Job vacancies & volunteer opportunities
When you choose to join The Well Communities your choice is more than just a job - you are choosing to make a genuine difference in people's lives.
We believe in the power of recovery, dignity, and second changes. Every day we support people and their families affected by addiction to rebuild their lives - and we couldn’t do it without passionate and compassionate people like you.
If you’re looking for a role where your work truly matters, explore our current opportunities below. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and lived experiences, especially those who bring empathy, resilience and a deep belief in recovery.
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Location: West cumbria
Hours: 37.5 hrs
Pay scale: from £25, 409 per annum
Accountable to: Cumberland Operations Manager
Contract: Contract end date TBC
The Well Communities CIC & Cumbria Addictions: Advice & Solutions (CADAS) are working in partnership to provide effective support to people who are experiencing co-existing Severe Mental Illness and Substance Misuse Disorder across the North Cumbria area. Following a successful 12-month pilot, we are now expanding the team and reach of our work.
To support the wider team in the delivery of effective and immediate responses to minimise harm and reduce relapse whilst encouraging individuals to engage with a recovery plan covering all aspects of their life. This fast-paced role is focused on transforming people’s lives; you will, through an understanding and skilful use of the Decision Making Cycle, move individuals from “unaware” to a tailormade, co-owned support programme that delivers holistic recovery.
For an informal conversation call Debra Dilks Cumberland Operations Manager on 07554 516405.
Please complete and submit your application form to hr@thewell2.co.uk no later than Friday 17th October 2025.
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Location: Morecambe, Lancashire
Hours: 22.5 hrs pw
Payscale: £23,400-£27,500 per annum (Pro rata)
Accountable to: Tenancy Sustainment Manager
Contract: 1 Year
As a 12-step Behavioural Change Facilitator/ Supported Housing Colleague, you will have a specific remit to work with an identified cohort of service users with multiple, complex needs. Under the leadership of the Tenancy Sustainment Manager, you will assist in the provision of effective, high-quality intensive housing management and support services to vulnerable individuals with little social or recovery capital.
The cohort includes individuals with additional support needs including offending behaviour, domestic violence, substance misuse and mental ill health, making them vulnerable to homelessness. Supporting individuals in assessing their needs to identify opportunities to engage them creatively and actively with support to facilitate the practical skills, personal growth and development necessary to live independently.
A 12-step recovery program will form a key part of a holistic approach to recovery and wellbeing and the experience of participation in such models of recovery is essential to this post.
To request an application form, please email hr@thewell2.co.uk. For an informal discussion or further details please call Kate Aspinall - North Lancs. Ops Manager on 07481 979851
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Volunteer Van Driver
Location: Barrow & Kendal
Hours: 7 hrs per Week on a Saturday
Accountable to: Tenancy Sustainment Manager
We are looking for a volunteer who can help assist our community members to take members to the Saturday hub in Lancaster. If you like variety and want to meet new people, this could be the role for you! Our community relies on our volunteers to keep them running successfully. But one thing that never changes is that we need volunteers to help us to spread the power of kindness.
Duties include:
Saturday – Transporting residents to our hub in Lancaster and collection, returning to the hub in Morecambe.
An opportunity to be part of The Well Communities CIC and the knowledge that you are making a positive difference to people’s lives.
Requirements:
· A clean driving licence and able to drive a 15-seater minibus.
· Contribute to maintaining safe systems of work and a safe environment.
For an application form, please contact hr@thewell2.co.uk
Application Form
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Location: Barrow & Kendal
Hours: 37.5 hours per week post
Salary: £24,570 - £27,316 per annum
Accountable to: Tenancy Sustainment Manager
The role will be to engage with residents who may have multiple or complex needs, to increase their recovery capital and work to remove any other barriers to maintaining a tenancy independently. The post-holder will contribute to a multi-agency approach by working together with other agencies to ensure that individuals consistently receive the services they require to empower, educate and support in the transition of making positive change in relation to health and wellbeing, social inclusion and independent living.
For an application form, please contact hr@thewell2.co.uk
Application Form
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Location: Westmorland and Furness (Barrow & Kendal)
Hours: 37.5
Payscale: £24,570 - £27,316 per annum pro rata
Accountable to: GYO Team Leader
Contract: Fixed Term until February 2028
The Well Communities Grow Your Own ETE programmes overall aim is to provide joined up support mechanisms to enable economically inactive individuals with multiple complex needs to enter the active labour market across the Westmorland and Furness demographic.
You will recruit; train; engage in operational activity and supervise marginalised local citizens across the Westmorland and Furness footprint over a 5-year period to create the next cohort of staff members for local 3rd sector organisations and statutory support services moving forward.
As a Grow Your Own ETE Keyworker, you'll support individuals facing complex barriers to employment in Westmorland and Furness. This program aims to promote social inclusion, tackle long-term unemployment, and empower marginalized individuals.
You will work closely with The Well Communities Grow Your Own Westmorland and Furness Team Leader, partner organisations, local councils, clinicians, social enterprises, and training providers to develop TWC service reach, whilst supporting TWC WAF Operational Manager to accurately report back impact data, contract monitoring/performance and development opportunities.
You'll assist in creating innovative projects that prioritise public health, encourage a culture of continuous improvement, and support learning. Your role will involve working collaboratively to promote asset-based approaches, visible progress, and positive behaviour modelling, all in line with our core organizational values.
You will be required to work flexibly across operational sites within an agreed number of hours to maintain the most appropriate level of service provision.
Please use the Job Application form below to apply and return it to HR mo later than Monday 10th November at 5pm.
For an informal conversation please call Trish McKitterick on 01228 474720.