and heavily based around AWS. We use a mixture of modern and legacy technologies, with a focus on resilience. Over the next year, we plan to improve our observability, automation and security. Our environment includes technologies such as: AWS services (ECS, EC2, RDS, IAM, CloudWatch, etc) Docker and container platforms Terraform / Pulumi / Infrastructure as Code Linux operational environments MySQL/Aurora Modern application stacks, including TypeScript/SvelteKit Legacy Perl based systems We're actively working towards a fully Infrastructure as Code (IaC) managed environment, continuing to reduce manual configuration and improve consistency, repeatability, resilience, and scalability across our platforms. We're continuously improving our infrastructure, deployment practices, monitoring, and security posture while supporting systems that are relied upon every day by frontline services. We practice a genuinely collaborative and blame free culture. When incidents happen, we focus on improving systems and processes together rather than assigning blame. About the role We're looking for an AWS Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to help support, improve, and evolve our cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices. You'll work closely with developers, digital teams, and IT colleagues to ensure our systems are secure, scalable, resilient, and cost effective. The role covers a broad mix of infrastructure engineering, automation, monitoring, troubleshooting, and platform improvement work. Some days may involve improving deployment pipelines or Infrastructure as Code. Other days may focus on performance tuning, incident response, cost optimisation, security improvements, or helping development teams deliver services more effectively. This is a great role for someone who enjoys solving problems, improving systems over time, and working across a varied technical landscape. What you'll be doing Building, managing, and optimising AWS infrastructure Supporting cloud reliability, scalability, security, and performance Automating infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code and helping drive our transition towards a fully IaC managed environment Supporting DevOps workflows across development and production environments Monitoring systems, troubleshooting issues, and supporting incident resolution Improving backup, recovery, resilience, and high availability approaches Supporting infrastructure security and data protection requirements Working with development teams to improve deployment and operational processes Contributing to technical planning and continuous improvement initiatives Helping improve observability, automation, and operational maturity across the platform About you We don't expect candidates to know every AWS service or tool we use. Strong fundamentals, curiosity, and a willingness to learn are more important than matching every bullet point. You'll probably have experience in several of these areas: Managing AWS environments and core services such as EC2, RDS, S3, IAM, and CloudWatch Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation Cloud networking, monitoring, and security practices Linux administration and scripting Containers and container platforms such as Docker or ECS CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation Troubleshooting production infrastructure and supporting operational environments Working within DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering environments Experience with healthcare systems, sensitive/confidential data, or compliance focused environments would be useful, but isn't essential. AWS certifications are welcome, but we value practical experience and learning just as highly. The kind of person who'll thrive here You'll likely enjoy this role if you: Are collaborative and enjoy supporting others Care about building secure and reliable systems Like understanding how systems fit together end to end Enjoy improving and automating processes Are calm and methodical when solving problems Can balance pragmatism with long term improvement Are comfortable saying "I don't know, let me check" Enjoy learning and working across a broad technical landscape In return, we offer Flexible and remote friendly working Opportunities to learn and grow across cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices A supportive and collaborative engineering culture The chance to work on systems that directly support frontline healthcare and social care services Meaningful technical work with real world impact Additional information In carrying out the role, the successful candidate will work flexibly across operational sites as required and contribute to maintaining safe systems of work and environments. The role holder will participate in training, appraisals, and continuous professional development, while keeping up to date with developments in cloud infrastructure, DevOps practices, and cybersecurity. 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. More information about eligible roles and occupations can be found here: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK 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 42 to 46 (£46,683.60 - £51,101.95) ILW / OLW /Fringe N/A - Outside London Weighting Area Closing Date 7/6/2026 This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Scheme check at a basic level.
Overview AWS Cloud Infrastructure Engineer Where: UK flexible: office space available in major UK cities, but remote-ok. Occasional national travel for collaboration days, planning sessions, and team events. Hours: 37.5h/week Please note: 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 Why Change Grow Live? Change Grow Live is a health and social care charity supporting people through some of the most difficult situations in life, including drug and alcohol use, mental health challenges, domestic violence, homelessness, and social exclusion. We support tens of thousands of people every year through services including: Needle exchanges, both in-person and anonymous Screening for blood-borne viruses Drug testing for fentanyl, nitazenes and other harmful substances Prescribing safer alternatives to opioids Supporting medication adherence through pharmacy partnerships Specialist support for children and young people Technology is central to how we support our services safely, securely, and effectively. Responsibilities Our technology Our in-house systems support a huge range of operational, clinical, and reporting needs across the organisation. Our primary platform, has evolved over more than 15 years and acts as an electronic patient record, case management system, quality management platform, and NHS integration platform. Our in-house systems support a wide range of operational, clinical, and reporting needs across the organisation. Our primary platform is a mature EPR and case management system that has evolved over more than 15 years, serving as an electronic patient record, case management, quality management, and NHS integration platform. Our infrastructure is cloud first and heavily based around AWS. We use a mixture of modern and legacy technologies, with a focus on resilience. Over the next year, we plan to improve our observability, automation and security. Our environment includes technologies such as: AWS services (ECS, EC2, RDS, IAM, CloudWatch, etc) Docker and container platforms Terraform / Pulumi / Infrastructure as Code Linux operational environments MySQL/Aurora Modern application stacks, including TypeScript/SvelteKit Legacy Perl based systems We're actively working towards a fully Infrastructure as Code (IaC) managed environment, continuing to reduce manual configuration and improve consistency, repeatability, resilience, and scalability across our platforms. We're continuously improving our infrastructure, deployment practices, monitoring, and security posture while supporting systems that are relied upon every day by frontline services. We practice a genuinely collaborative and blame free culture. When incidents happen, we focus on improving systems and processes together rather than assigning blame. About the role We're looking for an AWS Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to help support, improve, and evolve our cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices. You'll work closely with developers, digital teams, and IT colleagues to ensure our systems are secure, scalable, resilient, and cost effective. The role covers a broad mix of infrastructure engineering, automation, monitoring, troubleshooting, and platform improvement work. Some days may involve improving deployment pipelines or Infrastructure as Code. Other days may focus on performance tuning, incident response, cost optimisation, security improvements, or helping development teams deliver services more effectively. This is a great role for someone who enjoys solving problems, improving systems over time, and working across a varied technical landscape. What you'll be doing Building, managing, and optimising AWS infrastructure Supporting cloud reliability, scalability, security, and performance Automating infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code and helping drive our transition towards a fully IaC managed environment Supporting DevOps workflows across development and production environments Monitoring systems, troubleshooting issues, and supporting incident resolution Improving backup, recovery, resilience, and high availability approaches Supporting infrastructure security and data protection requirements Working with development teams to improve deployment and operational processes Contributing to technical planning and continuous improvement initiatives Helping improve observability, automation, and operational maturity across the platform About you We don't expect candidates to know every AWS service or tool we use. Strong fundamentals, curiosity, and a willingness to learn are more important than matching every bullet point. You'll probably have experience in several of these areas: Managing AWS environments and core services such as EC2, RDS, S3, IAM, and CloudWatch Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation Cloud networking, monitoring, and security practices Linux administration and scripting Containers and container platforms such as Docker or ECS CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation Troubleshooting production infrastructure and supporting operational environments Working within DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering environments Experience with healthcare systems, sensitive/confidential data, or compliance focused environments would be useful, but isn't essential. AWS certifications are welcome, but we value practical experience and learning just as highly. The kind of person who'll thrive here You'll likely enjoy this role if you: Are collaborative and enjoy supporting others Care about building secure and reliable systems Like understanding how systems fit together end to end Enjoy improving and automating processes Are calm and methodical when solving problems Can balance pragmatism with long term improvement Are comfortable saying "I don't know, let me check" Enjoy learning and working across a broad technical landscape In return, we offer Flexible and remote friendly working Opportunities to learn and grow across cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices A supportive and collaborative engineering culture The chance to work on systems that directly support frontline healthcare and social care services Meaningful technical work with real world impact Additional information In carrying out the role, the successful candidate will work flexibly across operational sites as required and contribute to maintaining safe systems of work and environments. The role holder will participate in training, appraisals, and continuous professional development, while keeping up to date with developments in cloud infrastructure, DevOps practices, and cybersecurity. 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. More information about eligible roles and occupations can be found here: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK 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 42 to 46 (£46,683.60 - £51,101.95) ILW / OLW /Fringe N/A - Outside London Weighting Area Closing Date 7/6/2026 This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Scheme check at a basic level.
Change Grow Live
Waingroves, Derbyshire
Overview Children & Young Persons Cluster Manager Lead services. Shape futures. Create opportunities for young people to thrive. At Change Grow Live, we believe every child and young person deserves the opportunity to be healthy, safe and hopeful about their future. Guided by our values-Be open, be compassionate and be bold-we work alongside young people, families, communities and partners to deliver services that make a lasting difference. We are now looking for an ambitious and experienced CYP Cluster Manager to lead our Derby City and Derbyshire Children & Young People's Services, including our innovative 1625 outreach service and newly mobilised Derby City service. This is an opportunity to lead high-performing teams, influence local systems and shape services that support children, young people and young adults at some of the most important moments in their lives. The challenges facing young people today are increasingly complex. Substance use, mental health, exploitation, school exclusion, family adversity and vulnerability rarely exist in isolation. Addressing these challenges requires strong leadership, effective partnerships and services that put young people at the centre of everything they do. As CYP Cluster Manager, you'll provide strategic and operational leadership across a portfolio of services, ensuring they are safe, effective, responsive and focused on delivering outstanding outcomes. You'll work closely with commissioners, safeguarding partners, education providers, local authorities and health colleagues to shape services that respond to local need while contributing to our wider national CYP vision. Location: Derby City & Derbyshire Hours: 37.5 hours per week Full time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part time roles, salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours. Responsibilities What you'll be doing Lead with purpose You'll provide senior operational leadership across Derby City and Derbyshire services, ensuring high quality delivery, strong governance and a culture focused on continuous improvement. Inspire and develop others You'll lead, coach and support Team Leaders and Service Managers, helping teams feel connected, empowered and able to deliver their best work. Drive performance and quality Using data, insight and professional judgement, you'll ensure services consistently achieve strong outcomes while identifying opportunities for innovation and growth. Build influential partnerships You'll maintain strong relationships with commissioners, safeguarding boards, education providers, Local Combatting Drugs Partnerships and wider stakeholders, ensuring young people receive joined up support. Shape the future You'll help drive the ongoing development of CYP services locally, championing new ideas, strengthening pathways and ensuring the voices of children and young people remain at the heart of service delivery. Who we're looking for You're an experienced leader who combines operational excellence with a passion for improving outcomes for children and young people. You'll bring: Significant experience leading children and young people's services within health, social care, education or related sectors Experience working within substance use, mental health, safeguarding or wider CYP support services Strong leadership, people management and performance management skills Experience managing contracts, budgets and strategic partnerships Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills The ability to influence, inspire and lead through change Most importantly, you'll believe in the potential of children and young people and be committed to creating services that help them achieve it. What we offer We invest in our people so they can deliver their best work. 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 30 days with service A paid weekly Wellness Hour, wellbeing hub and Employee Assistance Programme Contributory pension scheme A wide range of employee benefits and discounts Learning, leadership development and career progression opportunities A supportive, inclusive and values led culture Our 2030 Ambition We're building services that are: Built on evidence and compassion - using learning, research and innovation to improve outcomes. Rooted in communities - designing services around local needs and working alongside partners to create lasting change. Closing Date 12/6/2026 Salary Range (pro rata if part time): CGL points 42 to 46 (£46,683.60 - £51,101.95) ILW / OLW / Fringe: N/A - Outside London Weighting Area This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level. 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.
Overview Children & Young Persons Cluster Manager Lead services. Shape futures. Create opportunities for young people to thrive. At Change Grow Live, we believe every child and young person deserves the opportunity to be healthy, safe and hopeful about their future. Guided by our values-Be open, be compassionate and be bold-we work alongside young people, families, communities and partners to deliver services that make a lasting difference. We are now looking for an ambitious and experienced CYP Cluster Manager to lead our Derby City and Derbyshire Children & Young People's Services, including our innovative 1625 outreach service and newly mobilised Derby City service. This is an opportunity to lead high-performing teams, influence local systems and shape services that support children, young people and young adults at some of the most important moments in their lives. The challenges facing young people today are increasingly complex. Substance use, mental health, exploitation, school exclusion, family adversity and vulnerability rarely exist in isolation. Addressing these challenges requires strong leadership, effective partnerships and services that put young people at the centre of everything they do. As CYP Cluster Manager, you'll provide strategic and operational leadership across a portfolio of services, ensuring they are safe, effective, responsive and focused on delivering outstanding outcomes. You'll work closely with commissioners, safeguarding partners, education providers, local authorities and health colleagues to shape services that respond to local need while contributing to our wider national CYP vision. Location: Derby City & Derbyshire Hours: 37.5 hours per week Full time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part time roles, salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours. Responsibilities What you'll be doing Lead with purpose You'll provide senior operational leadership across Derby City and Derbyshire services, ensuring high quality delivery, strong governance and a culture focused on continuous improvement. Inspire and develop others You'll lead, coach and support Team Leaders and Service Managers, helping teams feel connected, empowered and able to deliver their best work. Drive performance and quality Using data, insight and professional judgement, you'll ensure services consistently achieve strong outcomes while identifying opportunities for innovation and growth. Build influential partnerships You'll maintain strong relationships with commissioners, safeguarding boards, education providers, Local Combatting Drugs Partnerships and wider stakeholders, ensuring young people receive joined up support. Shape the future You'll help drive the ongoing development of CYP services locally, championing new ideas, strengthening pathways and ensuring the voices of children and young people remain at the heart of service delivery. Who we're looking for You're an experienced leader who combines operational excellence with a passion for improving outcomes for children and young people. You'll bring: Significant experience leading children and young people's services within health, social care, education or related sectors Experience working within substance use, mental health, safeguarding or wider CYP support services Strong leadership, people management and performance management skills Experience managing contracts, budgets and strategic partnerships Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills The ability to influence, inspire and lead through change Most importantly, you'll believe in the potential of children and young people and be committed to creating services that help them achieve it. What we offer We invest in our people so they can deliver their best work. 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 30 days with service A paid weekly Wellness Hour, wellbeing hub and Employee Assistance Programme Contributory pension scheme A wide range of employee benefits and discounts Learning, leadership development and career progression opportunities A supportive, inclusive and values led culture Our 2030 Ambition We're building services that are: Built on evidence and compassion - using learning, research and innovation to improve outcomes. Rooted in communities - designing services around local needs and working alongside partners to create lasting change. Closing Date 12/6/2026 Salary Range (pro rata if part time): CGL points 42 to 46 (£46,683.60 - £51,101.95) ILW / OLW / Fringe: N/A - Outside London Weighting Area This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level. 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.
