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Volunteer Befriender at Change Grow Live in Forth Valley-Scotland

Entry LevelOn-sitePart-timeForth Valley-Scotland

Job Description

Volunteer Befriender

Location Forth Valley-Scotland

Job ID 2026-20838

Number of Vacancies Remaining 10

Category Volunteering in Substance Misuse Services

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Overview

Volunteers make an enormous contribution to our work at Change Grow Live.

Last year over 1400 volunteers donated over a quarter of million hours of their time to Change Grow Live services.

Would you like to join our growing team of volunteers, and make a real difference?

Responsibilities

Volunteers contribute to Change Grow Live in a variety of ways. From Admin Support to Recovery Coaches, Outreach Support to Befrienders, each volunteer brings a unique set of skills and talents. We are incredibly grateful for all that volunteers do to support our service users.

Our volunteer opportunities don’t need any special qualifications. We’ll make sure you get all the training and support you need. All we ask is that you're kind, open-minded and passionate about supporting people.

Everyone is welcome at Change Grow Live. As a volunteer you will be treated with respect and accepted for who you are. You don’t need to have personal experience of drug and alcohol recovery to get involved

We plan to hold interviews week of the 1st of September with successful candidates being invited to induction training week of the 14th of September. Induction training takes place one day per week for 6 weeks.

Closing Date

28/8/2026

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

Alison Hill | alison.hill@cgl.org.uk | 07341514870

Please note that we require you to be 18 years of age or older to be considered for this volunteering role.

This post is subject to a Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme check level 2 disclosure with PVG

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We believe that having diverse people working as part of our team makes us the organisation that we are.

We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and to make Change Grow Live a great place to work. If you have any feedback on our recruitment processes (good or bad) we’d love to hear from you so that we can make sure they are fair and we attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible.

The safety of vulnerable children, young people and adults is our absolute priority. We will support you in your role to make sure that you are equipped to support the safety of people who use our services and those around them, to the highest standard possible.

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