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.

Are you passionate about supporting people to achieve positive outcomes?

We are looking for exceptional people to coordinate the care and support of people going through recovery from drugs and/or alcohol.

You will need to have experience of managing caseloads of people and know how to manage risk and minimise harm.

As a key member of our recovery team your personal values are what will make a difference. We exist to help people achieve their goals, to be the best that they can be and to help change society for the better.

Through our work we regularly need to challenge stigma and oppression. It is important that you share our vision for making life safer, easier, and better for as many people as we can

**Where**: Worksop

**Hours**: 37.5

**Salary**: £27,449,52 to £31,529,41

**Responsibilities**:
An opportunity has risen for a Recovery Coordinator to be based within our Basssetlaw/Newark team. You will be focused on helping people to achieve positive outcomes by coordinating their personalised recovery journey, through thorough assessment and support planning. You will oversee their participation in group programs, treatment options and one to ones, whilst continually managing risk and minimizing harm.

You will be open, compassionate, and driven to provide the very best care and support for everyone. You will need to be self-motivated with excellent communication skills and be comfortable working with

multiple teams internally and externally.
- Substance misuse services
- Housing support services
- Rehabilitation services
- Support worker within health and social care
- Prison service
- Children’s services, supporting young people
- Hospitals and other medical practices

**To be successful you will need to have**:

- Experience in managing caseloads
- A commitment to multi-agency working and establishing partnerships with other professions
- Accomplished written and verbal communication skills and a high degree of personal IT competency.
- The ability to accurately update and maintain records in a timely fashion and to work to deadlines for the submission of information, e.g. reports.
- Excellent time management skills, and an ability to work on own initiative, prioritising accordingly.
- Excellent team working and interpersonal skills, maintaining a highly cooperative approach to supporting colleagues in delivering service objectives.
- Good working knowledge of alcohol-related harm and risks
- Good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services and good practice.
- An understanding of drug and alcohol issues and experience of working within a related field.

**We provide**:

- 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service
- Flexible working arrangements
- Paid ‘wellbeing hour’ each week along with a access to the Wellness hub and Employee Assist Programme
- Contributory pension scheme
- A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc
- A friendly and supportive team working in a dynamic environment
- Training, career development & progression opportunities

**_ Please read attached Job Description for a more detailed out line of responsibilities and Person Specifications_