Recovery Coordinator

Overview:
**Change Grow Live** are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options.

Our core values are

We have an exciting opportunity for a
**Recovery Coordinator** who has the skills and experience to assess and engage with our service users and their families, ensuring that they access the right intervention at the right time, in a way that best meets their needs. No two days are the same and we treat every person who comes into our service as an individual, so being flexible, curious and a good listener are key.

This is what one of our Recovery Co-ordinators had to say about whole family working _"By seeing people in their home environment, I have been able to meet people's children and wider family or support network and gain a greater insight into what life looks like for them and who their addiction impacts. It has enabled me to open wider conversations around the family."_

This is feedback from someone who used our service "_A massive ray of sunshine for me that has enabled me to understand and help my wife to break her alcohol addiction. I have gained mental strength and practical help and lots of knowledge to help navigate the future. Mega thanks for getting my family back to being brilliant. You are very special people.”_

**Where**: Based Dewsbury (may work across Kirklees)

**Hours**: 37.5 hrs per week

**Salary**: £26,393.77 - £30,316.74 dependent on experience

**Responsibilities**:
**About the role**:

- Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey
- Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community
- Promoting carer, service user and community involvement
- Providing advocacy for access to partnership services
- Working with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives: promoting recovery, resilience, family relationships, peer support and self-determination

**About you**:

- Have a good understanding of substance misuse issues and experience of working with people
- Be an excellent communicator, both verbal and written with good IT skills
- Proactive and able to work on own initiative with excellent time management and prioritising skills
- Have a good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services, and good practice
- Be a supportive team player with strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work in partnership with a wide range of professionals, agencies, and internal/external stakeholders
- Ability to manage change successfully in a way that prioritises the needs of service users
- Seek out learning opportunities to improve and broaden your professional knowledge and skills and to contribute and oversee the learning and development of others

**What we will give to you**:

- 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service
- 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
- Regular supervision
- Training, career development & progression opportunities

If you are bold, compassionate and open and want to empower others to reach their recovery goals, we would love to hear from you.