Recovery Coordintor

**Vacancy No**
- VN4089

**Employment Type**
- Fixed Term

**Hours Per Week**
- 37.00

**Work Pattern**
- Monday to Friday

**Location**
- Cookson House - South Shields NE33 1TL

**Location Region**
- North East

**Location City**
- South Shields

**Location Postal Code**
- NE33 1TL

**Interview Date**
- 23 May 2024

**Job Details**

**Recovery Coordinator - Initial 12 Month Contract**
**Located in South Shields**

Join our successful South Tyneside adult recovery Service (STARS) as a Recovery Co-ordinator and become a part of a team committed to helping individuals achieve and maintain abstinence from issues with alcohol and other drugs. STARS provide a range of interventions to support positive behaviour change and recovery solutions, enabling health & well-being improvements that are meaningful and sustainable.
- **About the role**
The role of a Recovery Coordinator is to manage a service user caseload, delivering evidence-based interventions in line with individual recovery plans. This may include liaising closely with the full range of workers and skills within the service team as well as family members and significant others as appropriate.
- The successful post holder will match our organisational values, ambition and commitment to provide the highest standards of service delivery across South Tyneside.
- As a Recovery Coordinator you will deliver** Alcohol and Drug specific **knowledge, interventions and support, help set personal goals to support the service user achieve their goals in a safe and supportive way.
- Recovery Co-ordination is a diverse and rewarding role, Key Duties include:

- Manage an adult caseload of service users, delivering person centred care.
- Co-produce and review recovery and treatment plans.
- Facilitate and promote individuals’ progression from initial engagement, through structured treatment, to self-sustained recovery.
- Reduce alcohol/drug-related harm to individuals and the wider community.
- Working collaboratively with key partners and colleagues to achieve the best health and well-being outcomes for individuals.

To view the full job description and person specification for this role, please **click here.**

**Who are we**
Humankind is one of England’s most successful home-grown charities. We provide free, confidential support for alcohol, drugs, housing, or mental health in friendly local places across the UK. We are committed to fair chances for all and making sure everyone can access the help and support they need to realise their potential. By joining our teams of passionate individuals, you will be contributing to making this happen. You can really make a difference by believing in our service users and their ability to make positive changes when they don’t always believe in themselves.
- **What can Humankind offer you**
- ️
Generous annual leave entitlement (27 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 32 after 1 years’ service)- Annual leave purchase scheme- Enhanced occupational sick pay- %
Enhanced employer contribution to your workplace pension- Death in service benefit- Free Will writing- Eyecare vouchers- ️
Blue light card discount- Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses- Work-life balance
- flexible working and family friendly policies- ️
- Happy, Healthy You - our wellbeing offers for our workforce- Employee Assist Programme and Humankind Support Networks**Humankind is an equal opportunities employer***

**Salary Period**
- Per Annum

**Vacancy Salary Range**
- £24,020 - 30,790

**DBS Requirement**
- Enhanced Adult Barred

**Does role require Police/Prison vetting?**
- Not Applicable

**Driving licence required for role?**
- No

**Applications Close Date**
- 16 May 2024