Recovery Co-ordinator

**Vacancy No**
- VN3966

**Employment Type**
- Full-Time

**Hours Per Week**
- 37.00

**Work Pattern**
- Includes weekends & evenings

**Location**
- Saddler House - Bishop Auckland DL14 7BH

**Location Region**
- North East

**Location City**
- Bishop Auckland

**Location Postal Code**
- DL14 7BH

**Interview Date**
- 26 Apr 2024

**Job Details**

**‘Everyone is different. At Humankind we value your difference. Join our inclusive organisation.’**

**About the role**
An exciting opportunity for a Recovery Coordinator has arisen within our HOPE team. This is fixed term for one year with potential to be extended.
- The HOPE team are the first point of contact in hospitals, GP surgeries and other community settings in County Durham. We will assess the client and refer to the appropriate team within the service. We also work collaboratively with service trainers to deliver education and awareness, raising activities for stakeholders and communities, as well as providing holistic and structured recovery coordination and psychosocial interventions to service clients, their families and carers.
- The role of a Hope Recovery Coordinator is to manage a service user caseload, devising, implementing, and reviewing ongoing recovery plans and treatment, liaising closely with the full range of workers and skills within the service team, including family members and significant others as appropriate. You will help set goals in recovery and help the service user achieve their goals in a safe and supportive way.
- **Key Duties**:

- Manage a caseload, devising, implementing, and reviewing ongoing recovery and treatment plans.
- Facilitate and promote individuals’ progression from initial engagement, through structured treatment, to self-sustained recovery.
- Reduce substance-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.
- Work within the community in GP surgeries, Mental health services and other partner agencies.

**About you**
Working across East Durham, you will be required to work as part of a team to provide recovery planning and case management to substance misuse clients (Drug and Alcohol) at different stages of their recovery journey, from the assessment and engagement phase providing holistic and structured intervention and psychosocial interventions.
- If you would like to work with a team that really makes a difference - we would love to hear from you
- **_Please note that this role includes weekend and late-night shifts (on a rolling rota) and a willingness to travel across Durham is essential._**

To view the full job description and person specification for this role, please **click here.**
- ‘The salary advertised above demonstrates the full earning potential for this role, starting salaries will allow for pay progression within the pay band’_

**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**
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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
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Blue light card discount
Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses
Work-life balance
- flexible working and family friendly policies
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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**
- £22,500-£30,790

**DBS Requirement**
- Enhanced

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

**Driving licence required for role?**
- Yes

**Applications Close Date**
- 18 Apr 2024